Coral Hinds is Orange’s least-known war hero — she couldn’t even tell her parents what she did!
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There has been much talk lately about the mental health of people coping with enforced lockdown during the present pandemic.
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I used to walk past his little weatherboard house nearly every day on my way to the shops and he was almost always on the verandah or pottering in his garden.
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As I write this most of us are in self isolation. While very challenging it may be, as Frank Kafka said, “a way to know ourselves.”
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William Harry “Bill” Dean was ‘called up’ into the Army in August 1942 at the age of 23
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This week I caught up with the lovely Bryan Douglas. A proud family man, Bryan assured us his cheeky days are well and truly over now.
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“It was the times I suppose,” says Wendy Gruner, “but for whatever reason, he wasn't spoken of much.”
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This week I caught up with the lovely Mollie Brell.
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This week I caught up with the wonderful Joan Cox, “I worked very hard and I always had money because of that, if there was any overtime, I was the one who got it. Times were tough.”
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This week I interrupted the loveable Jann Thomson just before she was to get her hair done at the hairdressers, (sorry Jann). A beautiful soul who states, “I’ve had a good life love”.
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What do you put in a small wooden box 12.5cm x 18cm with a round-hole in the front and the hand-drawn image of a bull on one side and “Calare 89” on the other?
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Last week, on August 15, a small service was held at the Cenotaph at Robertson Park commemorating Victory in the Pacific Day
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This week I caught up with a true gentleman, Cliff Armstrong. “At school I wasn’t real brilliant, even though I have done quite well regardless. I enjoyed myself always. I never put myself on a pedestal, I was just Cliff Armstrong, and that’s all I wanted to be.”
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This week I caught up with the very knowledgeable, man of many talents- Jack Brown.
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This week I caught up with the beautiful Maryanne Novotny. Maryanne is very proud of her family and it certainly shows; her eyes light up when she talks about them.
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This week I caught up with the beautiful Ruby Sharp. “I had a good life, it still is, I can’t wish for anything better.”
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This week we caught up with the beautiful Mrs Ursula Hennessey. A genuine, happy and down to earth lady who has some wonderful wise words to share.
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This week we caught up with Mr David Birt. A former Veteran, I was told he has a plaque from the French Government thanking David for his service. “It’s been quite an exciting life I’ve lived, I often think about it and think it has been great.”
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“The year after the war I was a finalist in the Miss Australia Competition, it was about who raised the most money for charity. I was on the front page of the paper when I made my debut. We went out on a boat once and when we got right out the boat broke down, we had to wait for the lifesaver and swim ashore, well I didn’t wait for the lifesaver I swam myself to shore.” *laughs*
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This week we caught up with the very humble, Margaret Marriott. Margaret describes herself as very quiet and unassuming, “That’s just the way I am, I take a back seat.”
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