Life on the Line [Series 3, Episode 54] and [Series 4, Episode 54] Weston 'Wes' 'H' Hennessey - Vol I, Vol II, Vol III, Vol IV and Vol V

Accession Number AWM2020.1032.12
Collection type Sound
Object type Podcast
Physical description digital audio file; wave
Maker Hennessey, Weston
Lloyd, Alex
Thistle Productions
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Turramurra, Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Wahroonga
Date made 12 November 2018; 5 March 2020
Access Open
Conflict East Timor, 1999-2013
Afghanistan, 2001-2021
Somalia, 1992-1995
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Description

Alex Lloyd interviews 'H', a 2nd Commando Regiment veteran who deployed seven times to the Middle East. The podcast was released over five dates: 7 May 2019 (Vol I), 8 May 2019 (Vol II), 9 May 2019 (Vol III), 21 July 2020 (Vol IV) and 22 July 2020 (Vol V).

Episode descriptions from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com:

Part I - Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Today's conversation is with a former senior Special Forces soldier, thrice decorated for conspicuous service and valour. The 2nd Commando Regiment veteran known Weston 'Wes' 'H' Hennessey was a Warrant Officer Class One and served in the Australian Defence Force for 24 years. In the first instalment of a five-part conversation with Alex Lloyd, H described his journey to the army, training, his deployment to Somalia, the birth of the Commandos, his time in Timor, and the emergence of the Tactical Assault Group East.

Part II - Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. Today's conversation is the second part of Alex Lloyd's conversation with 2nd Commando Regiment veteran Wes 'H' Hennessey. The episode centres around some of H's significant combat experiences in his first Middle East deployment, in vivid front-line storytelling.

Part III - Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. This is the third instalment of Alex Lloyd's conversation with Wes 'H' Hennessey, a senior and highly decorated Special Forces veteran. The pair talk about the challenges H faced during his time as a commando, how he has changed as a result of his service, and his outlook to the future.

Part IV - Life on the Line tracks down Australian military veterans and records their stories. Today's conversation is the fourth part of Alex Lloyd's conversation with 2nd Commando Regiment veteran Wes 'H' Hennessey, which began in a three-part interview in Season 3. This instalment focuses on H's intense combat experiences with Special Forces, in Afghanistan in 2008.

Part V - Life on the Line tracks down Australian military veterans and records their stories. This is the fifth part of Alex Lloyd's conversation with Wes 'H' Hennessey, a senior and highly decorated Special Forces veteran. They discuss H returning home after his combat-heavy 2008 deployment to Afghanistan and then move on to his experiences in 2010, where he was in more of a leadership role, and the contrast between the two deployments.

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