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Actions Displays	Interview with Les Pahoff Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2026/092 TitleInterview with Les Pahoff CreatorSydney Jewish Museum (interviewed by)‎ DescriptionInterview with Les Pahoff conducted by the Sydney Jewish Museum for the Serving Australia military exhibition. This interview was completed in 2009 and has a running time of 22 minutes. To access this interview, please contact collections@sjm.com.au. David Les Pahoff was born 6 March 1922 in Footscray, Victoria. Les helped his father Wolf with the family dairy business which provided kosher milk. Les enlisted in the army on 1 August 1944. He had tired of the family business and wanted to get away. Les served in New Guinea as a driver. He remembers attending Jewish services while serving and has leave passes as evidence. Les returned to Australia as a result of a nervous breakdown. After a few months in hospital he was released. He eventually became a port inspector. Les joined VAJEX in 1946 and was a part of several veterans organisations. Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia Production date 2009-11-20 Production period21st Century Subjectarmed forces, farms, kashrut, Jewish life, soldiers, driving, mental illness Object nametestimonies Materialdigital Dimensions duration: 22.45 min Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum collection, interview with Les Pahoff. Transferred from SJM Community Stories.

Object numberM2026/092

TitleInterview with Les Pahoff

CreatorSydney Jewish Museum (interviewed by)‎

DescriptionInterview with Les Pahoff conducted by the Sydney Jewish Museum for the Serving Australia military exhibition.

This interview was completed in 2009 and has a running time of 22 minutes.

To access this interview, please contact collections@sjm.com.au.

David Les Pahoff was born 6 March 1922 in Footscray, Victoria. Les helped his father Wolf with the family dairy business which provided kosher milk. Les enlisted in the army on 1 August 1944. He had tired of the family business and wanted to get away.

Les served in New Guinea as a driver. He remembers attending Jewish services while serving and has leave passes as evidence. Les returned to Australia as a result of a nervous breakdown.

After a few months in hospital he was released. He eventually became a port inspector. Les joined VAJEX in 1946 and was a part of several veterans organisations.

Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia

Production date 2009-11-20

Production period21st Century

Subjectarmed forces, farms, kashrut, Jewish life, soldiers, driving, mental illness

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Materialdigital

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum collection, interview with Les Pahoff. Transferred from SJM Community Stories.

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