Bell, Sir George KCMG DSO VD (Colonel)
Private Record 3DRL/3601 South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)Biography of Col. Sir George Bell written by his son, covering his service in South Africa and during W1.
Edward Harold O'Brien as a private, C Squadron, 3 Light Horse Regiment, 1917-1919, interviewed by Major Douglas Wyatt. Accession Number: S00681
Description
Private Edward O'Brien (service number 3511) discusses: working with the Lines Department of the Post Master General (P.M.G.) after the war, Colonel George Bell, Major Clarke in Palestine, working as a Signals Linesman in the desert, experimenting with parachutes, signalling with heliograph from the pyramids to Cario, flag signalling, telephone switchboards, earth return lines, Morse code. He also discusses how a New Zealand Sergeant was killed by Bedouin people when the Sergeant discovered them stealing from the Anzac camp, and that this resulted in retalitory killings at the village of Surafend by New Zealand and Australian Light Horsemen in December 1918. Other points covered include method of watering horses, artillery support, communication lines in the desert, removing gold coins from dead Turkish soldiers and taking pot shots at dead bodies, and having to shoot the horses before leaving Palestine.
Individuals mentioned include: Nick Curtin, Teddy Archer, Don Ibbott, Cyril Newett, George Bramich, Lieutenant Soden, Major Lewis.
See also interview with George Bramich, S00683.
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Accession Number
S00681
Interviewee
Private Edward Harold O'Brien
Classification
Sound
Object Type
Oral history
Physical Description
Brand: Silver Sound 90
Carrier: audio cassette
Track: mono
Carrier: audio cassette
Track: mono
Measurement
Duration: 1h 30' 0"
Date Made
1988
Place Made
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Whole
Item Count
1
Access
Open
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Part 1 of Edward Harold O'Brien as a private, C Squadron, 3 Light Horse Regiment, 1917-1919, interviewed by Major Douglas Wyatt.
Part 2 of Edward Harold O'Brien as a private, C Squadron, 3 Light Horse Regiment, 1917-1919, interviewed by Major Douglas Wyatt.
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