Roy and Liz Crossley and Mervyn Mason are members of our Pottsville community whose lives have spanned wartime service, love and a great sense of adventure. They and their families have kindly shared their stories. Tap a name to read more.
A boy soldier who enlisted at 14, served through New Guinea and Borneo, and lived a remarkable life of adventure. In his own words — and a tribute from his wife, Liz.
From a one-room schoolhouse to the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, Papua New Guinea and a new life in Pottsville. A life, in her own words.
Conscripted at twenty, a signaller with 5 RAR at Nui Dat. He was on the Battalion radio through the entire night of the Battle of Long Tan. In his own words.