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Side A: discussion of unit, reinforcements for the Battalion; Battalion bugler and runner, when bugler called on to use bugle; description of shooting down of "Red Baron", Baron Manfred von Richthofen, near Corbie, France, fired at him, saw aircraft crash, but couldn't go to scene of crash because on Battalion business (taking message); general discussion of death of von Richthofen; mentions battle of Hamel.
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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
Group portrait of the band of the 41st Battalion at Locre. Left to right, back row: Private (Pte) W. A. Turnbull; Pte W. Kerr; Pte H. C. Laisen; Pte J. L. Crombie; Pte E. A. Wilson; Pte R. P. Dearlove
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
Benjamin Kennett relates the shooting down of Red Baron; Richthofen's aircraft flew low over the position of the 43rd Infantry Battalion in heavy fog; a number of rifles fired first then machine guns
Francis (Frank) Wormald as Sergeant, First World War 1915 - 1919, wrote a letter to Morris Buie, and recorded a spoken reading of it in 1989, whilst at the age of 92. Sergeant Wormald enlisted in the
Enlistment; tried to join with Snowy River March but parents sent him back to work; why he joined; reaction to serving on Western Front; comments on images portrayed of Western Front in modern films;
Talks of clearing jungle for wood at camp; burning and death of electrician; return to Ranau 1981; stories of eating a pawpaw tree; Address by Hoshi to officers on 'humiliation day' at end of 1942; ch
Joining up underage with his brother, George; training at Broadmeadows Camp, Victoria; deployment overseas, Egypt and Gallipoli; being on transport ship Southland when it was torpedoed en route to Lem