Voices of War: Australians Tell Their Stories from World War I to the Present

by Michael Caulfield

Drawn from engagements ranging from World War I through to operations in East Timor and Iraq, the stories are taken from the Australians at War Film Archive, a collection of the memories of over two thousand Australians who have served, both on the front line and at home. Some are unbelievably, unbearably tragic, even after sixty or seventy years, others are the golden memories of happy, albeit unusual, times. And, more often than not, they are stories which have never been shared with others, even family members. There are stories from winners of the Victoria Cross; stories from the POW camps of Asia and Europe; from the patrols of Vietnam, through to those who served as peacekeepers in Rwanda and Somalia. There are stories from nurses, from those who have volunteered to serve with aid agencies and stories of ordinary Australians caught up by circumstances and by duty, in wartime. These are their words.

Genres: History

512 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 2008

Reviews

[Maggie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating book, so hard to put down. Each chapter is the tale in their own words of an Australian and their war time experiences. A wide range of stories and people are included: peacekeepers, nurses, transport, soldiers, etc from every war including peacekeeping missions in Somalia and Rwanda. Often these stories have not been told before, not even to family. Highly recommend it.