| Title: |
Glen James
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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: |
A Yorta Yorta man, Glen grew up in Shepparton, Victoria, and went to school there before taking up an apprenticeship as a carpenter and joiner. He was conscripted into the army in July 1968 to fight in Vietnam. Glen undertook his initial training as a field engineer in Puckapunyal, Victoria, and for active service at jungle school in Canungra, Queensland. The Australian Government sent him to Vietnam in May 1969 where he completed a twelve-month tour of duty. Glen returned to Australia in April 1970 and became a founding member of the Ex-Vietnam Royal Australian Engineers Association.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
James, Glen
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Engineer; Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Organizations discussed: |
Australia. Army
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| Historical events discussed: |
Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Australia; Oceania; Vietnam
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Aboriginal Australians; Asia; Australia; Australia. Army; Australia--Armed Forces; Australia--History; Australia--Military policy; Engineering; Oceania; Oral history; Vietnam; Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0026766-28941
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