Bill has just returned from a visit to El Alamein to mark the 70th anniversary of the battle that changed the war in the Western Desert. Bill, along with fellow veterans from Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and South Africa, revisited the scene of the battle and this story is a...
Bill has his first crush on a girl at the local swimming club at age 16. However, his love of sailing took precedence over the next few years and then at 22 he went to serve in World War II. Bill felt very lost when he returned from the war at...
Bills talks about his long service in the Infantry during the Second World War, serving in Tobruk, Libya, Alemain, New Guinea and Borneo. He also tells us how the War dominates his thoughts as he gets older.
Bill talks about his first crush and how it got crushed by sailing......
Bill loved sailing, it was his passion and when he was not working as a butcher in Adelaide he was usually in a boatoff the coast. Sailing was Bill's hobby, his passion and his life outside work.
Bill talks about his sport interests in his youth, football, tennis and swimming. And his lifetime passion (50 years) for sailing.....
Bill recalls the delight he got from getting his first motor bike in Adelaide in the 1930's.
Bill spent his early years in Tarlee South Australia and then moved to Adelaide. In this story he recalls life in Adelaide in the early 1930's and especially his first job.
Bill talks about playing card games and table tennis during his school years. And tells us how sailing became one of his loves.
Bill tells us how he walked to School in the 1920's in Laura South Australia, and how he wasn't allowed to walk past the hotel on his way home.
Bill Corey remembers his mother when growing up in Tarlee, SOuth AUstralia. In this photo Bill is being held by his mother so this photo will date from late 1917 to early 1918.
Bill Corey went to school in the 1920's. In those days the local school had one teacher and in this short audio Bill talks about life as a school boy in those days just after the First World War.
Bill Corey grew up in Tarlee, South Australia. In this short reminiscence Bill talks about family meals.
Bill Corey talks about his favourite childhood room.
Bill Corey talks about growing up in Tarlee, South Australia in the 1920's.
