Bolton Clarke Research Institute's Dr Xanthe Golenko speaks on why intergenerational play is important and how to build lasting intergenerational connections.

A heavy artillery gunner in WWII, Cynthia had some interesting experiences.  She was offered a clerical role in the army but given she had worked as a secretary before the war, something more dramatic interested her. With a military service history in her family in WA, Cynthia shares her story of heavy artillery gunner training in Fremantle, WA and what Anzac Day means to her. 

Pearl Harbour. 1941 Mary was on a day off and watched as the attack on Pearl Harbour unfolded.  She now lives in our Baycrest community in Hervey Bay and shared her ANZAC Day memories with us. 

A WWII Veteran, Bert was with the RAAF for the bombing of Darwin and actions that followed in 1942.  At just 18 years old, he was part fo a flight crew dropping bombs over SE Asia.  Bert recounts life in Murwillumbah growing up on a farm, and what going to war meant to him, as well as what followed for him.  At almost 95, Bert has a remarkable memory and shares his experiences of life after WWII   

Betty & Jean met as young women, whose friendship started when they joined the army as young women.  They lost contact for more than 50 years, and recently discovered one another at a Bolton Clarke event they both attended.  They share the story of this enduring friendship. 

Stella turned 100 in July 2018.  In this very moving conversation, she recounts her time serving as a nurse in WWII.  Through Cairo, Palestine, Borneo and elsewhere, Stella shares the harrowing memories of that time. 

Coral is a prolific poet and lives in our Baycrest community in Hervey Bay.  This poem is her ode to ANZAC Day 

Henry grew up in the Riverina in NSW, outside of Griffith.  When Henry was a teenager, his father left for the war and went to fight the Japanese in Singapore.  Henry and his 7 siblings didn't hear from him again.  Henry was called up some years later and found himself in Indonesia as part of a team building airstrips and a hospital with the RAAF.  What follows is a truly remarkable story. 

One of the founders of the Ferguson Plarre pastry empire, Alan is now 100 and lives in the Bolton Clarke community at Banora Point on the Gold Coast.  As a young boy growing up in Melbourne, Alan learned pastry from his father who was part of the group who founded what is now William Angliss.  Alan talks of war and family and growing up in Melbourne. 

 Vernon is a world renowned Codepod expert and has been studying these tiny marine creatures for decades.  At 93, he is working on his book for the Smithsonian in Washington, is still incredibly adept at woodworking and shares his love of science with us, in a journey taking him from post war London to Canberra, via Nigeria.