Life on the Line Thistle Productions

This is the audio-only version of our Life After Service episode with Tamara Sloper-Harding. Watch the video documentary episode now on YouTube!


Tamara Sloper-Harding served in the Royal Australian Navy as an intelligence officer and saw deployments to East Timor and Bougainville. 


In this episode of Life After Service, Tarama catches up with an old navy colleague, Angus Hordern, and reflects on her life post service, including a little village called Soibada that captured her heart. 


If you want to find out more about the charity and support the efforts of Tamara and co, you can find out more on Facebook, or you can reach out to them at: pittwaterfriendsofsoibada@gmail.com


CLOSING CREDITS:


Guest: Tamara Sloper-Harding


Special Thanks: Avalon Beach RSL Club


Brought to you by Thistle Productions: Thomas Kaye, Alex Lloyd, Angus Hordern


Intro Music: THREE METRES by Stephen Keech


Episode Soundtrack: THE HELL BEYOND by The Externals


Images courtesy of: Tamara Sloper-Harding & Pittwater Friends of Soibada Incorporated


Fuelled by Striker Coffe Co.


Copyright Thistle Productions 2021


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Sharon Mascall-Dare interviews Timor and border protection veteran, Chad McLaren.


Life on the Line tracks down Australian military veterans and records their stories. Chad McLaren served in the Australian Army as an infantryman and deployed to East Timor in 2000. He then transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and served as a medic, including on border protection. At the Torrens Parade Ground in Adelaide, Chad spoke with Sharon Mascall-Dare about his military career, the role of sport in his life in and out of the military and the importance of veteran storytelling. Chad is one of the founders of Walk for a Veteran, with the 2021 walk set for August.


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Alex Lloyd interviews an Afghanistan veteran and the first female in an Australian Army combat corps, Carly Box.


Life on the Line tracks down Australian military veterans and records their stories. Carly Box was in the Australian Army for 11 years. She was the first female to enlist into a combat corps in the army. She enlisted into Artillery and was an operator of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, commonly known as Drones). She deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 as a ScanEagle operator, spending over 1000 hours flying the drone, and again in 2013 as a Shadow mission commander. Today she co-owns and co-runs the Barracks Gym in Brisbane.


The episode referenced at the end of the podcast is #103 Monika Georgieva.


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This is the audio-only version of our Life After Service episode with Tony Park. Watch the video documentary episode now on YouTube!


Tony Park is a fiction and non-fiction international bestselling author. Before that, he served in the Australian Army Reserves in various roles, including as a public affairs officer.


In 2002, he was deployed to Afghanistan alongside the SAS, with his first novel published in 2004.


In this episode of Life After Service, Alex Lloyd spoke with Tony about what the army did for him, the challenges of readjusting to normal life after deploying, the military's relationship with the public, and his writing career journey.


To find out more about Tony and keep up to date with his work, be sure to look at his website. https://www.tonypark.net/


CLOSING CREDITS:


Guest: Tony Park


Special Thanks: Hornsby RSL Club


Brought to you by Thistle Productions: Thomas Kaye, Alex Lloyd, Rohan Viswalingam


Intro Music: THREE METRES by Stephen Keech


Episode Soundtrack: THE HELL BEYOND by The Externals


Fuelled by Striker Coffe Co.


Copyright Thistle Productions 2021


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Angus Hordern interviews former commando Keith Wolahan.


Life on the Line tracks down Australian military veterans and records their stories. Keith Wolahan is a former commando, a veteran of 3 tours of Afghanistan. He’s also a lawyer and barrister, and now has been pre-selected for the Federal seat of Menzies for the Liberal Party.


Episodes referenced at the end of the podcast include:


#44 Mick Bainbridge

#54 'H' Vol II

#68 Harry Moffitt Vol II

#54 'H' Vol IV

#92 Dean Parkinson Vol II

#100 Gary  Wilson

Life After Service: Glenn Kolomeitz


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Sharon Mascall-Dare interviews a RAEME veteran of the Middle East, Ken Whitton.


Life on the Line tracks down Australian military veterans and records their stories. Ken Whitton joined the Army Reserves as a gunner in 1988. He then went full time, serving as an Electronics Technician in the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, known as RAEME. He deployed on border protection operations, and to Afghanistan and Iraq. Today, he is transitioning into a civilian career at Babcock, in Defence Industries. He spoke with Sharon Mascall-Dare, who also works at Babcock. 


The episode referenced at the end of the podcast is #45 Dr Sharon Mascall-Dare.


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