The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Ronald Austin (6195) discusses : early life; reasons for enlistment in Royal Australian Navy (RAN); war experience; post war training; discharge from RAN 1927; the Depression; enlistment in Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 1931; marriage and family; discharge in 1955; post war life; work with Legacy.
Part 1 of Ronald D. Austin relates his experiences as a boy sailor telegrapher in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the First World War and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War
Part 2 of Ronald D. Austin relates his experiences as a boy sailor telegrapher in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the First World War and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War
Ernest Avery discusses: early life; prewar employment; enlistment in the Army; transfer to the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC); post war occupation; marriage; enlistment in the Royal Australian A
Tom Brain discusses: early life; pre-war work; enlistment; prior military training; Egypt; Fromelles; leave in England; return to Australia; marriage; post-war employment; the Depression
Percival Baxter discusses: early life; pre-war work; prior military experience; enlistment; impressions of France; injured at front; attitude to war; return to Australia; post war employment; marriage
Frank Clark discusses his enlistment in Ballarat; Egypt; father's reaction to enlistment; France; fun; duty on a machine gun post; marching; reconnaissance duties; opinion of Germans; return to Austra
Discusses: early life; enlistment in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the First World War; duties on ship; employemnt during the 1920's and 1930's; enlistment in the Army during the Second World
Marriage and family; Bill Boyce discusses: early life; pre-war employment; enlistment; training; war on the Western Front compared to the desert; mateship; attitude to war; denied a soldier settlement