Collected Episode 13 - Against all odds

During the Second World War, the oceans of the world became even more perilous – for civilians and merchant seamen as well as naval forces. In Episode 13 of Collected, Louise Maher explores the stories behind four maritime disasters and the people who survived against the odds.

Credits:

Presented by: Louise Maher
Produced by: Louise Maher

Interviewed:

• Shane Casey, Senior Curator military Heraldry and Technology
• Dianne Rutherford, Curator Military History and Technology

Original music: Andy Heaney, Vice Like Grip

Collection Items:

Pipe from the Ondina

Photo of Margaret receiving medal here:

https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/Margaret-Gordon

Margaret Gordon’s British Empire Medal: