• The Big Peace

  • Jan 31 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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The Big Peace

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  • After seven long years in Vietnam, the Regiment went through an unprecedented period of peace, however this was all about to change as the international peacekeeping missions in Somalia, Rwanda and East Timor in the 1990s.

    Featured interviews:

    • General Sir Peter John Cosgrove, AK, CVO, MC - 9RAR, 1RAR
    • His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia - 1RAR, 5/7th
    • BRIG Pat Mcintosh AM, CSC (retd) - 2/4RAR
    • MAJGEN Stuart Smith AO, DSC (retd) - 1RAR

    Episode cover image:
    Somalia. 1993-01-20. Private Paul Ingram, 1RAR (1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment), of Balwyn, Vic, with supplies for food distribution to the village of Sahmandeera. He is serving with the Australian contingent to the Unified Task Force in Somalia (UNITAF). By  Dex, T R  courtesy of AWM.

    Produced by Pivot Studios for the Department of Veterans Affairs and The Royal Australian Regiment Foundation.

    If you need support for PTSD or a mental health condition, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

    Members of the RAR can receive non urgent assistance from the RAR Foundation through battalions. Talk to your current or former battalion CO or padre for more information.
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