Life on the Line [Series 4, Bonus Episode] The Partners - Renee Wilson

Accession Number	AWM2020.1032.73
Collection type	Sound
Object type	Podcast
Physical description	digital audio file; wave
Maker	Wilson, Renee Michelle Kaye, Thomas Thistle Productions
Place made	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Asquith
Date made	30 June 2020
Access	Open
Conflict	Afghanistan, 2001-2021 Period 2010-2019
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

Thomas Kaye speaks with Renee Wilson about being the partner of a military helicopter crash survivor. Podcast was released 4 December 2020.

Episode description from www.lifeonthelinepodcast.com: Life on the Line tracks down Australian war veterans and records their stories. This is the third ‘partners’ episode of Life on the Line. Today’s conversation is with Renee Wilson. Renee was engaged to Gary Wilson, a signaller attached to the 2nd Commando Regiment, when Gary was injured in a Black Hawk helicopter crash on 21 June 2010, where four Coalition soldiers were killed. In this moving conversation with Thomas Kaye, Renee details her memories of the day of the crash, Gary’s long road to recovery and how she put her own feelings to the side to be a pillar of strength for others. She also shares not just the challenges, but the inspiring story of all they have achieved and overcome in the ten years since that fateful night in Afghanistan.

Renee returned to the podcast in Christmas on the Line Vol III. Gary and Renee were also featured in Life After Service - Gary & Renee Wilson.