Walter Henry Shiers interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 222220
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Shiers, Walter Henry, 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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- 1966 Oct. 29
- 4 sound tape reels (ca. 110 min.)
- Series:
- Hazel de Berg collection.
- Summary:
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Walter Shiers (1889-1968) speaks of his youth; enlisting and joining the Light Horse in World War I; serving in Egypt; transferring to the Australian Flying Corps when formed in 1916 and being assigned as mechanic to C Flight with Captain Ross Smith; accompanying Smith, after the Armistice, on the first flight from Cairo to Calcutta; receiving the Air Force Medal; accompanying Ross and Keith Smith on their prize winning flight from London to Australia, completing this flight in under 28 days, despite many adversities. He recounts details of these pioneering flights.
- Notes:
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-220866315
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 p.) and transcript available (47 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Hazel de Berg collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2036 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1966
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