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Graham Edwards (Australian Army), Land Mines - Part 1 (Video)

Graham Edwards served with the Australian Army in Vietnam. He was warned that the biggest danger would be landlines. In May 1970, Graham's life was forever changed when he stepped on a 'jumping jack…

Graham Edwards (Australian Army), Land Mines - Part 2 (Video)

Graham Edwards served with the Australian Army in Vietnam. He was warned that the biggest danger would be landlines. In May 1970, Graham's life was forever changed when he stepped on a 'jumping jack…

Graham Walker (Australian Army), Agent Orange (Video)

Graham Walker served as an infantry commander in Vietnam. After the war he fought for recognition of Agent Orange as a cause of cancers in veterans.

Harold Reginald Davis

Harold Reginald Davis was born on 25 September 1916 in Northam, Western Australia. He was one of 11 children. His father, William 'Bill' Davis, was the son of a Sikh and an Aboriginal woman.

Harry Locke - World War II veteran (Video)

Harry Locke enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Renmark, South Australia in 1940.

Howard Dillon (Australian Army), Army Chaplain (Video)

Howard Dillon served in Vietnam as a Chaplain in the Australian Army, providing pastoral care to his fellow soldiers. He found himself confronted by the realities of war.

Ian Langford - Army veteran (Video)

Ian Langford DSC and Bars joined the Australian Army in 1992.Ian has held many command and staff appointments in the Army and Special Forces throughout his career.

James Brennan

Early life James 'Jim' Brennan was born on 9 October 1917 in Laverton in Western Australia's Goldfields region. He was born into one of the Wangkatha language peoples.

James Kerr - World War II veteran (Army) (Video)

James Kerr was underage when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in March 1941. He was accepted, nevertheless.

Janice & Stuart Smith, Loss (Video)

Stuart Smith was a young child when his father, Bernard Lyle Smith, was killed in action in Vietnam, but it was some years before the sense of loss began to sink in. For Janice, now raising two sons…

Jason Rogalewski-Slade - East Timor (Video)

Jason Rogalewski-Slade was 17 when he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1988.

Jason Rogalewski-Slade - Rwanda (Video)

Jason Rogalewski-Slade was 17 when he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1988.

Jim Martin: Stories of Service (Video), (Online lesson), (Student activity), (Educational)

James (Jim) Martin was 14 years old when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). He served as a private in World War I. Arriving at Gallipoli in early September 1915, he served in Wire…

Jim Richmond (Australian Army), The Battle of Long Tan (Video)

Jim Richmond served with the Australian Army in Vietnam, and in 1966 was wounded during the Battle of Long Tan.

John Alfred Ford

Service life John Ford was born in 1947 in Hindmarsh, South Australia. There's little public information about his early life.

John Fleming - World War II veteran (Video)

John Fleming was a despatch rider with 9th Division Signals during World War II.

John Pope - World War II veteran (Army) (Video)

John Campbell Pope had been a member of the citizens' militia since January 1939. Then in July 1940, he enlisted in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force at Claremont, Western Australia.

John Sonneveld - Vietnam veteran (Video)

In 1962, when he was 17, (Michael) John Sonneveld joined the 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse an

John Sullivan - Vietnam (Video)

John Sullivan moved from England to Australia with his family when he was 14. He had served in the army cadets in an artillery regiment before coming to Australia.

John Wade - World War II veteran (Video)

John Wade was a truck driver before he joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). He enlisted on 1 August 1940 in Claremont, Western Australia.

June Naughton - Vietnam (Video)

June Miinchow was born in Queensland in 1940. She trained in general nursing at Mackay Base Hospital, then midwifery in Tasmania and then theatre in Perth.

Kokoda: In Their Own Words (Online lesson), (Video), (Student activity), (Educational)

Australian veteran experiences in the Territory of Papua in WWII

Leslie Glover - World War II veteran (Army) (Video)

Leslie Glover enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Bowen, Queensland, on 24 June 1940.

Les Hall - Korean War veteran (Video)

Les Hall was born in Brisbane in 1929. After school, he worked for the Western Pacific High Commission in the Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Gilbert and Ellice Islands.

Les Powell - Korean War veteran (Video)

Born in Carlton, New South Wales, in 1931, Les Powell had been working as an assembler for the Ford Motor Company before he joined the Australian Army.

Liz Cosson - Army veteran (Oral history)

Liz Cosson - Bougainville veteran (Oral history)

Liz Cosson - DVA - First Assistant Secretary (Oral history)

Liz Cosson - Army veteran (Video)

Liz Cosson joined the Australian Army in 1979 as an officer cadet and was commissioned in the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps.

Liz Cosson - Bougainville veteran (Video)

Liz Cosson joined the Australian Army in 1979 as an officer cadet and was commissioned in the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps.

Liz Cosson - DVA - First Assistant Secretary (Video)

Liz Cosson joined the Australian Army in 1979 as an officer cadet and was commissioned in the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps.

Long Tan Action, Vietnam: Expressions - Commemoration through Art (Online lesson), (Student activity), (Educational)

A printable resource to develop students understanding of Australia’s military service history through art. This activity features Long Tan action, Vietnam, painted in 1970 by Australian official war…

Loyalty: Stories of the Australian Army (Book)

This commemorative publication is part of the series, a Century of Service. It's aimed at upper primary and lower secondary school students. It explores some of the extraordinary stories of loyalty…

Michael Naughton - Vietnam (Video)

Michael Naughton OBE was born in Sydney in 1936.

Michaela Gilewicz - Army veteran (Video)

Michaela Gilewicz was born in Tasmania. Her father had been called up for National Service and served in the Vietnam War.

Mick Storen & John Schumann, I Was Only Nineteen (Video)

The song I Was Only Nineteen captured the experience of Australia's Vietnam veterans and helped communicate to Australian society what many veterans themselves had been unable to share.

Murray Blake (Australian Army), Enemy Bunkers (Video)

During the Vietnam War, Australian soldiers encountered thousands of hidden underground enemy bunkers. Murray Blake recounts the dangerous work of clearing them.

Murray Willing - World War II veteran (Video)

Murray Willing enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Wallaroo, South Australia, in March 1940.

National Service – Vietnam: In Their Own Words (Online lesson), (Video), (Student activity), (Educational)

Australian veterans share their experiences of being conscripted

Neil Weekes (Australian Army), The Battle of Coral/Balmoral - Part 1 (Video)

As a national serviceman, Neil Weekes commanded a platoon in Vietnam during the battles for the two fire support bases, Coral and Balmoral. After returning to civilian life in Australia, he chose to…

Neil Weekes (Australian Army), The Battle of Coral/Balmoral - Part 2 (Video)

As a national serviceman, Neil Weekes commanded a platoon in Vietnam during the battles for the two fire support bases, Coral and Balmoral. After returning to civilian life in Australia, he chose to…

Norm Dillon - World War II veteran (Video)

Norm Dillon enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in 1941.

Olga Anderson - Nursing and steak picnics (Video)

Olga Anderson was trained as a nurse at the Brisbane General Hospital and enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service on 1 December 1941.

Operation Ivanhoe and the Battle of Nui Le 1971

Activities in Phuoc Tuy province Phuoc Tuy province in the former Republic of South Vietnam had been the scene of Australian Army operations since 1966.

Operation Overlord, Vietnam: Expressions - Commemoration through Art (Online lesson), (Student activity), (Educational)

A printable resource to develop students understanding of Australia’s military service history through art. This activity features an image taken by Australian official war photographer John…

Patricia Ferguson - Vietnam (Video)

Patricia Ferguson was born in Brisbane in 1944 and grew up in the inner-city suburb of Coorparoo.

Paul Macmichael - Vietnam veteran (Video)

Paul Macmichael was born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1945. He was working as a cameraman for the ABC when he was conscripted into National Service.

Paul Stevens - Vietnam veteran (Video)

(James) Paul Stevens was born in Richmond, Victoria, in 1946. After school, he enrolled in the Royal Military College, Duntroon, graduating in 1967.

Peter Jarratt (Australian Army), The Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (Video)

Peter Jarratt served with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, the first Australian unit to arrive, the last to leave, and the most highly decorated of the Vietnam War.

Peter John Badcoe

Early life Decorated career soldier and family man, Peter Badcoe, was born and educated in Adelaide. The son of Leslie and Gladys Badcock, he changed his last name to Badcoe in 1961.
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