Accession Number | AWM2020.1032.37 |
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Collection type | Sound |
Object type | Podcast |
Physical description | digital audio file; wave |
Maker |
Fitzgerald, William Terence Hordern, Angus Thistle Productions |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Warriewood |
Date made | 23 February 2020 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Period 1950-1959 Period 1970-1979 Period 1960-1969 Period 1980-1989 Period 1940-1949 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Life on the Line [Series 4, Episode 79] Bill Fitzgerald
Description
Angus Hordern interviews legendary RAN Clearance Diver Bill Fitzgerald. Podcast released 16 June 2020.
Episode descriptions from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com: Life on the Line tracks down Australian military veterans and records their stories. Today's conversation is with the first Australian Clearance Diving Chief, Bill Fitzgerald. Bill joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1946. He shared with Angus Hordern his stories of blowing up mines and massive ordnance, nuclear exposure, and fixing dams, submarines and ships, in his pioneering career in the navy.
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Life on the Line [Series 4, Episode 79] Bill Fitzgerald