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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 casualties; death of Colonel Ward; ambush on the Kokoda Trail; criticisms of him by Higher Command following Kokoda action and his subsequent acquittal; return to Australia and appointment as Provision Officer for 6th Division on the Atherton Tablelands; demobilisation; post-war employment.
Part 1 of Cuthbert Joseph Trevor King, Captain 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 2 of Cuthbert Joseph Trevor King, Captain 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 3 of Cuthbert Joseph Trevor King, Captain 55/53rd Battalion, interviewed by Daniel Connell for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
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 pre-war employment; call-up for 55th Battalion; army training at Greta Camp; tensions between AIF and Militia recruits; embarkation for Port Moresby; description of bombing of the Macdhui;
Discusses enlistment in militia (AMF); army training at Greta Camp; recruits; leisure; embarkation for Port Moresby; Kokoda Trail; militia (AMF)-AIF rivalry; transfer to the AIF; amalgamation with 53r
Discussing call up notice for 53rd Battalion; army training at Ingleburn Camp; selection as signaller; embarkation for New Guinea on the Aquitania; arrival at Port Moresby; poor morale of battalion du
Discussing pre-war employment; formation of 53rd Battalion; AIF/Militia conflict; embarkation for New Guinea on the Aquitania; landing at Port Moresby; first raid on Port Moresby; lack of training and
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