22: Liam's story: So why do I wear Dad's medals?
This story was written many years prior to this project. It was written by Marg Baber (Rogers) and two colleagues, Madeline Fussel and Kim Porter. The book was published with an Australian early childhood publisher, Pademelon Press, along with teaching notes to accompany the book. When the book is purchased, all royalties go to Soldier On who assist veterans.
Unfortunately, due to agreements with the publisher, we cannot make this book available for free in these programs. However, Pademelon Press have generously agreed for us to create read-along versions that you can see below.
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Charles Hebblewhite is the video reader for this story. Charles was born in a rural, regional city in NSW where he attended school. He originally went to university in Canberra where he studied economics. Afterwards, he worked in that field in rural, regional NSW. He later studied IT and Theology. He then became a minister of religion and worked as an Anglican Minister for 10 years before returning to his previous profession within university administration. He continues his role as an Anglican Minister in an honorary position.
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Dr Angel Mok is the audio reader for this story. Angel was born in Hong Kong where she attended school and university. She worked there as an early childhood educator before coming to Australia 20 years ago with her family. She continued to work as an early childhood educator and school teacher in Sydney before continuing her studies in early childhood education. Angel taught pre-service teachers in various teacher education programs in Sydney before she joined the early childhood education team at UNE. Angel's first language is Cantonese, and her schooling was conducted in Cantonese and English. Angel also speaks Mandarin. You can learn to say 'how are you' and 'goodbye' in Cantonese by listening to Angel in the recordings below.