David Dexter interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 719109
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Dexter, David, 1917-1992, 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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- 1976 Aug. 25 - Sept. 21
- 3 tape reels (ca. 274 min.) : 1 7/8 ips., mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Mel Pratt collection.
- Summary:
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Mr Dexter talks of his parents and early life in country Victoria; his education; enlistment during World War II; training at Albury; Freddie Spencer Chapman; Commandos; travelling to Katherine; Timor; conditions in Dili; equipment; language; Australian relations with the natives; Portuguese relations with the natives; Japanese attack on Dili; occupation of Kupang; weakneses of infantry training; Dutch troops; Van Straaten; assistance of the natives; Joe Loveless; guerilla campaign; Veale; relations between Australians and Portuguese; David Ross; Japanese demand to surrender; morale; "D Platoon"; raids; capture of the stud book; being bombed and pursued by Japanese; the "Voyager"; getting out of Timor; publicity; terrain study of Portuguese Timor; New Guinea, June 1943; Bogajim road; patrolling in New Guinea; equipment and and uniform changes in New Guinea; Services Reconnaissance Dept (Z force); New Britain, 1944; morale towards the end of the war; Dept. of External Affairs; United Nations delegation, 1947; Evatt; writing the history of the war; Spats Waller; Casey; Colombo Plan Conference; Crocker; leaving the Dept of External Affairs; John Burton; Arthur Tange; writing a history of the War; Universities Commission; Australian National University.
- Biography/History:
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Dexter, before he undertook the post of Registrar at the Australian National University, had a career as a diplomat, war historian, and soldier.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at the Chancellery, Australian National University, and at his home in Canberra.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221579220
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript (93 p.).
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Pratt, Mel, -1986, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Mel Pratt collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2046 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1976
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