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Private Ralph Silvester Scobie DCM as a private 54th Infantry Battalion AIF France 1917-1918, interviewed by Bryan Butler. Born Maitland NSW in 1900, third generation Australian; enlisted 4 September 1917; returned to Australia 22 December 1918. Transported to Europe via Panama Canal and West Indies. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for leading a machine gun section against German field gun in the approaches to Flamicourt, during the 5th Division's attack on Peronne. Wounded shortly after, many of his compatriots killed, evacuated to England and returned to Australia.
Part 1 of Private Ralph Silvester Scobie (3719) DCM as a private 54th Infantry Battalion AIF France 1917-1918, interviewed by Bryan Butler.
Part 2 of Private Ralph Silvester Scobie (3719) DCM as a private 54th Infantry Battalion AIF France 1917-1918, interviewed by Bryan Butler.
Part 3 of Private Ralph Silvester Scobie (3719) DCM as a private 54th Infantry Battalion AIF France 1917-1918, interviewed by Bryan Butler.
Newcastle, NSW. 1917-10-28. 3719 Private Ralph Sylvester Scobie, 54th Battalion (left), his mother May Scobie and his brother 7583 Private Frank Maitland Scobie, 4th Battalion, outside the railway sta
1918-12-25. Soldiers eat a Christmas meal from their dixies aboard the hospital ship Bakara on their return to Australia at the end of the war. Amongst the group is probably 3719 Private Ralph Sylvest
Salisbury Plain Area, England. 1918-02. Studio portrait of 3719 Private Ralph Sylvester Scobie, 54th Battalion (left) and 3688 Private Clement Vincent (Charlie) O'Brien, 54th Battalion, at the Codford
COLLECTION OF CORRESPONDENCE DESCRIBING CONDITIONS IN FRANCE AND FAMILY CONCERNS. CHRISTMAS CARD, RATION BOOK AND DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE (1918-1919). OFFICERS STATEMENT OF SERVICE (1944)
John 'Jack' Albert Flannery as a private 12th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1917-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information ple
Unicomb speaks of his shooting at Captain Baron Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), near Corbie, France, 21 April 1918; aerial combat; the supply of rations and water to troops; some of the weapon
Pte D'Altera initially enlisted 13 January 1915 and was discharged on 8 February at the request of his parents who had not given permission for him to join the AIF. He re-enlisted on 18 February 1915
Frederick Theodore Farrall as a private 55th Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
Edward John McKenzie as a private 24th Infantry Battalion AIF, Gallipoli and France 1915-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson
Pre-war employment as an invoice clerk with a wholesale grocery company; reaction to outbreak of war; expectation of what war would mean to Australians; reason for enlistment; training in Cairo and se