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The aim and objective of this site is to capture and preserve an insight into the people and history of South Australia which can be shared as an online resource to globally promote the region and it’s heritage. These stories have been recorded and produced by Christian Teusner / The EMU Tree, www.theemutree.com Many hours of interviews are captured featuring and celebrating the men and women who have served their country from WWII to present day.This is a personal insight into their experiences, challenges and triumphs. I encourage exploration of these interviews to discover some amazing individuals and their lives and insights into world events. All podcasts are downloadable to listen to at your leisure. Podcasts featured include: 2023 Barossa Village Oral History Project, 2023 veteran, war widows and partners oral histories, 2022 veteran, war widows and partners oral histories, 2021 veteran, war widows and partners oral histories, 2020 veteran oral histories, 2018 Barossa Valley community oral histories. This is an ongoing oral history program which is continually seeking further participants to document their life experiences and achievements.
Episodes
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
DOB 4/1/1925
Colin Henschke - “We had an observation post at Loxton. We had all these planes on the walls so we could identify them as they flew over. Sometimes the pilots would muck around abit! We had to report this, we had a clear sky, I was only a lad then, yes those were the days!”
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
DOB 22/1/1926
First impressions of Borneo “ When you are young you’ve got no comprehension of what can happen, we were ahead of the battleships, I thought it was a fireworks display! There were shells going over over heads! Whoosh, whoosh, I thought it was a great deal of fun!”
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
DOB 24/3/1923
"The call up came for the Air Force,I went down to North Tce, I would have been 19/20? My brother was joining the Air Force also about the same time. He was ten years older than me"
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
DOB 22/2/1933
Korea - “When we got there oh hell, we were in our normal battle dress, this was the first time I’d ever been in the snow! We hadn’t been issued any winter gear, we had to wait for weeks”
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
DOB 24/11/1924
“It was 1933 when I was living in Chain of Ponds, there was an old garage and the Morningstar Hotel, a blacksmith, there used to be tearooms there as well”
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
DOB 18/8/1922
How long were you a POW? “ three and a half years, one day after another. At least six hundred prisoners in that camp, we worked in a coal mine, 3 shifts”. “All of a sudden the Japanese were gone, we looked in the guard house, there were all the rifles, we thought they must have landed on the Island, we didn’t know the war was over!”
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
DOB 6/9/1934
Born in Melbourne Jenny recalls her early childhood memories and also reflects on the early days when she met her husband Bob and becoming a pilot.
“I learnt to fly at Meekathara, we used to fly down to Sandstone once a month for a service”
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
DOB 19/12/1926
Georgina June Hanley - “I played tennis until I was 85”
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
DOB 19/1/1929
Col Francis Peter Scott has a lifetime of service experiences begining in 1946 at The Royal Military College at Duntroon. Peter went on to have a distinguished career in the Australian Army serving in Korea and Vietnam and has published several books.
Put the kettle on there is plenty here to listen to!
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
DOB 19/11/1920
Keith was 102 years of age when this interview was documented. Known to most as (Chook) his stories are many from WW2 and his time as a POW with the Japanese. The naming of Fowler Lane in Somerton Park was unveiled in 2022 to recognise his service.