Mary Browning is joined by her daughters Marcia Browning and Christine Morgan to talk about the World War 2 service of Mary’s husband Noel, who worked on barges delivering supplies to US ships in Borneo. Christine and Marcia also speak about Noel’s uncle Sam Browning who served in World War 1, where he sustained lifelong injuries as a result of being gassed. Mary and her daughters also mention Sam’s son Gordon who served in World War 2, and they share other stories about their family history. The Brownings are very proud of their family’s history of service and participate in Anzac Day services every year.

This interview took place on 22 April 2015 in Tweed Heads and was conducted by Dr Allison Cadzow with Craig Greene and Magali McDuffie as part of the Australian Research Council-funded research project Serving our Country: a history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the defence of Australia.

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