Jeffrey McCormack
Jeff McCormack joined the army in 1966 and his military career spanned 30 years. Jeff spent his first 4 years with the infantry and for the remainder worked in recruit training, a role he absolutely loved. Jeff’s older brother had joined the army in 1965 and served in Vietnam, and Jeff himself was motivated to join by the steady stream of Australian soldiers coming home from the conflict dead or badly injured and he felt he just had to do his bit. It was only very much later in life, around age 60, that Jeff became aware the he was Indigenous, and since then has been researching deeply into his family background. Two of Jeff’s sons are in the army, and Jeff and his wife are foster carers to a number of children from troubled circumstances, both indigenous and non-indigenous.
- Listen to Jeffrey’s interview in Adelaide;
- Return to the Adelaide Yarn Up page.