| Title: |
Ned Egglestone
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Victoria. State Library. Special Collections. Australian Manuscripts Collection
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| Collection: |
Victorians at War - Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Ned was born in Meekatharra in Western Australia and sent to an orphanage for Aboriginal children taken from their families when he was 2 years old. He was sent out to work on a farm at Manjimup when he was 15 years old but absconded from the farm to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) when he was 17. Despite his young age, Ned managed to find a recruitment officer who accepted him and was sent to train in Bathurst, New South Wales. Initially he undertook training in mortar school and then in jungle school at Canungra in Queensland.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Egglestone, Ned
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Organizations discussed: |
Australia. Army
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| Historical events discussed: |
Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Australia; Borneo; Korea; Oceania
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Australia; Australia. Army; Australia--Armed Forces; Australia--History; Australia--Military policy; Borneo; Korea; Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; Korean War, 1950-1953--Veterans; Oceania; Oral history; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0026761-28936
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