Learn about the RAAF pilots who attended Mount Barker High (Paech, Hender & Hunt) and others (Carroll, Cowan and Mossop) who served in the UK, Asia and Africa/Middle East. Hear from a local student about his research experience and why the study of history in schools is still so important today.

Meet Robyn Wood and hear about her mother Lt Mollie Humble Monks, a nurse whose brother and fiancé sadly both appear on the memorial (Monks & Hunt). She represents so many of the women who served and grieved, and the families the men left behind.

Hear how our local men added to the myth of ‘the Rats’ and their experiences in the Middle East (Lohmann, Nicker, Reimann and Withers.) Meet two students who won the Anzac Spirit Prize for their excellent research on related WWII servicemen and then travelled to Vietnam to learn about that conflict.

Explore the experiences of the two POWS (Downing and Schwab) who died of disease on the Burma-Thailand railway. Read extracts from other sources to help understand their trials.