Track 1:

00.00 Intro

00.30 Life in England

01.03 Immigration and life in West Gippsland

01.52 Love of the bush

03.15 Longwarry school

03.46 Work

04.26 World War 2 service

05.05 Marriage to Margaret

05.12 Hearing Loss, not forgetting the war

06.37 Night terrors & caring for Margaret

07.10 Papua New Guinea, malaria and ill health

08.07 City vs country and Margaret’s support

09.40 Post World War 2 work, Arthur Lye and DBF work

10.40 Property at Drouin South and passionfruit vine

10.50 Children and their schooling

12.15 Drouin South property

13.21 Childhood memories of Bill, John and Robin: milking, the Tarax club, animals, rabitting, hay baling, sport and bikes

17.03 Buln Buln Shire Road crew

17.56 Move into town, becoming a councillor and Shire President

19.39 Drouin RSL

20.12 Anzac of the year award

21.23 Legacy and other organizations

22.23 Jack’s death

 

Track 2: Robin reads one of Jack’s poems