Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Most weeks we also have a bonus episode, where we speak to historians, authors and others in the veterans community. For our first ever bonus episode, Alex Lloyd spoke with Karlie Brand, who was the Deputy CEO of Soldier On Australia at the time of recording, and currently a volunteer company secretary.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. This conversation is with East Timor and Afghanistan veteran, Sharon Bown, formerly of the Royal Australian Air Force, a registered nurse, and now an author and member of the Australian War Memorial Council. In the words of Mark Donaldson VC, "Sharon’s story is one that is rarely heard. One of compassion, commitment and courage."
Sharon returned to the podcast in the special 2018 episode Panel - Life After Service.
Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Today's conversation is with Vietnam veteran Sandy MacGregor. Sandy was the first anti-communist soldier – out of all the Australian, American and other troops in Vietnam – to explore the underground tunnels used extensively by the Viet Cong.
Sandy returned to the podcast in the episode Panel - The Vietnam War.
This is the trailer for Life on the Line - the podcast that tracks down Australian war veterans, has a conversation with them and records their stories.
