Life on the Line [Series 4, Episode 98] Madelon Heuke

Accession Number	AWM2020.1032.56
Collection type	Sound
Object type	Podcast
Physical description	digital audio file; wave
Maker	Heuke, Madelon Hordern, Angus Thistle Productions
Place made	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Lindfield
Date made	5 April 2020
Access	Open
Conflict	Indonesian Confrontation, 1962-1966 Vietnam, 1962-1975
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.

Description

Angus Hordern interviews Vietnam veteran Madelon Heuke. Podcasts released 17 November 2020.

Episode descriptions from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com: Life on the Line tracks down Australian military veterans and records their stories. Madelon 'Del' Heuke was a nurse in the Royal Australian Air Force. In 1965 she was deployed to Butterworth, Malaysia, where she nursed Australian soldiers that had been wounded in action in the Vietnam War. She also flew into Vietnam for medevacs. She shared with Angus Hordern stories of her experiences overseas and the soldiers she nursed to health, giving a nurse's perspective to the Vietnam conflict.