This website contains material which some users may find offensive.
Some of the details recorded here may be distressing to users and family or friends of the persons interviewed. Users should also be aware that some materials may contain offensive language, depictions of sexual matters or negative stereotypes reflecting the culture or language of a period or place. This website contains images and voices of dead persons.
The material presented on this website is the memories and reflections of the person being interviewed. The material is presented in good faith, but does not reflect the considered views of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, UNSW Australia or the Australians at War Film Archive. Any access that you make of this website is undertaken at your own risk.
Told by the people who lived them
Dulcie Toohey
Child during WW2
In over 2000 interviews, this Archive encompasses our wartime history from World War One to Afghanistan. It includes the battlefront, the home front, media and entertainment, children, wives, workers and clerics. From signaller to Spitfire pilot, from SAS trooper to stoker, even to those who fought with usRead more
In over 2000 interviews, this Archive encompasses our wartime history from World War One to Afghanistan. It includes the battlefront, the home front, media and entertainment, children, wives, workers and clerics. From signaller to Spitfire pilot, from SAS trooper to stoker, even to those who fought with us and against us; they are all represented in this collection.
What you will find on these pages are those interviews, with transcripts.
The Archive is an Australian Government initiative, commissioned through the Department of Veterans' Affairs. It is a unique, historical collection, a resource for everyone interested in Australia's wartime heritage.
This website contains material which some users may find offensive.
Some of the details recorded here may be distressing to users and family or friends of the persons interviewed. Users should also be aware that some materials may contain offensive language, depictions of sexual matters or negative stereotypes reflecting the culture or language of a period or place. This website contains images and voices of dead persons.
The material presented on this website is the memories and reflections of the person being interviewed. The material is presented in good faith, but does not reflect the considered views of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, UNSW Australia or the Australians at War Film Archive. Any access that you make of this website is undertaken at your own risk.