The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment; acceptance into ASDIC; transfer to England and studying radar at Portsmouth; radar appointment to Adelaide; description of sinking of Rameses; intelligence reports on enemy radar sets; task of outfitting Hobart with radar equipment; involvement in selection and purchase of radar equipment for Hobart; installation of radar on Hobart; crew morale; shipboard life; post-war Japan; demobilisation; post-war employment opportunities.
Part 1 of Dr Colin Campbell Burnside as a Lieutenant, Radar Officer, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 2 of Dr Colin Campbell Burnside as a Lieutenant, Radar Officer, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 3 of Dr Colin Campbell Burnside as a Lieutenant, Radar Officer, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 4 of Dr Colin Campbell Burnside as a Lieutenant, Radar Officer, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 5 of Dr Colin Campbell Burnside as a Lieutenant, Radar Officer, HMAS Hobart, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Discussing enlistment in militia; pre-war employment; transfer to AIF in 1941; embarkation for Port Moresby on the Aquitania; Kokoda Campaigns and inadequacy of Australia's preparations; battalion cas
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment if AIF; discipline in militia units; initial army training at Seymour Camp; transfer to Puckapunyal Camp; embarkation for Middle East; Deir Suneid Camp; Helwa
Discussing pre-war employment; army training at Dubbo, NSW; army training at Sellheim, Queensland; contact with American service personnel; leisure; censorship; status of militia units by 1942; reputa
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment and training; formation of 53rd Battalion; inadequacy of training period prior to embarkation for New Guinea; arrival in Port Moresby; inadequacy of supplies;
Discussing enlistment; pilot selection; learning to fly at Archerfield; formation of 75 Squadron; isolation of medical officer; medical routine; medical supplies; formation of 76 Squadron; morale; dea
Discussing pre-war employment; employer's encouragement to join the Militia; posting to Transport Company; relationship between Militia and AIF; training at Greta Camp; embarkation for New Guinea via