Our Wartime Heroes
As a lad during WWII, Neville learned telegraphy. His skills came in use the night the sirens sounded over the town.
Kevin Keeley was too young to join up. He was a mechanic who learned first hand the pitfalls of gas conversations for cars.
From South Africa to Gallipoli, Tom Shaw volunteered.
Having survived wounding then illness, by 1918, former dairy hand Tom Harrison was fighting in Franvillers, France.
Sister Olive Jeffrey nursed in Egypt where she treated shell shocked soldiers and formed an attachment against her better judgement.
Army nurse Olive put aside her personal grief to focus on the soldiers in her care
The lottery that no one wanted to win. Trevor Herbert was unlucky enough for his birthday to come up and he was sent to Vietnam.
In Vietnam, Australian soldiers had to understand who to trust.
On leave recuperating, Trevor didn't want to return to the war. However, the thought of abandoning the Vietnamese he had worked with overcame his reluctance.
Tears, beers and reunions at the Welcome Home March
