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75th Anniversary Stories

2020 marks 75 years since the end of the Second World War. To commemorate this important anniversary, the NSW Government is interviewing Second World War veterans about their experiences, at home and abroad.

 

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Joan Frances McLean (nee Smith)

Betty Seery (nee Clyde)

Ken Joyce

Frank McGovern

Albert Leslie "Bert" Le Merton

Eric Kime

Robert "John" Dowey

Reg Chard

Ray "Floyd" Langker

Alan 'John' Carver

Kenneth Smith

Joyce Abra

Ken Solomons

Bruce Robertson

John McManus

David Trist

Ronald Vickress

Don Kennedy

Lindsay Dufty

Jack van Emden

RADM Rothesay Swan AO CBE RAN (Retd)

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