Running time
46 sec
Date made
Place made
Australia
Copyright
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Transcript
We got there on the first of April 2000, the conditions were very basic. When I visited pioneer platoon in … one of the towns on the north coast, you know, they were basically staying camped out in a burnt-out structure.
Where I was, was in the old fort in Balibo. There was a few very rudimentary buildings there, but for seven months, me and my tent mate, lived in a tent and slept on a stretcher. It was pretty basic.
