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Jim Vane - World War II veteran (Video)

Jim Vane enlisted in the Citizen Military Forces on 4 April 1942.

Jack Bell - World War II veteran (Video)

John Bell, known as Jack to his friends, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1940.

John Abrahams - World War II veteran (RAN) (Video)

John Abrahams enlisted in January 1941 and was drafted to HMAS Manoora in May 1941.

John Brownbill - Near miss (Oral history)

John Brownbill - Stolen mine field (Oral history)

John Brownbill and John Jarrett - Freezing your tongue (Oral history)

John Brownbill and John Jarrett - How to cook a turkey (Oral history)

John Brownbill - Near miss (Video)

A shipping clerk before enlisting in Melbourne, John was selected for officer training and posted first to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) in June 1952

John Brownbill - Stolen mine field (Video)

A shipping clerk before enlisting in Melbourne, John was selected for officer training and posted first to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) in June 1952

John Brownbill and John Jarrett - Freezing your tongue (Video)

A shipping clerk before enlisting in Melbourne, John was selected for officer training and posted first to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) in June 1952

John Brownbill and John Jarrett - How to cook a turkey (Video)

A shipping clerk before enlisting in Melbourne, John was selected for officer training and posted first to 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) in June 1952

John Cummins - World War II veteran (Video)

John Cummins joined the Merchant Navy as an apprentice officer after his father had refused

John Fleming - World War II veteran (Video)

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

John Frewen - Rwanda veteran (Video)

John Frewen is a career infantry officer whose father and grandfather also served in the Australian Army.

John Gilmour - World War II veteran (Video)

Scottish-born John Gilmour enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in October 1940 in Western Australia.

John Brownbill and John Jarrett - Freezing your tongue (Video)

John Jarrett was born in Adelaide in October 1933 and was a merchant seaman for five years before enlisting in the Australian Army shortly before his 19th birthday in July 1952

John Brownbill and John Jarrett - How to cook a turkey (Video)

John Jarrett was born in Adelaide in October 1933 and was a merchant seaman for five years before enlisting in the Australian Army shortly before his 19th birthday in July 1952

John Murphy - Korean War veteran (Video)

John Murphy was born in Tipperary, Ireland, and had served in the Irish Army before he moved to Australia.

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 Ryan - Vietnam War veteran (Video)

John Ryan was born in Sydney in 1947.

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

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

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 Thurgar (Australian Army), Operation Aussies Home (Video)

John served with the Special Air Service in Vietnam. He was dismayed by the hostile reception many Vietnam War veterans received on their return home. He later became the senior investigator for…

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.

Jose Garcia - Afghanistan veteran (Video)

Jose Garcia began his military career as a cadet serving in the Melbourne University Regiment when he was training to become a teacher.

Judy Speedy - Navy veteran - Vietnam civilian (Video)

Judy (Guy) Speedy grew up in a naval family with a strong ethos of service. She joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1962 and served for 6 years.

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.

Karla Fenton - World War II veteran (WAAAF) (Video)

Dr Berres Karlene 'Karla' Fenton OAM was born in New Norfolk, Tasmania, in 1926. She was a teenager at the outbreak of World War II.

Keith Fowler - World War II veteran (Video)

Keith Fowler enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 6 July 1940 in South Australia.

Ken Mackay - World War II veteran (Video)

Ken Mackay enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy in September 1942 when he was in Brisbane.

Les Cook - Artillery in the jungle (Oral history)

Les Cook talks about artillery in the jungle

Les Cook - Native carriers - supplies (Oral history)

Les Cook talks about native carriers - supplies

Les Cook - Physical effects of New Guinea campaign (Oral history)

Les Cook talks about physical effects of New Guinea campaign

Les Cook - Walking in the jungle (Oral history)

Les Cook talks about walking in the jungle

Leslie Boon - World War II veteran (Video)

Leslie Boon enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 26 February 1943.

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 (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.

Mark Incze - RAAF veteran (Video)

Mark Incze was inspired to join the air force by a friend's father who had served as a 'gunny' (Armourer Fitter). Dealing with missiles and bombs appealed to him at 14.

Mark Povey - Somalia veteran (Video)

Mark Povey joined the Royal Australian Navy as a 16-year-old in 1977.

Maurie Deed - World War II veteran (Video)

Allan Morris 'Maurie' Deed enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 9 May 1940. He served as an aircraft hand and later as a motorcyclist and a fitter.

Maurie O'Keefe - World War II veteran (Video)

Maurice (Maurie) Anthony O'Keefe enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in October 1942 at the age of 18.

Max Barry - World War II veteran (Video)

Maxwell Rae Bary was born in Beaufort, Victoria, on 24 June 1924. He grew up on his parents’ dairy farm near Colac. As a child, Max was fascinated with planes and wanted to become a pilot.

Max Speedy - Vietnam veteran (Video)

Ian Maxwell ‘Max’ Speedy was born in Levin, New Zealand, in 1944. His father was a fighter pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II.

Maxine Stones - Somalia veteran (Video)

Maxine Stones was born in Tasmania. She joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1976. After initial training at HMAS Lonsdale in Port Melbourne, Maxine transferred to HMAS Cerberus.

Mervyn Mason - World War II veteran (Video)

When Japan entered the war in December 1941, Merv Mason was a trainee fitter and turner in the workshop of Cam & Sons Pty Ltd in Sydney.
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