Melville Camp Memorial 1993, WWII veteran, Mills and Ware employee, baker delivery man, International Harvester employee [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorWebb, Albert Sydney Austin, 1917 - 2005; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionBorn in Hampton Rd -- Beaconsfield school -- Depression years -- Left school at 14 -- Help to Mr Smithers, head gardener for Fremantle City Council -- Death of mother from TB -- Worked 5 years for Mills & Ware -- Work described -- Stan Mills -- No waste -- Working conditions -- Work at a poultry farm and other odd jobs during the Depression -- Joining up in WW II -- Army training -- Camp location and conditions -- Erection of a memorial in Samson Park -- Overseas service : Singapore, Burma railway -- Return to Fremantle -- Marriage to Elsie Adams in 1946 -- Bread deliveries for Mitchell's bakehouse -- Clients and conditions -- Applying for a job with International Harvester -- Service leave problems and resignationImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1993Collation2 sound cassettes (120 min.) + guide to contents (6 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1993NotesSUPPORT MATERIAL: prints 3445-6, 3448-3454 -- Submission to Fremantle City Council from WW2 Melville Camps Memorial Committee for a memorial to be erected.. (photocopy) (7 leaves)Dewey ClassOH/WEBAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000425631LocationOral History Collection

PeopleAlbert Sydney Austin WebbSubjectDepression, 1929Melville Army CampMitchell and SonMills and Ware LtdCollectionOral History Collection

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