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In every conflict, there are countless stories. Some preserved in objects, some buried in archives, and many quietly carried in the memories of those who lived through it. 

This podcast brings them to light.

Listen closely as historians, veterans, families, experts, curators and eyewitnesses share perspectives and details often missing from the headlines. From battlefield artefacts to fragile letters, museum collections and recorded histories, we follow the threads that connect individual lives to larger moments around the world. 

Through honest conversations and carefully researched storytelling, we discover how war shapes people. And how people, in turn, shape the stories we remember. An Australian War Memorial Official podcast. This series is brought to you by Leidos Australia.

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A member of the Australian Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) at Patrol Base (PB) Wali.

The settling dust of Afghanistan

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8

For two decades, Australians served in Afghanistan, where progress and loss often existed side by side. Through those who served and lived through the war, discover what those years meant, what was lost, and what remains today.


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A member of the Australian Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) at Patrol Base (PB) Wali.

The settling dust of Afghanistan

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8

Two decades of Australian service in Afghanistan, where progress and loss existed side by side.

By John Barrington

Through their eyes podcast
Two men standing, facing each other, arms resting on artillery cannon

Serving Country

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7

They fought for a country that didn’t always fight for them.

Hosted by John Barrington

Through their eyes podcast
Mounted police and blacks, lithograph on paper. ART50023

The Frontier Wars

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6

What happens when a nation looks back at its most difficult history?

Hosted by John Barrington

Through their eyes podcast
Original officers of the 2/4th Infantry Battalion, 19th Infantry Brigade. 081171

Unsung heroes

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5

Why do some heroes become legends while others are forgotten?

Hosted by John Barrington

Through their eyes podcast
Tiber, a Labrador tracker dog with the 7RAR, is on piquet duty with his personal handler

Beside us

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4

The remarkable bonds forged between humans and animals in war.

Hosted by John Barrington

Through their eyes podcast
Studio portrait of Nancy Wake.

Life in the Shadows

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3

Before a battle was won, someone had to uncover the enemy's secrets.

Hosted by John Barrington

Through their eyes podcast
Captain Nora Heysen, Official war artist

She went to war

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2

From Vietnam to Afghanistan, hear from Australian women who served.

Hosted by John Barrington

Through their eyes podcast
Lieutenant Colonel E. E. Dunlop

Captured

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1

A pilot forced down. A soldier captured. A nurse taken prisoner.

Hosted by John Barrington

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Pioneers of the First Battalion building thunderboxes, August 1915.

Thunderboxes & Flies

Poor sanitation on Gallipoli was a silent killer on the battlefield.

By Jennifer Selby

First World War 1914 - 1918
Some of the first 22 WRANS on parade at HMAS Harman, August 1941.

The First WRANS

Women trained as wireless telegraphists to free men for war, leading to the WRANS formation.

By Jennifer Selby

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Australians cleaning off mud, France, December 1916

Somme Sort of Life

Mud and mortality on the Western Front.

By Stephanie Boyle

First World War 1914 - 1918
Private John ‘Dogger’ Dick examining his negatives

Darkroom on the 38th Parallel

War zone Korea posed difficulties for photographers who shot and developed their film in situ.

By Greta Wass

Korean War 1950 - 1953
Lancaster bomber aircraft during an air attack on the city of Hamburg

Failed to Return

The search for missing aircrew in the Second World War was painstaking and painful.

By Dr Lachlan Grant

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Lawrence H. Cecil of the ABC, recording messages home on board HMAS Perth, 1941.

Dust in the grooves

During WW2 the ABC sent out units to record audio for radio broadcast.

By Jennifer Selby

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Trapped podcast cover

Trapped

Trapped is a six part series about a group of Australian airmen stranded on Timor during WW2.

By Tom Trumble

Second World War 1939 - 1945