Blaskett, Henry (Oral history)

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Object description

Australian NCO served with 3rd (New South Wales) Bn, 1st Australian Bde, 1st Australian Div at Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915

Content description

REEL 1 Recollections of operations as NCO with 3rd (New South Wales) Bn, 1st Australian Bde, 1st Australian Div at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25/4/1915-29/4/1915: landing from SS Derflinger on Anzac Beach, 6am, 25/4/1915; move inland and digging in; effect of cold; prevailing smells; continuous nature of fighting; relief by Royal Naval Division, 29/4/1915; briefing by colonel prior to landings; digging in; conditions; account of later attack on Lone Pine positions, 6/8/1915; sight of vultures feeding on corpses.

Object details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), First World War (content)
Creator: British Broadcasting Corporation (Production company)
British Broadcasting Corporation (recorder)
Blaskett, Henry (interviewee/speaker)
Production date: 1964
Dimensions: whole: Duration 12, Number Of Items 1
Catalogue number: 4026

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