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Australian peacekeepers in Sierra Leone with IMATT 2001 to 2003

Civil war in Sierra LeoneTensions had been building in Sierra Leone, in West Africa, since independence from the UK in 1961.

John Shannon - World War II veteran (RAAF) (Oral history)

John Shannon - World War II veteran (RAAF) (Video)

John Shannon enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in February 1943, aged 18.

Mervyn Reece - World War II veteran (Video)

Merv Reece joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in February 1943. He was the third generation in his family to enlist during wartime.

Norman Ginn - World War II veteran (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Peter Jensen - World War II veteran (Video)

Peter Jensen enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in February 1941.

Walter Watt's story of First World War service (Video)

This short film is about Lieutenant Colonel Walter Oswald Watt, who served with the Australian Flying Corps during World War I.
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