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- 2017-2020 (Produção)
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5 files, 55.6MB
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Harriett was a PhD candidate at University of York between 2017 and 2020. As part of her PhD research, she carried out face to face interviews with a number of Second World War veterans.
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Five interview recordings. The interview 'took place on October 3rd 2017 at the interviewee's own home' (transcript).
The interview transcript (HBE/1/11) provides the following background information about Jack Millin: 'Jack Millin was born in 1924. He served as Wireless Operator and Air Gunner with 12 Squadron, South African Air Force in Italy from 1944 to 1945. After the war, Millin changed careers from working in the painting and decorating trade to leisure equipment hire and sales, relating to skiing and outdoor pursuits. He also taught painting and decorating on a part-time basis. He is the former President Chairman of the Manchester Branch of the Air Crew Association and the current Chairman of Tameside Armed Forces Community.' (transcript).
The interviews include discussion about military training, becoming part of a South African Air Force crew, service in North Africa and Italy, coming back from war, First World War veterans, the difference in how veterans are treated in different countries, not talking about his experiences to friends and family, joining the Aircrew Association, and Remembrance Day services.
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The parent folder (2020-008) contains eighteen audio files (constituting ten interviews) and one Microsoft Word document.
Arrangement intervention is level 1 (no intervention by the archivist). The original material has been retained without any intervention by the archives staff. This does mean that the collection may include filenames containing spelling mistakes and duplicate files that were placed in the wrong folder(s) by the creator.
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- inglês
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See also York Normandy Veterans archive (NVA).