An Interview with P. S. (Norman) Whitelaw

LTCOL Peter Rowley came across this transcript of an Oral History Recording at the Australian War Memorial with Price Steward (Norman) Whitelaw.

The description of the recording is:

Price Stewart (Norman) Whitelaw, 2/2nd Field Regiment and Bombardment Liaison Officer HMAS Hobart, interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archives of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment if AIF; discipline in militia units; initial army training at Seymour Camp; transfer to Puckapunyal Camp; embarkation for Middle East; Deir Suneid Camp; Helway Camp in Egypt; contact with Italian forces at Bardia; Tobruk Campaign; embarkation for Greece; contact with German Forces at Veria; battle at Delphi; evacuation to and from Crete; casualties from Greece and Crete campaigns; return to Australia; establishment of Australian Naval Bombardment Group; role of Bombardment Liaison OfficerS and shore fire control parties; posting to HMAS Shropshire; posting to HMAS Hobart as Bombardment Liaison Officer; relationship between the army artillery team and naval crew; Hobart’s guns; bombardment missions on Hobart at Balkipapan, Manila Bay, Cebu; demobilisation; post-war employment.

The transcript can be found at: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/S00569/document/9157092.PDF. Please be aware of the copyright notice on p2 of the article.

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