Summary
Part of a series of interview segments produced by the SUA/MUA in which retired Australian merchant seamen recount their working lives at sea as well as their engagement with union campaigns and activities. Each episode features a seaman, or sometimes a pair of seamen, sharing their story in a largely unstructured and extended interview. They form an important on camera collection of oral histories about Australia’s unionised merchant seamen.
In this episode seaman Paddy Green explains how he started work during World War Two, serving in the navy and being captured by Japanese seamen – who treated them well. He’s grateful for his life at sea and the union’s influence in his life. He recounts many anecdotes of his life at sea.
Special Notes/Achievements
Picture and sound quality is low given low budget production.
Author: J Bird, 2023