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Title	[Interview with Mr and Mrs Wilson, Shirley and Homer White, Mrs H.G. Barnesby and Mrs Burrows] [sound recording] / [interviewed by K. Bostock].
Published/Produced	1976.

Interview with Mr and Mrs Wilson Shirley and Homer White Mrs H.G. Barnesby and Mrs Burrows . Part 1

Interview with Mr and Mrs Wilson Shirley and Homer White Mrs H.G. Barnesby and Mrs Burrows . Part 2

OH216: Transcript. Interview with Mr and Mrs Wilson, Shirley and Homer White, Mrs H.G. Barnesby and Mrs Burrows interviewed by K. Bostock.

LOCATION	CALL NO	STATUS	MESSAGE
Online	OH216 Audio (2 digital files)	AVAILABLE
2nd Floor Oral History Stack	OH216 Audio (Access)	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY	REQUEST RETRIEVAL
2nd Floor Oral History Stack	OH216 Transcript (Access) - Wilson & White	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY	REQUEST RETRIEVAL
2nd Floor Oral History Stack	OH216 Transcript (Access) - Barnesby & Burrows	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY	REQUEST RETRIEVAL
3rd Floor Oral History Stack	OH216 Transcript (Preservation)	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY	REQUEST RETRIEVAL
Climate Control Stack (20 degrees)	OH216 Audio (Preservation) cassette	NOT FOR LOAN	ASK SLWA STAFF

Call Number	OH216
Physical description	1 sound cassette.
Additional formats	Audio A digital reproduction is also available.
Transcript	2 transcripts (16 p. and 10 p.)
Access advisory	Access open
Rights advisory	Copyright or other restrictions may apply. For public use, contact the State Library of Western Australia.
Summary	Relationship between Australians and Americans; experiences as prisoner of war in the Middle East; returning to Western Australia; the social activities; rationing; labour shortages; working conditions; Aboriginal labour; wages; internment of Germans; censorship; disruption to family life; service with United States; threat of Japanese submarine; permanent American presence in Albany; return to submarine base in Fremantle. Mrs. Barnesby speaks of her time as Mayoress of Albany 1955 to 1962; work with the Red Cross; hospital facilities; air raid shelters; food parcels; medical staff; Italian prisoners of war; censorship; the Voluntary Defence Corps; and land girls as manpower.
Subjects	Wilson, Mr -- Interviews.
	Wilson, Mrs -- Interviews.
	White, Homer -- Interviews.
	White, Shirley -- Interviews.
	Barnesby, Hilda -- Interviews.
	Burrows, Mrs -- Interviews.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Western Australia.
	Americans -- Western Australia -- Public opinion.
	Albany (W.A.) -- History.
Related names	Bostock, K.