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TELL US YOUR STORY PROGRAM

60 years after the end of World War II, the Tell us your story program was established by the Western Australian Government. Men and women who fought, helped, or dedicated their services during wartime were asked to record their stories for future generations. Some stories were placed on the ANZAC website at www.anzac.dpc.wa.gov.au and all lodged in the Battye Library.

MN ACC meterage / boxes Date donated CIU file Notes 2526 6729A 51 cm June 2006 BA/PA/06/0142

SUMMARY OF CLASSES NARRATIVES

REQUEST USING DESCRIPTION THIS NUMBER ACC NARRATIVES 6729A/1 Abbott, Barbara Gordon (nee Swan), b.21.7.1928, Three Springs. Account of war years in Carnamah and Perth. 6729A/2 Abbott, King Richard, b.7.3.1923, Brisbane. Brief AIF experiences. (husband of Barbara). 6729A/3 Abbott, Una, b.(1922?). War years on a farm and as cipher assistant. 6729A/4 Adams, John. Merchant navy, particularly Blue Funnel Ship “Gorgon”. 6729A/5 Alexander, Beatie. Women’s Land Army. 6729A/6 Allender, John Donald. Brief service record. 6729A/7 Ambrose, Mary (nee Heath). Telephone exchange operator, Lake Grace, Hopetoun seaplane incident. 6729A/8 Avery, Basil H. 2/11th Battalion.

6729A/9 Bailey, John Charles, b. 8.12.1922, Carnarvon. RAAF. 6729A/10 Bailey, June Pamela (nee Skinner), b.17.5.1924, London. Women’s Royal Air Force, Biggin Hill. 6729A/11 Bailey, Ronald Frederick. Installing air conditioners on American submarines, Fremantle. 6729A/12 Baldwin, Fred. Service in Burma and China. 6729A/13 Ball, Ethel. W.A.A.F., Perth. 6729A/14 Ball, Leonard (husband of Ethel). Farming, Wagin. 6729A/15 Bartholomew, Raymond Arthur. B.22.12.1923, Kent. Royal Navy. 6729A/16 Belford, Edna Bullen (nee Watson), b.26.6.1914, Midland Junction. Entertainer & Welshpool Ammunition Factory.

REQUEST USING DESCRIPTION THIS NUMBER 6729A/17 Bell, Lillian (nee Fuller). Women’s Land Army, experience of her father in the forces. 6729A/18 Bennetts, Mavis, b.1924. Telephonist, Cunderdin. 6729A/19 Bergin, John Ivan. Builder / carpenter around Perth. 6729A/20 Best, Basil J, b.30.10.1923, North Perth. Training for army, New Guinea, Prisoner of War control centre, Kununoppin. 6729A/21 Biddiscombe, Ernest Francis, b.21.12.1940, England. RAAF. 6729A/22 Blundell-Wignall, Rowland Victor, b.29.7.1917, Perth. Army story taken from “Chancy Times:, by Olga Widnall, chapter 32 (B/WIG, Battye Library). 6729A/23 Blyth, Henry, b.27.7.1918. Various battalions and units. 6729A/24 Bolton, Edith (nee Aylmore), b.10.6.1924, Tambellup. WAAF cook. 6729A/25 Bolton, Stanley Richard, b.11.10.1921, Gulgong. Army gunner. 6729A/26 Bond, Albert Ronald, d.1990. Letter to wife, Zena, 2 October 1942 from convalescent Camp, El Arish. 6729A/27 Botica, Jakov (Jim), b.1923, Korkula, Dalmatia. Yugoslav partisan. 6729A/28 Brammall, Myrtle (nee McDonald), b.21.10.1927, Busselton. Women’s Land Army. 6729A/29 Bridges, Betty Elizabeth (nee Evans). WAAAF. 6729A/30 Bridges, Harold John, b.15.4.1925, Esperance. Royal Australian Navy Reserve. 6729A/31 Brindley, Clifford Edward, b.11.6.1925, England. RAF, based in England. 6729A/32 Brown, David F., b.24.11.1920, South Australia. Farmer.

6729A/33 Caddy, Lindsay. Copy of article in “The West Australian” newspaper of 22 April 2003, p.10. Meekatharra to New Guinea. 6729A/34 Chamberlain, Doris. K.L.G Sparking Plugs Ltd., experiences at home (England). 6729A/35 Christison, Robert John, b.19.11.1927, Kew, Vic. 65th Battalion, Japan. 6729A/36 Cleaver, George Francis, b.1919. Extract from book “A life and a love : a true story, 1919-2002” by George Cleaver. Battye Library B/CLE. 6729A/37 Clifford, Cynthia Lorna Daphne (nee Cadd). Australian Women’s Army Service, 1943- 1947. 6729A/38 Cluett, Leslie Vaux. Volunteer Defence Force, farming near Porongorups. 6729A/39 Cochrane, Louden Park, b.14.7.1924, Moodiarup. Gunner. 6729A/40 Collins, Leslie Patrick, b.17.3.1922, Kent. Royal Navy. Includes copies of certificate of service; 6729A/41 Constantine, Winifred Joy. Joyce Brothers, Fremantle making Forces equipment. 6729A/42 Cook, Denis. National Fire Service, Royal Navy. 6729A/43 Cook, Stanley Victor. Voluntary Defence Corps, Leederville. Includes copy of Certificate of Exemption from Service and letter advising of his Reserved Occupation. 6729A/44 Cormack, Phyllis Irene (nee Chamberlain), b.24.4.1924, Glasgow. Experiences in Glasgow. 6729A/45 Coten, Margaret Leishman, b.1923, Highbury. Radar operator, WAAAF, including Geraldton. 6729A/46 Courtis, Alva Kelway (nee Storrie_, b.9.11.1918, Port Melbourne. “A nurse at war.” 6729A/47 Craggs, George. Air Raid Warden, Perth. 6729A/48 Crowley, Harold Edward. Emergency Pool Transport Depot, Birmingham, England. 6729A/49 Culbertson, Patricia Catherine Mary (nee Wright). Women’s Land Army. 6729A/50 Culbertson, Thomas, b.8.8.1920, Fremantle. Brief account of overseas service. 6729A/51 Curedale, Ward. Extract from book “The Treasure of Consanguinity” by Ward Curedale, B/CUR in Battye Library. AIF, New Guinea, Bougainville, etc. 6729A/52 Daniels, Nellie, b.2.8.1917, North Perth. Working at Gadsens, making tents etc. 6729A/53 Darcey, William Jack, b.29.11.1923, Leederville. “A wireless / Air-Gunner’s Story. Overseas service. 6729A/54 David, Arvona Jane, b.22.12.1923, South Wales. WAAFS service, England, war bride to Fremantle.

REQUEST USING DESCRIPTION THIS NUMBER 6729A/55 Davidson, Virginia (nee Martin). Home in Moora, Women’s Land Army. Includes photo in uniform. 6729A/56 Day, Donald Victor, b.17.3.1923, Ely. RAF Flight Engineer. 6729A/57 Demasson, Irene. Australian Women’s Army Service. 6729A/58 De Pierres, Rosemary (nee Vincent), b.28.5.1926, East Perth. Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service, driver. 6729A/59 Devenish, Evan S. “I survived a mid-air collision.” RAAF Pilot, Mount Gambier accident. 6729A/60 Dimopoulos, Peter, b.29.7.1025, Greece. POW captured Singapore. 6729A/61 Dolton, Graham Leigh, b.1.3.1924,Merredin. 25th Machine Gun Regiment / 2/9 Commando Sqn. 6729A/62 Dowdell, Honor Stewart, b.10.9.1920, Narrogin. Munitions factory. 6729A/63 Drake, Harry Francis, b.2.1.1923, King Island. Infantry Battalions. 6729A/64 Drayton, A. Eric. Royal Air Force. Includes examples of his published RAF cartoons. 6729A/65 Duffy, Glenice Elizabeth, b.during WWII, family memories of the war in Perth. 6729A/66 Dutton, William A. “The forgotten battle that saved Australia” (Milne Bay, New Guinea). Includes examples of his wartime poetry.

6729A/67 Eddington, Keith Tasman, b.6.2.1925, Perth. Telegraphist, RAN. 6729A/68 Edwards, Cecil Lloyd Davies. 13 Squadron RAAF, Darwin 1942. 6729A/69 Ellam, Allan. B.1925, Victoria. 7th Australian Infantry Battalion, Bougainville. Includes an Ellam-Innes Collection publication “Private David John Simcock, 11th Battalion, AIF”. 6729A/70 Etherton, Vera Amelia(nee Bridgeman) Farming at Northampton. 6729A/71 Evans, Ronald Francis. 137th North Midland Field Ambulance RAMC, England.

6729A/72 Farrell, Marie, b.15.9.1910, Bendigo. RAAF Org. and staff duties. 6729A/73 Fay, Kathleen Elizabeth. 6729A/74 Fellows, Gordon G R. “The miracle of the coin” – a Greek Drachma exchanged at Tobruk. 6729A/75 Firth, Mary (nee Farley)), b.19.7.1927, East Victoria Park. Troop entertainment. Includes extracts from WW1 diary of John Dean Firth and copies of his war papers. 6729A/76 Fletcher, Leonard George, b.6.9.1925. RAAF as ACI. 6729A/77 Florance, Elsie (nee Wilson). Instrument repairer. Also notes on Ronald Arthur Florance, and Robert George John Florance, and Robert Henry Florance. 6729A/78 Forgham, Nancy, b.10.4.1929, Perth. Childhood during WWII. 6729A/79 Fowler, Raymond George. RAAF, Aircraft engineer. 6729A/80 Francis, (Mrs) C.Joan., b.5.7.1921, Geraldton. Australian Army Medical Women’s Service. Also details of marriage to, and life with, Syd Francis at Northampton. 6729A/81 Francis, Sydney Clarence, b.24.6.1910, Broken Hill. 2nd/32nd Battaliion, and POW. (Husband of C Joan Francis).

6729A/82 Gibbon, Harry Douglas. 330 Battery, UK Army. 6729A/83 Goldsmith, John. “D-Day: A personal account”. 6729A/84 Greenwood, John P B. “Surviving the shambles”. RAF pilot, Hurricane aircraft. 6729A/85 Griffin, Alan Wellsley, b.20.7.1924, Footscray, Vic. Leading Aircraftman, RAAF. “My service in the RAAF, World War II, 1942-1946. 6729A/86 Grindrod, Bernard. “The Singapore Debacle”.

6729A/87 Haines, Kathleen Isabel, b.9.1932. Childhood. 6729A/88 Halls, Joan (nee Roles), b.16.11.1922, England. Work on a farm in England. 6729A/89 Halls, Robert, b.9.6.1918, Maylands. 2nd 43rd Battalion. 6729A/90 Hamersley, John W, b.8.9.1933. “A boy’s war in WA”, Melville poultry farm and Fremantle.

REQUEST USING DESCRIPTION THIS NUMBER 6729A/91 Hancock, Phyllis Alberta (nee Humphries). Canteen assistant / operator Hollywood Hospital, Guildford Grammar School. 6729A/92 Hankey, Rudel. Kings Liverpool Regiment, UK 6729A/93 Hankinson, Jean. Mills & Wares’ factory. 6729A/94 Hanson, Terence George John. Aeronautic Engineer. 6729A/95 Hardwick, Robert Edward, b. 3.9.1925, York. Telegraph messenger; Air Training Corps, RAAF. 6729A/96 Harvey, Joyce A. “A.W.A.S in the Australia Women's Army Service, 1942-1945 : personal narrative in retrospect”. Also in Battye Library monographs Q940.5412 HAR. 6729A/97 Hayes, Stanley William. “For what it is worth. The story of my life, revised and final edition 2005.” B.20.4.1926, Tooting, England. RAF. Life in WA from 1967. 6729A/98 Herlihy, Phillip Patrick, b.13/7/1912, Boulder. HMS Clacton. 6729A/99 Higgins, Bernard John, b.16.8.1926, Yarloop, d.5.6.1977. RAN service details. 6729A/100 Higgins, William Foster, b.4.1913, London. Royal Army Service Corps, driver. 6729A/101 Hine, Harry Hubert, b.19.3.1921, Beverley. 2.28 Battalion. 6729A/102 Hinton, Cecile Elsie (nee Baptiste), b.13.6.1925, India. Women’s Auxiliary Corps (India). 6729A/103 Hislop, C A. Australian Light Field Ambulance. 6729A/104 Hocking, William, b.20.3.1923, KEMH, Subiaco. RAAF, airframe mechanic. 6729A/105 Hodges, Coral. Women’s Land Army. 6729A/106 Holding, Walter. 2/4th Reinforcements. Singapore, POW, Burma-Thailand Railway. 6729A/107 Home, Enid. Nursing. 6729A/108 Hooks, Henry George, b.14.6.1923, Kalgoorlie. RAAF, Wireless Electrical Mechanic. 6729A/109 Hooks, Mildred (nee Broadwood), b.30.5.1921, Midland Junction. Telegraphist. 6729A/110 Horner, Ronald C, b.24.9.1926, Guildford. RAAF 11 Stores Depot, Queensland. 6729A/111 Horsfall, Muriel (nee Hotchkin), b.3.7.1922, Perth. WAAAF. 6729A/112 Hubbard, Leslie John. “Reunited by a miracle” by Jessica Doust, Great Niece of Leslie Hubbard plus text by Mr Hubbard. Naval service, family details 6729A/113 Hummerston, Peter Lynn, b.15.7.1923, Perth. RAAF, 36 Squadron and others. Appointed Warden for the State War Memorial, Nov. 2004.

6729A/114 Jackson, Ethel. Air raid practice, Perth; sailor from HMAS Sydney. 6729A/115 Jeffes, Joy (nee Feather), b.28.6.1923, Halifax, England. Boarding school in WWII, ATS. 6729A/116 Johnston, Edward Ernest, b.25.7.1923, Perth. Signals Corps. 6729A/117 Johnston, Phyllis Annie (nee Quigley), b.23.6.1918, Boulder. RAAF flight clerk. 6729A/118 Jones, Laurance Alan, b.28.11.1921, Brookton. Divisional Signals Corps, Milne Bay and others.

6729A/119 Kane, Elizabeth (nee Denton), b.1920 or 1921. Denton family, including Frank Denton, 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion. 6729A/120 Kennedy, Elsie Mabel, b.25.5.1909, Youndegin. Life on farm, Voluntary Air Observer Corps. 6729A/121 Kennedy, Joan, b.1924, England. Life in Albany / Albany Woollen Mills. 6729A/122 Kerferd, J. “A Sailor’s experience of opposed landing”. Buna Beach, New Guinea, Sept. 1943. 6729A/123 Kneebone, Rita Eva. Nursing, Gaza, Labuan Island. 6729A/124 Krakouer, Raymond. Swanbourne Coastal Artillery and Cake Hill (against Japanese).

6729A/125 Lawson, Charles Francis, b.4.11.1922. 13th Australian Field Ambulance and others. 6729A/126 Loep, Johannes J. Dutch Submariners. 6729A/127 Long, Geoffrey Charles. Fortress Signals. 6729A/128 Lowrie, Jessie May (nee Bridgeman), b.21.2.1924, Geraldton. Life on farm near Northampton.

REQUEST USING DESCRIPTION THIS NUMBER 6729A/129 Lowrie, Jim. Signals Section, “B” Company, 19th Garrison Battalion. 6729A/130 Lyon, Mary (nee Davey). Childhood in Mandurah

6729A/131 MacPherson, Neil Ormiston, b.14.5.1922, Aberdeen, Scotland. 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion. Japanese POW, Burma Railway. 6729A/132 Main, George, b. Scotland. Merchant Navy – “Ocean Viceroy” of Henderson Line. 6729A/133 Manning, Gordon John. Air Force. 6729A/134 Margetts, June (nee Stearne), life in Kalgoorlie. 6729A/135 McDougall, Percy Alan. 11th Battalion, 13th Brigade. New Guinea. 6729A/136 Meadows, Thomas Christie. Farming at Damboring, and Volunteer Defence Corps. 6729A/137 Medland, Thelma Lorraine (nee Williams), b.1925, Victoria. WRANS. 6729A/138 Meldrum, Kenneth Wilfred, b.24.2.1926, North Fremantle. Polio, RAAF 14 Squadron, Air Armament Gas and Gunnery School, Nhill, Vic. 6729A/139 Middleton, Raymond Stewart, b.10.3.1917, Victoria Park. 2/28th Battalion. German POW. 6729A/140 Miller, Ray F. Sea Scouts, Pelican Point, aircraft surveillance. 6729A/141 Mills, Thomas Arthur Acton. “The longest day”. Bougainville, Queensland 29th Infantry Brigade. 6729A/142 Milner, Ronald Joseph, b.21.11.1917, England. Railway guard, England. 6729A/143 Millward, William Harry, b.17.9.1914, Leederville. Welshpool munitions factory. 6729A/144 Moir, Vida (Olive). “Vida Moir remembers Mt Batten condensed from Vida Moir’s memoirs by E Gwyn Williams. British WAAF, Plymouth. 6729A/145 Moore, John Robert, b.20.3.1926, Northam. RAAF wireless operator. 6729A/146 Mountford, Aileen Mary (nee Mouritz). Convent school boarder, Bunbury. 6729A/147 Murie, David Stanley Alric. Radio officer, M.V. Cleodora, Royal Dutch Shell tanker. 6729A/148 Murray, Moira Eliza (nee Todman), b.11.4.1925, Northam. Chidlow in WWII.

6729A/149 Nions, Arthur Henry. “D-Day landings in Normandy June 6th 1944”. HMS Empire Battleaxe.

6729A/150 O’Connell, Margaret. Darwin. 6729A/151 Offord, Doreen (nee Evans). Munitions factory, Welshpool. 6729A/152 Olsen, Arthur, Herbert, b.26.8.1919, Meekatharra. 2/11 Battalion reinforcements / Field Ambulance, 2/32nd Battalion. 6729A/153 O’Sullivan, Sister, Julia Josephine, b.14.12.1921, Bunbury. Australian Special Wireless Group.

6729A/154 Paget, William Bertram, b.22.11.1914, Perth. Army Medical Corps. 6729A/155 Paine, Abner Rupert James, b.1920, Melbourne. “Was I the first Australian to enter the desert war?” Eleventh Hussars. 6729A/156 Paine, John Arthur, b.28.5.1923, Auburn, NSW. 1 A/A Battery Gun Sites, Sydney. 6729A/157 Palmer, Lorna (nee Richards). WAAF, Geraldton and Merredin. 6729A/158 Palmer, Ray, b.16.11.1921, New Zealand. Gunner 46th Battery, 4th Field Regiment, NZ. 6729A/159 Passfield, Etta Lillian Jessie. WRENS, England. War Bride story. 6729A/160 Patience, Marjorie (nee Morrissey). Apprehension of signaller to see, Geraldton. 6729A/161 Peady, Lola Elsie. “The memories of Private L E Humphrys”. Australian Army Medical Women’s Service. Merredin, Northam, Eastern States. 6729A/162 Pearce, Arthur R. “RAAF days – recruits & requisitions. Repatriation & recover. Reminiscences of the RAAF in WWII. Sgt. Arthur R Pearce, Clerk, General. Class III. Edited and written by Harvey R Pearce. 6729A/163 Pitts, Percival Edward, b.16.8.1925, Wickford, England. Air & Ground Radio School. 6729A/164 Pope, Geoffrey Noel, b.26.12.1925, Melbourne. Stretcher-bearer. Borneo. 6729A/165 Powell, Ronald Francis, b.18.6.1929, Highgate. WWII experiences in Perth.

REQUEST USING DESCRIPTION THIS NUMBER 6729A/166 Price, Leonard Charles, Lake Grace. 62nd Field Park, Bakers Hill, Karrakatta. 6729A/167 Price, Lionel, b.12.9.1924, Leeds, England. “N c. Class Destroyers Pool, RAN. 6729A/168 Prosser, Pauline (nee Permain). Nedlands and Crawley in WWII. 6729A/169 Pumphrey, Ella, b.18.11.1916, Katanning. Bonegilla Camp.

6729A/170 Radys, Anne, “Margaret River CWA war effort. 6729A/171 Ramsey, Oriel George, b.11.3.1921, Subiaco. RAN 6729A/172 Reid, James, b.29.7.1920, Glasgow. RAF, Biggin Hill. 6729A/173 Reynolds, Betty L. (nee Readhead). War time at North Dandalup. 6729A/174 Reynolds, Matthew, b.24.9.1914, Cunderdin. Army. Fremantle Barracks, Milne Bay, etc. 6729A/175 Rice, Richard John. Voluntary Defence Corp, Manjimup. 6729A/176 Richards, Holly (nee Jones).Experiences in Australia. 6729A/177 Richards, John Arthur, b.25 or 26.6.1922, Subiaco. Farming near Wagin, teaching Hyden, RAAF. 6729A/178 Richards, Stanley James. RAAF wireless operator. New Guinea 6729A/179 Rickards, William, b.30.11.1927, North Fremantle. Fremantle Foundry. 6729A/180 Rigg, Ronald John, b.29.1.1923, Perth. 9th Auxiliary Horse Brigade, RAAF, Darwin. 6729A/181 Robb, Laurence Alfred. 5th Regiment Maritime RA 6729A/182 Roberts, Edward, b.8.12.1912, Highgate. Signaller, 2nd 2nd Field Regiment. 6729A/183 Roberts, Marjorie Jean. Women’s Air Force. 6729A/183-1 Robertson, Linda Clare (nee Lynch), b.7.12.1924, Geraldton. Australian Women’s Army Service. 6729A/184 Robins, Bill. 3rd Australian Corps. Borneo. 6729A/185 Robinson, Albert Edward. Arctic convoys. 6729A/186 Rodgers, Herbert William. The “N” class Destroyer Story, RAN. 6729A/187 Rothwell, Kenneth J. RAAF. 6729A/188 Royle, Robert Raynes. RAAF Flying Officer. 6729A/189 Rudkin, Frederick Leonard. Reference to his book Only the luckiest survived, Battye Library Q940.5472 RUD.

6729A/190 Saat, Johannes Bernardinus. “Memoirs of Johannes Bernardinus Ambrosius Saat, (1924-??). Childhood and naval service in Batavia, Java. 6729A/191 Sainsbury, Felix. Ground crew: a middle east diary. Notes on his Hesperian Press publication, Battye Library Q940.5449 SAI. 6729A/192 Sanders, Pauline Marion (nee Ingvarson). Army switchboard operator, Army hospitals Merredin and Northam. 6729A/193 Sargent, Kenneth R. RAF Marine Craft Section. 6729A/194 Sedgwick, George Douglas. Volunteer Air Warden, Subiaco. 6729A/195 Sharpen, Joan Emmeline Emelia (nee Winn), b. 1919, London. ARP Driver. 6729A/196 Sieber, Albert David. “Time with the USAAF”. Adelaide, New Guinea. 6729A/197 Sierakowski, Kazimierz, b. Warsaw. Mostly life post war in Australia. 6729A/198 Simcock, David John. “Private David John Simcock, 11th Battalion, AIF ‘The bloke with the pink top.”. An Ellam-Innes Collection publication. 6729A/199 Simpson, Elsie Isabell. Radio telephonist, then medical doctor post war. 6729A/200 Sinclair, Victor George. 77 Squadron Air Cadets, cook with RAAF. 6729A/201 Smales, Roy Stanley, b.23.10.1920, North Perth. 2/26 Infantry, POW, Singapore. Includes copies of war documents, cards to Roy when POW. 6729A/202 Smallwood, Rosina Grazia (nee Vitale), b.16.5.1923. “My recollections. Life during the war years 1939-1945, Sixty years hence.” Wanneroo area. 6729A/203 Smith, Paul Victor, b.27.1.1921, Slough, England. 2/10 Australian Armoured Regiment. Bougainville. 6729A/204 Smithson, Francis John George, b.5.2.1922, Tambellup. Machine Gun Company.

REQUEST USING DESCRIPTION THIS NUMBER 6729A/205 Spry, Jean (nee Baker), b.24.12.1925. Women’s Land army. 6729A/206 Stallard, Patricia Joan (nee Farrell), b.6.8.1922, Perenjori. Volunteer Emergency Service Corps. 6729A/207 Stap, Hendrika, (nee Meboer). Dutch underground, harbouring Jews from Germans. 6729A/208 Steward, Arthur Leonard, b.21.11.1886, Offton Village, Suffolk. Lorry driver, Royal Army Service Corps. Written posthumously by his son, John Charles Carter Steward. 6729A/209 Steward, John Charles Carter, b.22.3.1926, Denmark (WA). Telegraph Messenger, WA Government Railways, RAAF. 6729A/210 Stewart, Thelma Jean. WAAF

6729A/211 Tate, William Lawrence (Bill), b.5.7.1928, Victoria Park. Life in East Fremantle and Mount Barker. 6729A/212 Taylor, Merle Doree, b.16.9.1912. Farmer’s wife. 6729A/213 Teede, Bruce, b.7.3.1928, Geraldton. Office boy and Toolmaker apprenticeship at Welshpool Munitions Factory. 6729A/214 Thomas, Joyce Gordon, b.29.3.1919, Albany. 118 Aust. General Hospital (Military), Northam. 6729A/215 Thorn, Donald Wheaton, b.10.8.1916, Pinjarra. Farming at North Dandalup, Volunteer Defence Corps. 6729A/216 Thorn, Peggy Erestine (nee Readhead). Life at North Dandalup (husband of Donald Thorn, above). 6729A/217 Thornton, Francis Edwin, b.10.1.1924, Westfield. HMAS Kanimbla. 6729A/218 Thorpe, John Roy, b.9.11.1921, Claremont. Served Palestine, Egypt, Java, POW, Burma, Thailand, Singapore and Japan. 6729A/219 Traylen, H P, b.1.10.1926, Guildford. RAAF, training and service. 6729A/220 Trindall, Frank L. HMS Kimberly, Tobruk. 6729A/221 True, Jack, b.27.2.1926, Collie. Life in Collie then serving on a Corvette 6729A/222 Turner, William, b.1.9.1924, England. Royal Navy.

6729A/223 Vaux, Kathleen (Kaye) Joan (nee Faulkner), b.25.7.1921, Narrogin. Life at the Porongorups and Royal Navy Depot, Byford. 6729A/224 Verghese, Kora Kurum-Thorical, b.6.2.1922, India. RAF, “Toofani” aircraft. 6729A/225 Videan, Oscar. Signals unit.

6729A/226 Wade, Florence (nee Larke). Women’s Australian National Service. 6729A/227 Walton, Stanley Joseph. 28th Battalion, Signal Cpl. 6729A/228 Ward, Phillip Francis, b.1923, Fremantle. “The Yank – my friend”. Rescuing a drunk American sailor from Australian soldiers. Fremantle. 6729A/229 Watts, Eric Eacott, b.27.8.1916, Leonora. 2/12th Field Regiment. Tobruk. 6729A/230 Watts, Ross Stephen, b.2.1.1923, Subiaco. Pilot, 461 Squadron, 4 Coastal OTY Scotland, and others. “Sunderland” aircraft. 6729A/231 Weir, William Ian. “HMAS Sydney – an aftermath”. RAAF, Cunderdin, Carnarvon. 6729A/232 Welch, Thomas J. “The motor ship Anshun”. Milne Bay. 6729A/233 Westcott, Harry Stephen, b.8.10.1926, Wellard. Rifleman, New Guinea. 6729A/234 Whitehurst, Everard Owen, b.17.12.1924, Nabawa. Flight mechanic, Morotoi Island. 6729A/235 Whitehurst, Thelma Dawn (nee Fathers), b.10.12.1930, Subiaco. (wife of Everard, above). Life in Geraldton. 6729A/236 Wilson, Alexander. 13 Aust. Inf. Bde., Darwin. 6729A/237 Wilson, John Lawrence, b.8.1.1919, Sunderland, England. “Reflections on my war years 1939-1945”. Royal Engineers. 6729A/238 Wolff, Barbara (nee Flett), b.8.1930, Subiaco. Life in Kalgoorlie. 6729A/239 Wood, Audrey (nee Huish), b.7.7.1922. Government Printing Office. 6729A/240 Wood, Jack, b.10.2.1919, Guildford (husband of Audrey, above). 5 years in Army.

REQUEST USING DESCRIPTION THIS NUMBER 6729A/241 Wood, K. W. D Company, 2/3rd Machine Battalion. Palestine. 6729A/242 Woodley, Robert Charles, b.6.4.1928, Bunbury. Life in Perth. Kent Street High School. 6729A/243 Woonings, Andreas, b.22.6.1920, Holland. HMNS Heemskirk.

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