Interviewer: Illsey, Ray

ABSTRACT: 00.00-02.50 - Biographical and enlistment. Royal Roads Military College. 02.50-08.41 - Training. ASW Officer. Sea King helicopters. 08.41-13.45 - HMCS Terra Nova. Family support. 13.45-15.34 - Criteria for promotions. 15.34-21.22 - ASW training. Computer technology. 21.22-30.48 - Transition to Military Forces. Life on board. 30.48-38.16 - Training with new technology. 38.16-50.35 - Nuclear Submarine Acquisition Program. Digital technology. CASAP. 56.13-1.04.58 - Submariners. Commonwealth connections. UK/Australia/Canada. 1.04.58-1.16.01 - Cancellation of Nuclear Submarine Program. Navy view. Public perception. 1.16.01-1.27.52 - Uses of submarines. Need for submarines and their future.

Interviewee: Dawe, Lawrence

An interview/narrative of Lawrence Dawe's experiences whilst serving with the Royal Canadian Navy. Interview took place on March 15, 2013.

Rank: Commander.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Illsey, Ray
• Dawe, Lawrence

Subject

• Military history
• Personal narratives--Canadian
• Canada. Royal Canadian Navy

Language

• eng

Date created

• March 15, 2013

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sound recording (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• Australia

Coordinates

• -25, 135

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording (MP3) also available.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• reminiscences
• sound recordings
• oral histories (literary genre)
• interviews

Archival item identifier

• DL_785

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• March 26, 2013

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 192 kbps and 44 kHz. Recorded in digital format by interviewer, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2013. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/5vk6-t595

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