Podcasts

Voices of our Veterans - John Collins

Joining the Royal Australian Navy towards the end of hostilities, John would discover the official end to fighting did not necessarily mean an end to the dying. He would serve with occupation forces and would confront the dying – and killing –...

Riverine Herald

10 Nov 2018

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Voices of our Veterans - Frank Hazelman

Frank started in one war and by the time the shooting was over already found himself in another. He finished up working in signals and served in the Pacific, where signals would be filtered from the sky and sent to interpreters – sometimes going...

Riverine Herald

09 Nov 2018

Video

Voices of our Veterans - Cliff Spiers

Cliff is 96 but still can’t believe he’s a day older than 75. He joined the RAAF the minute he was old enough and managed to survive years of war before coming home. He would serve in the Middle East and Italy and on his return became active in...

Riverine Herald

07 Nov 2018

Video

Voices of our Veterans - Cliff Spiers

Riverine Herald

07 Nov 2018

Video

Voices of our Veterans - Ron Pell

In 1943 Warrant Officer Pell was sent to England with 115 Squadron to train in Wellington bombers before taking over a Lancaster and joining the round-the-clock bombing raids on Germany and occupied Europe. Serving with the RAAF’s Bomber Command...

Riverine Herald

06 Nov 2018

Video

Voices of our Veterans - Jim Russell

Working as ground crew in the RAAF, Jim Russell was never too far from the fighting. He recalled his team in 1945 doing a lot of work on heavy bombers in preparation for embarkation to Okinawa to join the bombing campaign against the Japanese...

Riverine Herald

08 Nov 2018