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Our Wartime Heroes: firsthand stories from men and women who were there

Our Wartime Heroes: firsthand stories from men and women who were there

Di: Sharon Kennedy Jeffrey Peirce Bunbury Oral History Group
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From meeting Kitchener in the Boer War at the end of the 19thC, to clearing mines in Vietnam, this is wartime history recounted by those who were there.

These remarkable stories are told by the men and women from Bunbury Western Australia, in their own words and sometimes in their own voices.

Listen to little told stories of the nurses who tended the wounded and dying men in WWI.

Listen as Percy Goring talks of escaping a frozen death in a snowstorm on Gallipoli.

Hear about the time that HMAS Australia gave Churchill a lift.

You will cry, laugh and above all be in awe of the ability of ordinary men and women to face the extraordinary.

Kennedy, Peirce, BOHG 2026
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  • Robert Allsop
    Jul 6 2026

    Captain Bob Allsop was part of the British Merchant Navy during WWII. He'd already been toughened up by the English education system. He dodged death in some of the most dangerous convoys of the war and narrowly avoided capture by the Japanese when transporting Australians to Singapore.

    He greatly admired the Australians whom he met on board.

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    3 min
  • Kim Roberts: herioc pilot missing over France
    Jul 4 2026

    During WWII, Lancaster bomber Kim Roberts flew as part of the D Day invasion. He crashed in France,

    The family had never given up hope of finding his body. Then, 50 years on, his brother Newton received a phone call. He tells the story.

    Narration Sharon Kennedy.

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    4 min
  • Ian McCaughan: a youngster who did his bit
    Jul 4 2026

    Ian was just a 13 you old lad when WWII began. He had the job of delivering bad news to Bunbury families.

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    3 min
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