Harold Sale interviewed by Josie Castle in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2050315
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Sale, Harold, 1891-, 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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- 1987 Jan. 21
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 63 min) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born at Woking, Surrey, England, Sale speaks briefly of his family background; parents' background; school; employment; coming to Australia; working on farms; joining AIF in Scone; horses; conditions in army; experiences on the front; injury; deafness; battles he was in; returning to Woking on leave; conscription; leaving army in Sydney; farming land in Gundagai; his wife; building house; lifestyle; running farm; soldier settlers; selling farm; buying car; driving to Western Australia with family; buying farm near Perth on government scheme; leaving farm for other work -road and dam building, returning to Sydney; working in Port Kembla steel works.
- Notes:
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- Interviewee often slurs his speech therefore answers are often unclear, his hearing and memory are also poor.
- Transcript unavailable.
- Recorded by the N.S.W. Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the N.S.W. Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (N.S.W.)
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216153696
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.).
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- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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