Colonel A.W. Sheppard interviewed by Ann Turner [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1333960
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Sheppard, A. W. (Alexander William), 1913-1997, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1991
- 7 tape reels (ca. 219 min.)
- Summary:
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Sheppard describes his early life & family background; first employment and university studies; wartime responsibilities in Middle East, Greece and Northern Australia; becoming full colonel at age 27; row with General Blamey; evacuation of troops from Greece, Crete, 1941; working with United Nations Rehabilitation Agency, Greece; Head, British Economic Mission, northern Greece; assisting Greek Partisans in civil war; speaking tours for Greek Leagues of Democracy; freelance journalism; owning Morgan's Bookshop, Sydney; Alpha Books; ghost writing; book sellers', publishers' associations; contact with writers; Greek propaganda broadcast on Australian radio; Nation magazine; censorship & Lady Chatterley's Lover; Alan Dalziel & Evatt; The Nazis Rise Again; rescue of Greek children to Eastern Europe; anti-religious views; joining Labor Party during Depression; New Guinea war experience; Greek civil war atrocities; writings in support of Partisan movement; Postwar Labor government; Catholic Action; Petrov Commission; John Burton; Alf Conlon; further publishing.
- Biography/History:
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Colonel A.W. Sheppard is an army officer, writer, bookseller and publisher.
- Notes:
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- Recorded in Sydney, N.S.W. on 3 July and 27 August 1991.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-202647947
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 123 leaves).
- Subject:
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- Sheppard, A. W. (Alexander William), 1913-1997 -- Interviews
- Soldiers -- Greece -- Interviews
- Soldiers -- Australia -- Interviews
- Booksellers and bookselling -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Interviews
- Publishers and publishing -- Australia -- Interviews
- Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Interviews
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Greece -- Personal narratives, Australian
- Censorship -- Australia -- History
- Australia -- Armed Forces -- Officers -- Interviews
- Greece -- History -- Civil War, 1944-1949 -- Personal narratives, Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Turner, Ann, 1929-2011
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2061 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1991
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