Barnes, Henry Bowen (Oral history)

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Object description

Australian private served as signaller with 15th (Queensland and Tasmania) Bn, 4th Australian Bde, New Zealand and Australian Div, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli, Turkey, Ottoman Empire, 1915; served with 15th (Queensland and Tasmania) Bn, 4th Australian Bde, 4th Australian Div on Western Front, 1916-1918

Content description

REEL 1 Aspects of operations as signaller with 15th (Queensland and Tasmania) Bn, 4th Australian Bde, New Zealand and Australian Div, at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Turkey, Ottoman Empire, 25/4/1915: naval support bombardment; view of progress of landings from ship; casualties whilst landing as reinforcements at 4pm; heavy fire along beach; situation during move inland along Shrapnel Gully. Recollections of operations as private with 15th (Queensland and Tasmania) Bn, 4th Australian Bde, New Zealand and Australian Div, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli, Turkey, Ottoman Empire, 4/1915-5/1915: nature of trenches; inspection by Lieutenant General William Birdwood at Rest Gully; rations; reaction to arrival of Australian Light Horse; noise; repelling Turkish attack on Quinn's Post, 19/5/1915; armistice to bury Turkish dead, 24/5/1915; opinion of Turkish troops; difficulty of disposing of Turkish corpse in trench after Turkish attack, 19/5/1915; exchanging rations with Turks; white flag bearers during armistice, 24/5/1915. Aspects of operations as private with 15th (Queensland and Tasmania) Bn, 4th Australian Bde, 4th Australian Div on Western Front, 1916-1918: identification insignia worn during attacks; preliminary bombardment; crossing No Man's Land and state of terrain.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), First World War (content), First World War (association)
Creator: British Broadcasting Corporation (Production company)
British Broadcasting Corporation (recorder)
Barnes, Henry Bowen (interviewee/speaker)
Production date: 1964
Dimensions: whole: Duration 21, Number Of Items 1
Catalogue number: 4008

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