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Interview with Fred Maxwell
Title : Interview with Fred Maxwell Interview with Fred Maxwell
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Creator : Maxwell, Fred
Source : Maxwell, Fred, OH 102
Date of creation : ca.1977
Additional Creator : Chamberlain, Bill
Format : Oral History
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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Description :

Segments of an interview with Fred Maxwell in which he speaks of his experiences as a member of the 7th Light Horse at Gallipoli. He recalls something of the physical conditions he endured and his view of the ill-fated Suvla Bay landing.

Subjects
Period : 1914-1918
Further reading :

Brice, Chris. 'Gallipoli...hell & glory', The Advertiser, 21 April 1990, Magazine, pp. 2-3

Laffin, John. Damn the Dardanelles! : the story of Gallipoli, Sydney : Doubleday, 1980

Reid, Richard. A 'duty clear before us': North Beach and the Sari Bair Range, Gallipoli Peninsula : 25 April-20 December 1915, Canberra, A.C.T. : Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, 2000

Steel, Nigel and Peter Hart. Defeat at Gallipoli, London : Macmillan, 1994

Winter, Denis. 25 April 1915: the inevitable tragedy, St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 1994

Internet links :

Australian War Memorial See: Encyclopedia: Gallipoli

Gallipoli: The drama of the Dardanelles [Imperial War Museum, UK]

Visit Gallipoli [Department of Veterans Affairs]


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