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Bob Semple - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Bob Semple - World War II veteran (Video)

Bob Semple enlisted on 18 June 1940. He was proud to be one of the 'Rats of Tobruk' and also fought in the Battle of El Alamein. Later he would serve in the Brunei Bay area of Borneo.

Hautrie Crick - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Hautrie Crick - World War II veteran (Video)

Hautrie Crick enlisted in Melbourne on 6 August 1940. He was initially assigned to the 2/23rd Training Battalion and in October joined 2/24th Battalion.

Jack Caple - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Jack Caple - World War II veteran (Video)

Jack Caple enlisted on 22 June 1940 and served with the 2/24th Battalion in the Middle East, North Africa, New Guinea and Borneo.

Jim Price - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Jim Price - World War II veteran (Video)

Jim Price was working as a farm labourer when the Second World War broke out. As the war, escalated, he decided to enlist and raised his age by a year to do so.

John Fleming - World War II veteran (Oral history)

John Pope - World War II veteran (Army) (Oral history)

Murray Willing - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Sydney Kinsman - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Tobruk: In Their Own Words (Online lesson), (Video), (Student activity), (Educational)

Hear from Australian veterans about their experiences of the Siege of Tobruk during World War II.

Vernon Hansen - World War II veteran (Oral history)

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