Life on the Line [Series 4, Episode 93] Kelly Hammant

Accession Number	AWM2020.1032.51
Collection type	Sound
Object type	Podcast
Physical description	digital audio file; wave
Maker	Hammant, Kelly Mascall-Dare, Sharon Thistle Productions
Date made	19 June 2020
Access	Open
Conflict	Afghanistan, 2001-2021 Iraq, 2003-2013
Copyright	Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.

Description

Sharon Mascall-Dare interviews Kelly Hammant, on deployment to the Middle East at the time of recording. Podcasts released 6 October 2020.

Episode descriptions from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com: Life on the Line tracks down Australian military veterans and records their stories. Warrant Officer Class One Kelly Hammant has served in the Australian Army for 24 years and had 10 deployments, including to Indonesia, Iraq, Afghanistan and border protection. She deployed to the Middle East with the Theatre Communications Group Rotation 10 as the Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant, and this deployment finished at the end of September 2020. Kelly spoke to Sharon Mascall-Dare about her various deployments, her battle with alcoholism as a result of trauma from her service, how she overcame those difficulties, the mentoring role she plays to young people today, and the impact of COVID-19 on her recent deployment.