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Description: | Austrian officer served with Austrian Army on Eastern Front and in Italy, 1914-1918
REEL 1 Recollections of operations as officer with Austrian Army on Eastern Front and in Italy, 1914-1918: review of complex political situation in Austria following assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, 28/6/1914; feeling of responsibility for casualties in role as officer; stories illustrating efforts to counter increase in malingering amongst other ranks by feigning mental illness, 1917-1918; story of company sergeant major's dedicated efforts to pass on front line experience to new drafts, his refusal to take leave, success in persuading him to accept leave and subsequent death from Italian shell. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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