Yarn Up participants
Jacqueline Shaw
Jacqueline Shaw was born in Cairns, and applied to join the Navy when she was still at school. Signing up in 1973, Jacqueline served for four years, doing her training in Melbourne and working at HMAS Harman in Canberra. Alongside her experiences in the Navy, in this interview...
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Ann Sibosado
Ann Sibosado talks about her experience growing up as the child of a World War 2 veteran, Albert Lockyer.
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Vic Simon
Vic Simon was born in Taree on the north coast of New South Wales and was raised in Forster and later Sydney. His father and uncle both served in the armed forces and this motivated Vic to enlist for military service. Vic served in Vietnam and fought in the Battle of Long Tan. His stories of...
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Victor Slockee
Victor Slockee discusses his own and his brother and cousin’s war service in Vietnam, and the difficulties he experienced upon returning home.
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Denis Smallwood
Denis Smallwood discusses his 12 years in the army, from basic training through to active service in East Timor and Iraq. Denis speaks about those conflicts and the problems he experienced when he left the army and tried to adjust back to normal life.
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Cecilia Stanley Taylor
Of South Sea Islander, Indigenous and European descent, Cecilia Stanley Taylor and Dorothy Murphy speak about their family’s history of service - Dorothy’s father and two brothers served in the army, and Cecilia herself served in the Women’s Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAF). Cecilia remembers...
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Glen Stasiuk
Glen Stasiuk discusses his family history of service in the defence forces, particularly through the Farmer family. Two of the four Farmer brothers who fought in World War 1 were killed in action, while the fifth and youngest brother enlisted and served in World War 2.
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JK Stracke
JK Stracke spoke to the project about his service in the Navy, with particular reference to the Vietnam War.
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Joyce Summers
Joyce Summers discusses the service of her father Charlie Morgan in the World War 1 in France.
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Noel Summers
Noel Summers was in the Navy for six years from around 1958. His cousin had already joined and encouraged him to do so as well, but Noel was also motivated by the need to help his mother and younger siblings financially. Noel enjoyed the Navy, particularly the travel around Asia, and he only...
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