In 1978 524 Cpl Fred Russell, 22nd Battalion AIF, became one of the scores of servicemen interviewed in the Voices of the First World War project and his graphical recollection of events can now be listened to in the three tape, ninety-minute interview available on the IWM website.
After the war Fred continued his association with the 22nd Battalion becoming its secretary from its inauguration to his death in 1978, after which the role has been continued by his son Ian Russell.
Click on the link below to listen to L-Cpl Russell’s illuminating and lucid memories of his time in the Great War.
Russell, Frederick Charles (Oral history) | Imperial War Museums (iwm.org.uk)
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