Audrey Hudspeth interviewed by Rob Willis in the Submariners oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5157636
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hudspeth, Audrey, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 1 sound file (ca. 65 min.)
- Series:
- Submariners oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Audrey Hudspeth is the widow of Ken Hudspeth, one of the Australian naval officers who was involved with the X craft, British midget submarines. She speaks of her early childhood in the UK, growing up and living with her parents who ran a guest house in Evesham; her war service; the feelings of the community at the time; her first meeting with Ken Hudspeth who stopped at the guest house during the war; his personality; their ongoing courtship lasting many years; her trip to Australia (1958) to marry Ken; her career in social welfare.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with Olya Willis.
- Summary accompanied by photographs and related material.
- Recorded on 28 February 2011 in Hobart, Tas.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 33 leaves).
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Historians
- Other authors/contributors:
- Willis, Rob, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Submariners oral history project.
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- Until 2081 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2011
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