Life on the Line [Series 4, Bonus Episode] The Partners - Crystal Callender

Accession Number	AWM2020.1032.72
Collection type	Sound
Object type	Podcast
Physical description	digital audio file; wave
Maker	Callender, Crystal Callender, Garth Hordern, Angus Thistle Productions
Place made	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Lindfield
Date made	3 May 2020
Access	Open
Conflict	Period 2000-2009 Iraq, 2003-2013 Period 2010-2019
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 speaks with Crystal Callender about being married to an army veteran. Podcast was released 4 September 2020.

Episode description from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com: Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. This is the second ‘partners’ episode of Life on the Line. Today’s conversation is with Crystal Callender. Crystal was dating Garth Callender when the young cavalry officer’s vehicle was blown up by an IED in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2004. Crystal shared with Angus Hordern her perspective of being the girlfriend, fiancé and wife of an army officer who deployed three times to the Middle East. Angus also caught up with Garth on his news, including his recent promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve.

Garth Callender’s original interview was in Season 1, in 2017. He returned in 2018 for the special episode Panel - Returning Home.

Crystal and Garth both returned to the podcast in Christmas on the Line Vol III.