Harry George Stephen Peacock, Able Seaman, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by David McRobbie, for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45. Accession Number: S00525

Description

Discusses enlistment; training; HMAS Hobart; convoy; officers; leisure, relations with Indians; discipline; Royal Navy (RN); naval operations; HMAS Canberra, HMAS Arunta; Japanese; reunions; Returned Services League (RSL); religion; naval slang. Mentions Aden; Berbera; Captain Howden.

Details

Accession Number
S00525
Interviewer/Recordist
David McRobbie
Interviewee/Performer
Able Seaman Harry George Stephen Peacock
Classification
Sound
Object Type
Oral history
Physical Description
Brand: TDK D60
Carrier: audio cassette
Track: two track mono
Measurement
Duration: 1h 50' 0"
Date Made
27 February 1989
Place Made
Whole/Part
Intellectual record
Item Count
2
Credit Line
The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Copyright
AWM copyright

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Part 1 of Harry George Stephen Peacock, Able Seaman, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by David McRobbie, for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Part 2 of Harry George Stephen Peacock, Able Seaman, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by David McRobbie, for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Part 3 of Harry George Stephen Peacock, Able Seaman, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by David McRobbie, for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

Part 4 of Harry George Stephen Peacock, Able Seaman, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by David McRobbie, for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45.

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