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August 18, 2020
Cecil ‘Bob’ Leckie
Sapper, Royal Australian Engineers “My mate and I were shearing out the other side of White Cliffs and I said to this bloke, there’s gotta be a better job...
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August 18, 2020
Margaret Ferrier
Flight mechanic – Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force “Of course I wanted to make a difference, but there was...
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August 18, 2020
Mavis Wheeler
Cipher, Signals Corps, Australian Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAAF) “We women wanted to be seen as capable as men...
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August 18, 2020
Thelma ‘Shirley’ Grinyer
Nurse, Australian Army Medical Women’s Service “Most of our patients were servicemen, and they were the best patients you...
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August 18, 2020
Dorothy ‘Topsy’ Curtis
Private, Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) “You have to protect your country and your families. If it happened again,...
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August 18, 2020
Doreen Mavis “Bobby” Squire
Driver/Mechanic – Australian Women’s Army Service “I turned up and asked if they were looking for someone who could drive because my family had joined and I wanted to...
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August 13, 2020
Richard (Dick) Udy
Dick Udy couldn’t wait to enlist when war was declared in 1939. His sense of adventure was eventually fulfilled as a wireless operator onboard the “Black Cats” Catalina flying...
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August 13, 2020
Victory in the Pacific – 75 years since the end of World War II
RSL LifeCare has been capturing the memories of our war veterans for many years as a way of honouring our residents’ individual service. This VP Day – the 75th...
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August 12, 2020
Dot Curtis, featured on 7 News in commemoration of Victory in the Pacific
#OneInAMillion our very own resident, Dot Curtis, resident of Connie Fall in Narrabeen, featured on 7 News in commemoration of Victory in the Pacific on Saturday 15th August. #WomenVeterans...
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August 11, 2020
Hidden Treasures – Lindsay Dufty
My first day in the Army was 7th January 1942 when at the ripe age of eighteen I fronted up to enlist. I was delighted to find that an...
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August 11, 2020
Hidden Treasures – Ray Cunningham
When Japan entered the war with the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941, Australia was caught off guard. With its fighting forces on the other side of the...
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August 10, 2020
Hidden Treasures – Wal Williams
Part 1 I was born in October 1922 and grew up in the leafy Sydney suburb of Northbridge. My dad was a keen and strong swimmer and Northbridge Baths...
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