Mount Barker-based historian and educator Clare Dorey received a Veterans SA grant to research South Australian service personnel who sacrificed their lives serving Australia during World War II.
While researching and writing the book Stories from Stone: Honouring Mount Barker’s WWII Memorial Men, Clare joined Adam and Jennie on 5MU each week to share the stories of those she discovered.
Episode One: Clare introduces the project as she begins her research.
Episode Two: Larger-than-life character Ben Nicker volunteered to enlist in World War II, first serving in the Middle East, then in Greece.
Ben Nicker. Photo: NLA (National Library)
Episode Three: Jack Monks of Littlehampton and Roland Barney Withers of Pinnaroo both served for South Australia in the Middle East.
Jack Monks. Photo from a display at the Littlehampton Institute. Barney Withers. Photo: NAA (National archives)
Episode Four: Mount Barker Lutherans Theodor ‘Snow’ Reimann and Henry Ossie Lohmann both served in North Africa.
Theodor ‘Snow’ Reimann. Photo: NAA (National archives) Henry Ossie Lohmann. Photo: NAA (National archives)
Episode Five: Richard Fisher from Littlehampton and Norman Verdun Duffield from Nairne both fought on the treacherous Kokoda Track.
Richard Fisher Photo: NAA (National archives) Norman Duffield Photo: NAA (National archives)
Episode Six: Gavin Whibley from Mount Barker and Archie Anderson from Echunga served on the Kokoda Track and sadly did not return.
Gavin Whibley Photo: NAA (National archives) Archie Anderson Photo: NAA (National archives)
Episode Seven: Mount Barker larrikin and Flight Sergeant John Alexander Richard Hunt captured Clare’s heart and imagination.
John Alexander Richard Hunt. Photo: NAA (National archives)
Episode Eight: Edward Keith Hender from Wistow and Jack Mossop from Littlehampton served as pilots in World War II.
Edward Keith Hender. Photo: NAA (National archives) Jack Mossop. Photo: NAA (National archives)
Episode Nine: Bruce Paech, an airman during WWII, was also part of Hahndorf’s founding family.
Bruce Paech. Photo: NAA (National archives)
Episode Ten: Mollie Monks of Littlehampton served as a nurse for South Australia during WWII and had ties to two of the men featured earlier in the series.
Final Episode: Clare Dorey brings it all together with the completion of her book Stories from Stone: Honouring Mount Barker’s WWII Memorial Men.
