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Dudley Goodwin and Raymond Deed - Korean War veterans (Video)

Dudley Goodwin was a stockman by profession.

Dudley Marrows - World War II veteran (Video)

Dudley Marrows was a Flight Lieutenant and flew anti-submarine Sunderland flying boats with the RAAF's No 461 Squadron during World War II.

Ed Jones - World War II veteran (Video)

Ed Jones was a stockman before he joined the army in Townsville in May 1941.

Edward Chapman - World War II veteran (RAN) (Video)

Edward Chapman had been a member of the sea cadets before joining the navy as a 16 year old. He spent 6 months training at the Flinders Naval Depot in Victoria.

Ernest Brough - World War II veteran (Video)

Ernest Brough enlisted at Dandenong, Victoria, in March 1940.

Fall of Singapore short film (Video)

Created to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Fall of Singapore, this film includes reflections from 8 veterans who served in the Malaya and Singapore. Some were taken prisoner and were allocated to…

Frank Ward - World War II veteran (Video)

Francis (Frank) John Ward was 19 years old when he joined up in December 1942. He trained in Canada for 6 months between May and November 1943 as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS).

Fred Riley - World War II veteran (Video)

Fred Riley served in the Australian Military Forces before enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 13 September 1941. He was selected for pilot training.

Fred Sharon - Homecoming (Oral history)

Fred Sharon - Tarakan: A united effort (Video)

Fred Sharon was a member of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He participated in the first landings in Borneo at Tarakan. He went ashore as part of the RAAF’s ground troops sent in to support…

Fred Sharon - Homecoming (Video)

Frederick 'Fred' Sharon enlisted in the RAAF on 11 March 1944 at 18 years of age

Gail MacDonell, Families of Veterans (Video)

Gail married a recently returned Vietnam Veteran who many years later was hospitalised by post-traumatic stress disorder. Frustrated by a lack of recognition of what she had found to be a common…

Gary Beck (Royal Australian Air Force), Bomber Pilot (Video)

Gary Beck flew Canberra bombers with the Royal Australian Airforce in Vietnam. They flew low-level missions that required accurate flying.

Gary McKay (Australian Army), Combat (Video)

Gary McKay went to Vietnam as a national serviceman and commanded an infantry platoon. He saw battle first hand.

Gary Oakley - Vietnam War veteran (Video)

Gary Oakley is a Gundungurra man from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. He enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Navy at 15.

Gary Ramage - Photographer (Video)

Gary Ramage is a photographer and video journalist. He was born in Scotland and emigrated to Australia with his parents and siblings in 1975.

Geoff Hazel - Cyprus/ East Timor (Video)

Geoff Hazel was born in 1948 and grew up in and around Army camps in Victoria and New South Wales.

Geoff Hazel - Mozambique (Video)

Geoff Hazel was born in 1948 and grew up in and around Army camps in Victoria and New South Wales.

Geoff Hazel - Vietnam (Video)

Geoff Hazel was born in 1948 and grew up in and around Army camps in Victoria and New South Wales.

Geoff Chapman - World War II veteran (Video)

Geoff Chapman joined the Australian Army in March 1943 at Unley Park, South Australia.

Glen Ferrarotto - Afghanistan veteran (Video)

Glen Ferrarotto joined the regular Australian Army in 1998 after a short stint in the Army Reserves and university.

Taffy Hughes - Enlistment (Video)

Born in Tylorstown in Wales in 1925, Taffy Hughes worked at an electric power station before he enlisted in the Royal Navy. He served as an aviator with No.

Gordon Jamieson - World War II veteran (Video)

Gordon Jamieson was just 19 years old when he enlisted in July 1940.

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.

Angas 'Gus' Murray Hughes - World War II veteran (Video)

Angas 'Gus' Hughes enlisted into the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in July 1942 at the age of 18.

Guy Griffiths - Navy veteran (Video)

Guy Griffiths was born in Sydney on 1 March 1923 and grew up in the Rothbury-Pokolbin district in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.

Harold Dihm - World War II veteran (Video)

Harold Dihm joined the Royal Australian Navy in December 1942.

Harry Locke - World War II veteran (Video)

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

Hautrie Crick - World War II veteran (Video)

Hautrie Crick enlisted in Melbourne on 6 August 1940. He was initially assigned to the 2/23rd Training Battalion and in October joined 2/24th Battalion.

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 Crawford, Derek Holyoake and Kevin Daly - American pilot lost at sea (Video)

Ian Crawford served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for 40 years, from 1949 until 1989, when he retired as Rear Admiral.

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.

Ian Young - Afghanistan - Navy veteran (Video)

Ian Young was born in Canada and joined the Canadian Forces (Navy). He transferred into the Royal Australian Navy in 1998.

Jack Calder - World War II veteran (Video)

Jack Calder served in the senior cadets and militia before the start of World War II.

Jack Caple - World War II veteran (Video)

Jack Caple enlisted on 22 June 1940 and served with the 2/24th Battalion in the Middle East, North Africa, New Guinea and Borneo.

Jack Olsson - World War II veteran (Army) (Video)

Jack Olsson enlisted for service on 17 July 1942 at Kogarah, New South Wales.

Jack Lang - Korean War veteran (Video)

John 'Jack' Lang was born in Harvey, Western Australia, in 1931. A coal miner before he enlisted, Jack signed up with three mates.

Jack Thomas - World War II veteran (Video)

Jack Thomas was born in Broken Hill on 4 November 1919. He worked as a grocer's assistant before enlisting in Broken Hill in June 1940.

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.

James Lybrand - Middle East veteran (Video)

Commodore Lybrand joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1990 as an Apprentice at HMAS Nirimba. He was commissioned as an Officer in 1993.

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 - Rwanda (Video)

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

Jason Rogalewski-Slade - East Timor (Video)

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

Jed Hart - Vietnam (Video)

Jerome 'Jed' Hart joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1965. Jed had just finished school and his brother had joined the year before.

Jenny Firman - Navy veteran (Video)

Professor Jennifer Ruth 'Jenny' Firman AM was born in Ballarat, Victoria, in 1958. After finishing school in Glen Iris in 1975, she started a medical degree at the University of Melbourne.

Jim Bell - World War II veteran (Video)

Jim Bell enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on 17 April 1942.

Jim Price - World War II veteran (Video)

Jim Price was working as a farm labourer when the Second World War broke out. As the war, escalated, he decided to enlist and raised his age by a year to do so.

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.
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