My Life at War https://uniting.org/veterans Pinecast (https://pinecast.com) en-AUUniting & Tribecast Media Uniting & Tribecast Media letaylor@uniting.org no My Life at War https://uniting.org/veterans https://storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/covers/de156745-54d1-495f-aef4-162b23d79198/My_Life_at_War_Cover_Art.jpg serial 2020 Hear untold stories from the teenagers who defended Australia during WWII. INTRODUCING - My Life at War https://pinecast.com/guid/c1fa509c-aa0f-4de8-b694-1a6cc700c4d7 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:27:55 -0000 00:03:24 Hear untold stories from the teenagers who defended Australia during WWII. https://uniting.org/veterans Hear untold stories from the teenagers who fought in Europe, the Pacific and defended Australia during WWII. Told through the eyes of some of our last remaining veterans, My Life at War is a story of mateship, courage and sacrifice.

Follow their personal and emotional journey from enlistment, going to war and eventually coming home.

Uniting is proud to present My Life at War. Meet the veterans and find out more at uniting.org/veterans

]]> no trailer E1 Enlistment: Why I went to war at 15 https://pinecast.com/guid/83ea238f-1a99-42ac-91f0-ae548a402944 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 05:15:00 -0000 https://www.uniting.org/veterans You’ve just been told Australia is at war. How do you respond?

In this first episode, you’ll meet our WWII veterans as they relive the beginning of the Second World War, and recollect what compelled them to step forward and defend the nation.

Uniting is proud to present My Life at War. Meet the veterans and find out more at uniting.org/veterans

]]> Enlistment: Why I went to war at 15 no 1 E2 War: It’s a matter of survival https://pinecast.com/guid/dfdd3a03-5008-481b-a19f-8e4b6a35804a Sun, 15 Nov 2020 17:00:00 -0000 00:20:22 https://www.uniting.org/veterans As our Aussie soldiers and pilots head to the battlefields, they prepare to confront the enemy, their nerves, and their mortality. And all they really have is each other. 

Uniting is proud to present My Life at War. Meet the veterans and find out more at uniting.org/veterans

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The war comes to Australian shores, but no one is prepared. The attacks on Darwin and Sydney would change every Australian’s perspective of the war. The battle is not in some far away land - “the enemy is on our doorstep”.

Uniting is proud to present My Life at War. Meet the veterans and find out more at uniting.org/veterans

]]> Attack on Australia: It’s our war now no 3 E4 Women of the War: Mum, I’m a soldier now https://pinecast.com/guid/6f1ee319-97ee-4aa5-b344-536987ccaab6 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 17:00:00 -0000 00:22:52 https://uniting.org/veterans

“Once I got my uniform that was it. I was a soldier. That made all the difference.”

A spur-of-the-moment decision to enlist in the Army will change Marcia Halliday’s life. Nothing can prepare her for the reaction from her family, or her fellow servicemen.

Uniting is proud to present My Life at War. Meet the veterans and find out more at uniting.org/veterans

]]> Women of the War: Mum, I’m a soldier now no 4 E5 Indigenous soldiers: Warrior spirit https://pinecast.com/guid/0909199c-5445-4881-9d9d-a30cfb85f265 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 17:00:00 -0000 https://uniting.org/veterans Why would four Indigenous men from the same family fight for their country in WWII?

Former Warrant Officer Col Watego tells the emotional story of his family’s journey through the war. It is a story that acknowledges the warrior spirit and how his ancestors paved the way for him and other Indigenous soldiers.

Uniting is proud to present My Life at War. Meet the veterans and find out more at uniting.org/veterans

]]> Indigenous soldiers: Warrior spirit no 5 E6 Coming home: Life after war https://pinecast.com/guid/f1684cb2-72b6-4a9e-bd94-4ae052ea8f1a Sun, 13 Dec 2020 17:00:00 -0000 00:21:02 https://uniting.org/veterans

In this final episode, our veterans experience an emotional homecoming.

No longer the teenagers who jumped at the chance to defend Australia, how will they adjust to their new lives ahead?

Uniting is proud to present My Life at War. Meet the veterans and find out more at uniting.org/veterans

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