Life on the Line tracks down Australian military veterans and records their stories.
Episodes
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Sharon Mascall-Dare interviews Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Craig Cook.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Craig Cook has served in the Australian Army for 34 years, as a member of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. He has deployed to Somalia, Afghanistan and three times to Iraq - twice with US forces, who have recognised his achievements with a Meritorious Service Medal and a Bronze Star. Today he’s the Regimental Sergeant Major at 9th Brigade in Adelaide. Craig shared with Sharon Mascall-Dare stories of high intensity combat, having a bounty on his head and the effects of the military life on his family.
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Monday Sep 09, 2019
Monday Sep 09, 2019
Alex Lloyd interviews World War II veteran Bob Semple.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Bob Semple served in an artillery gun crew in World War II. He fought in Tobruk, El Alamein, Lae, Finschhafen, Tarakan and Labuan, against all three Axis powers. The Rat of Tobruk shared his memories of the war with Alex Lloyd.
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Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Alex Lloyd speaks with Angus Hordern about his late father, John Hordern, a World War II veteran.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Today's bonus episode is with Angus Hordern, who shares with his Thistle Productions colleague Alex Lloyd some memories of his late father, John Hordern. John served in the Royal Australian Navy in World War II, including the largest naval action in history.
Audio clips of John from the documentary FOR SCHOOL AND COUNTRY are featured in this episode.
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Monday Sep 02, 2019
Monday Sep 02, 2019
Thomas Kaye interviews Berlin Airlift and Vietnam War veteran, Air Marshall David Evans.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. David Evans served in the Royal Australian Air Force for 42 years, retiring as the Chief in 1985. He just missed out on action in World War II, but had a variety of deployments, including operational service in the Berlin Airlift and the Vietnam War.
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Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Alex Lloyd speaks with currently serving Australian Army Captain Hugo Toovey.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Today's bonus episode is with Hugo Toovey, who is currently a Captain in the Australian Army. Hugo has endured two battles with cancer while in his twenties and serving his country in uniform. In this conversation with Alex Lloyd, Hugo describes the military career he dreamed of having, how testicular cancer then bowel cancer changed that, and the work he’s doing today to encourage the younger demographic to be in tune with their bodies, as it just might save a life. Hugo is the co-host of the 25StayAlive podcast.
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Monday Aug 26, 2019
Monday Aug 26, 2019
Alex Lloyd interviews modern RAAF dentist Dr Ajitha Sugnanam.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. For this episode, Royal Australian Air Force officer Dr Sugnanam spoke to Alex Lloyd. Ajitha spoke about her passion to help people, how she combined a career in dentistry with a military one, her volunteer work, and her time overseas.
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Monday Aug 19, 2019
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Alex Lloyd interviews former Special Forces team commander Harry Moffitt.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Harry Moffitt is a former team commander in the Special Air Service Regiment. He passed selection in 1990 and finally left in 2015, when he decided his body, family and future would best be served by moving on - 25 years after he initially joined the Regiment. Harry has extensive operational experience, including deployments to Timor and the Middle East. He spoke to Alex Lloyd about the psychology of being an elite soldier, leadership in high-tempo deployments and how best to equip yourself for life after service.
Read more about Harry’s service and the cricket bats he took to war in the Sydney Morning Herald article by Nick McKenzie, February 2nd 2019.
The closing music of the episode is by The Externals, an Australian SAS original rock band. Harry is the band’s singer-songwriter. The track is called “Edge of the World”. Look up the band on Facebook and Spotify, and find out more on the 16th episode of The Unforgiving60 Podcast.
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Thursday Aug 15, 2019
Thursday Aug 15, 2019
Angus Hordern hosts a conversation between Peter Slack-Smith and David Buckwalter about the Battle of Long Tan.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. After meeting in the podcast 'Panel - Australian Infantry Against the Odds', Peter Slack-Smith - a veteran of Delta Company 6RAR and survivor of the Battle of Long Tan - wished to thank David Buckwalter - a Vietnam veteran of Alpha Company 6RAR - for the role other A Company soldiers played in the bloody battle.
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Monday Aug 12, 2019
Monday Aug 12, 2019
Angus Hordern interviews former Vice Chief of Defence Force and Vietnam veteran Ian Knox.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Today's conversation is with Vice Admiral Ian Knox. Ian spoke to Angus Hordern about a few highlights from his career, from Vietnam to captaining HMAS Melbourne to his time as Vice Chief of Defence Force.
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Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Alex Lloyd speaks with author Michael Veitch about the Battle for Milne Bay in 1942.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Today's bonus episode is with author, actor and presenter Michael Veitch, widely published on the subject of Australian airmen's experiences in World War II. His ninth book, TURNING POINT, is about the Battle for Milne Bay in 1942. Michael spoke about the book and this fascinating, relatively untold piece of history with Alex Lloyd.
- Australian Airmen's Untold Stories with Michael Veitch
- Barney Greatrex - Out Now
- Launching Barney Greatrex with Michael Veitch
- Retracing the Resistance with Charlie Mort
- RIP Barney Greatrex
Monday Aug 05, 2019
Monday Aug 05, 2019
Sharon Mascall-Dare interviews Rwanda, East Timor and Afghanistan veteran James O’Hanlon.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. James O’Hanlon served in the Australian Army for 23 years full time, and is currently in the Army Reserve. He joined as a regular soldier before transitioning to being an officer. Sharon Mascall-Dare spoke to James about his six operational deployments, leadership and encounters with the Taliban.
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Monday Jul 29, 2019
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Angus Hordern interviews Australian veteran of the British Royal Marine Commandos, Adrian Talbot.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Today's conversation is with an Afghanistan veteran, Adrian Talbot. Adrian is an Australian who, while living overseas, found himself signing up to serve in the British Royal Marine Commandos. Adrian shared with Angus Hordern his memories of his Afghanistan deployment, his difficult journey leaving the forces and the work he's doing back in Australia to support fellow veterans. Adrian was interviewed on the podcast last year, in a bonus episode, about the Invictus Games.
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Monday Jul 22, 2019
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Alex Lloyd interviews currently serving sailor, Jodi Farmer.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. For this episode, Royal Australian Navy servicewoman Jodi Farmer spoke to Alex Lloyd about her experiences at sea, including border security operations and a deployment to the Middle East, and the intensity of being on a boarding party.
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