Hawkes, John Bowbear (Jack), as a private, 2/28th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW) Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45 Accession Number: S00527

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Discusses employment; enlistment; training; 2/28th Battalion; morale; leisure; casualties; capture, desert operations; health; POWs. Mentions Ceylon; Red Sea, Mersa Matruh; Tobruk, Palestine, El Alamein, Ruin Ridge, Middle East; Italy. Also describes at his recollection of being filmed by Damien Parer ; segment is part of a Movietone newsreel, "Tobruk for Valour".

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Accession Number

S00527

Interviewee

Private John Bowbear (Jack) Hawkes

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Oral history

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Brand: TDK D60
Carrier: audio cassette
Track: mono

Measurement

Duration: 2h 5' 0"

Date Made

23 January 1989

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The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45

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Hawkes, John Bowbear (Jack), as a private, 2/28th Battalion and prisoner of war (POW) Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45 Accession Number: S00527

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