Frank Mallard interviewed by Noah Riseman in the Indigenous ex-service men and women oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5018261
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Mallard, Frank, 1945-2019, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2010 Nov 24
- 2 sound files (approximately 119 min.)
- Series:
- Indigenous ex-service men and women oral history project.
- Summary:
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Frank Mallard speaks about his early childhood and family background; his schooling and boarding; ANZAC parades; reasons his uncles enlisted during World War I and II; racism; agricultural work; enlisting in the Australian Army; training at Kapooka, Wagga Wagga; family members that were also in the military; military life; training at the School of Military Engineering; the Indonesian Confrontation; volunteering for the Vietnam War; Vietnam; Australian and American troops; the Battle of Long Tan; the anti-war sentiment in Australia; marriage; staying in the Royal Australian Engineers and working in Townsville; living in Singapore; his posting to Perth; leaving the Army to work in the Army Reserve as a recruiter; working as a prison guard; working for the United Nations; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; his children; land rights; Honouring Indigenous War Graves; volunteer work; the Returned and Services League and the Vietnam Veterans Association; the National Apology and Indigenous reconciliation and his experiences of living in Tuzla during the Yugoslav War.
- Notes:
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this recording may contain names and voices of deceased persons.
- Recorded on 24 November 2010 in Perth, W.A.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (7 pages) available.
- Subject:
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- Mallard, Frank, 1945-2019 -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australian soldiers -- Interviews
- Engineers -- Australia -- Interviews
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Australian
- Long Tan, Battle of, Vietnam, 1966 -- Personal narratives, Australian
- Australia -- Armed Forces -- Aboriginal Australians -- Interviews
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Riseman, Noah, 1982-, interviewer
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- Creation date:
- 2010
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