3-nine-39 radio and video series

The 3-nine-39 radio and video series tells the untold stories of veterans, widows and family members from the Second World War.

Videos

Gladys Waters, wife of Len Waters, Australia’s first Aboriginal Fighter Pilot video

Guy Griffiths, veteran, served in the Royal Australian Navy video

Hilda Grey, served in the Women’s Land Army video

Jim Kerr, ex Prisoner-of War, Burma-Thailand Railway video

Ron Barassi, former AFL player, father was killed while serving in Tobruk video

Catherine Jose Jackson, meteorologist with Bomber Command, UK video

Audio recordings

Ron Barassi, former AFL player, father was killed while serving in Tobruk

Hilda Grey, veteran, served in the Women’s Land Army

Gladys Waters, wife of Len Waters, Australia’s first Aboriginal Fighter Pilot

Michael Bell, Indigenous Liaison Officer, Australian War Memorial

Karl James, Head of Military History Section, Australian War Memorial

Jim Kerr, ex Prisoner-of War, Burma-Thailand Railway

Guy Griffiths, veteran, served in the Royal Australian Navy

Bill Purdy, veteran, served with Bomber Command

Catherine Jose Jackson, meteorologist with Bomber Command, UK

Smokey Dawson, veteran, served in the Army

Brian Winspear, served in Royal Australian Air Force, witness to the Bombing of Darwin

Cite this page

DVA (Department of Veterans' Affairs) (2022 ), 3-nine-39 radio and video series, DVA Anzac Portal, accessed 23 May 2025, https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/stories/3-nine-39-radio-and-video-series