Ray Coppin interviewed by Barry York in the Retired A.C.T. Transport Employees Club oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4903897
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Coppin, Ray, 1923-, 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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- 2010
- 1 sound file (ca. 56 min.)
- Series:
- Retired A.C.T. Transport Employees Club oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Biography/History:
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Ray Coppin, BEM, was born in Bungendore, N.S.W. in 1923. His family moved to Canberra the following year. He worked as a bus conductor, bus driver and Commonwealth car driver from around 1939. After the War, he became the Prime Ministerial driver for Menzies, Holt and Gorton. In 1966 Mr. Coppin was awarded the British Empire medal for services as a Prime Ministerial driver. He retired in 1970.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 22 February 2010 in Narrabundah, A.C.T.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary available.
- Subject:
- Coppin, Ray, 1923- -- Interviews
- Other authors/contributors:
- York, Barry, 1951-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Retired A.C.T. Transport Employees Club oral history project.
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- 2010
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