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Discussing pre-war employment; Anzac tradition; enlistment; training at Redbank, Qld; Vickers machine gun; embarkation on the Aquitania for Middle East; arrival in Palestine at Khassa Camp; reputation of Australian troops as "20,000 thieves"; action at Trig 33; the cutting and El Alamein; withdrawal from Middle East and return to Kairi Camp, Qld; adaption to tropical climate and jungle warfare for machine gunners; New Guinea campaigns especially invasion of Red Beach at Lae; Finschhafen; Sio; returning to Australia; post-war employment.
Discussing pre-war employment; Anzac tradition; enlistment; training at Redbank, Qld; Vickers machine gun; embarkation on the Aquitania for Middle East; arrival in Palestine at Khassa Camp; reputation of Australian troops as "20,000 thieves"; action at Trig 33; the cutting and El Alamein; withdrawal from Middle East and return to Kairi Camp, Qld; adaption to tropical climate and jungle warfare for machine gunners; New Guinea campaigns especially invasion of Red Beach at Lae; Finschhafen; Sio; returning to Australia; post-war employment.
Part 1 of Francis (Frank) Herbertson, Captain 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 2 of Francis (Frank) Herbertson, Captain 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 3 of Francis (Frank) Herbertson, Captain 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 4 of Francis (Frank) Herbertson, Captain 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 5 of Francis (Frank) Herbertson, Captain 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, interviewed by Edward Stokes for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment; embarkation for Middle East; Khassa Camp; Palestine; Vickers medium machine gun; Qastina Camp; ammunition; campaign at Trig Point 33; return to Australia; tr
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment; training at Ingleburn Camp with Vickers medium machine gun; embarkation on the Aquitania for Middle East and arrival at Khassa Camp; discipline; Mersa Matruh
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment; training camp at Brighton; battalion composition; leave; embarkation for Middle East campaigns; Tobruk campaign; return to Australia; jungle training at Kilc
Discussing pre-war employment; reasons for enlistment in army; army training at Brighton Camp; duties as Sergeant at Headquarters of 2/12th Battalion; relationships between Tasmanians and Queenslander
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 in militia; transfer to AIF; army training at Northam Camp, WA; embarkation for Middle East; Middle East campaigns; battle for Ruin Ridge; capture by German a