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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 - 'frightfully cold' (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 Hall - Trenches and artillery bombardments (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 Hall - Flamethrower (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 Hall - Orderly room burns down (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 Hall - Patrolling (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 Hall - Capture of Captain Greville (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 - Raising age to enlist (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.

Les Powell - American issue (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.

Les Powell - Never felt terribly threatened (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.

Les Powell - Danger of buried grenades (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 - Joining the Navy (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Stores training (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Working as a victualler (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Training at HMAS Leeuwin (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Applying for Somalia (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Pre-embarkation training (Video)

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

Mark Povey - The contingent (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Arriving in Somalia (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Rules of engagement (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Senior storeman (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Keeping fit and fed (Video)

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

Mark Povey - K4 and a bypass route (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Convoys (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Into a war zone (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Somali workers (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Little local interaction (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Anzac House (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Hard Luck Café (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Constant threat (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Clan rivalry (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Bandits (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Ration packs (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Power and water (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Being out of country (Video)

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

Mark Povey - R & R (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Leaving country (Video)

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

Mark Povey - Debriefing (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 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.
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