When a job becomes a passion

Australia, OCT 2009

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When Major John Balsillie was first posted to Malaya during World War II, he became interested in World War II research and military history. It soon developed into a passion and he shipped off over 20 crates of war relics to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. He talks of his subsequent visits during the 1960s and the second time he served, in Vietnam. This interest became a lifelong passion for John, for which he was recently awarded an MBE for services to the Australian War Memorial. John sees his role as providing a record of the brave soldiers who gave their lives for Australia.

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John Balsillie

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ACMI Digital Storytelling

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00:04:29:00

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Australia
Production dates
OCT 2009

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In our words: stories from Victorian veterans [Bendigo veterans] [October 2009]

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