Ripples of Wartime: Jean Matthews
Jean Matthews went to the Vietnam War as a volunteer Red Cross aid worker in 1966.
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Jean Matthews went to the Vietnam War as a volunteer Red Cross aid worker in 1966.
Des was opposed to the conscription of young men of his own generation to fight in Vietnam.
Jean McLean was a founding member of Save Our Sons, fighting against conscription.
Frank Clarke is a Wergaia and Gunditjmara man who served in Vietnam.
My-Van Tran grew up in middle-class Saigon family and then left South Vietnam to study.
Chas Martin was called up for National Service in 1969 - and disobeyed.
Angela Mertens fell in love and married her husband Ted after he returned from a tour of duty.
Di Fairhead went to the Vietnam War as a physiotherapist in 1969.
Leaders on the Western Front were more open to learning modern warfare than often assumed.
Ruth is the daughter of a Returned National Serviceman who served in Vietnam.
Ripples of Wartime is a series of 12 short interviews with Australians about the Vietnam War.
Trung Nghia Ton was born in Australia to parents who fled Vietnam after the war.