Episodes

  • Episode Nine: The Elections

    Episode Nine: The Elections
    May 16 2022
    Monk holding his voter registration card
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    35 mins
  • Episode Eight: Returning Home

    Episode Eight: Returning Home
    May 9 2022
    Listen to the experiences of Australians and Khmers who were involved in bringing the Cambodian refugees home from the Thai border camps. Definitely one of the more successful achievements of the mission, 360,000 refugees returned home safely from the camps by the end of March,1993. It was a mammoth effort overseen by UNHCR, with CARE […]
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    35 mins
  • Episode Seven: Aussie Bridge Builder

    Episode Seven: Aussie Bridge Builder
    May 2 2022
    In this episode you will hear from a fearless young Australian engineer, Clay Semchyshyn, who was one of three Australians contracted by Transfield as part of an Australian aid program to rebuild six bridges along Route, Five, one of Cambodia’s notorious highways that linked Phnom Penh to Battambang. Clay lived on the bridges with his […]
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    26 mins
  • Episode Six: Human Rights

    Episode Six: Human Rights
    Apr 25 2022
    Listen to the Australian lawyers who tried to introduce a Rule of Law to a lawless country that had evolved its own complex legal systems based on tradition, culture and fear.As part of the peace agreements, 20 UN human rights officers delivered human rights training, monitored and investigated human rights complaints and tried to established […]
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    33 mins
  • Episode Five: Shooting at the Moon

    Episode Five: Shooting at the Moon
    Apr 18 2022
    In this episode, you will hear about the experiences of the Australian Federal Police deployed to the Liberated Zone in North-West Cambodia, a remote, heavily mined stronghold of four military factions who were fighting the SOC Government. Police experiences in the liberated zone were different as the UN police contingent, which also comprised the Germans […]
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    32 mins
  • Episode Four: Minefields and Misery

    Episode Four: Minefields and Misery
    Apr 11 2022
    In this episode you will hear about the devasting impact of land mines laid by all sides in Cambodia’s 13 years of war and conflict. After the Vietnamese army drove the Khmer Rouge from power and pushed them into neighbouring Thailand, they sealed the border with a vast minefield that stretched along the entire length […]
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    25 mins
  • Episode Three: Aussie Caterer

    Episode Three: Aussie Caterer
    Apr 5 2022
    An Australian catering company owned by New Zealander, David Morris won the UN contract to feed the troops in Cambodia and later Somalia, where his son Tyson and David were murdered by Somalian gunmen in two separate incidents. Listen to David talk about the missions where he predicted that the risk in Somalia was too […]
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    30 mins
  • Episode Two: Aussies Number One

    Episode Two: Aussies Number One
    Mar 28 2022
    Listen to the stories of four young Australian signallers from the Force Communications Unit, headed by Lieutenant Colonel Martyn Studdert. These young diggers showed extreme courage when under fire. They befriended the local villagers, even administering first aid, earning them the reputation of Aussies No 1. This podcast is dedicated to the late Kelvin Richards (pictured).
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    38 mins