EPISODE · Aug 30, 2026 · 3 MIN

Trevor Herbert Lottery winner

from Our Wartime Heroes: firsthand stories from men and women who were there

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.Trevor won the lottery that no young person wanted. In the late 1960s, the Australian government ran a birth date ballot lottery for young men turning 20. If your birth date came up you were conscripted.End prize - fighting in Vietnam.Trevor was sent for training and discovered his couldn't tell his left from his right. No good for marching! He turned 21 while on training.Narration Sharon Kennedy. Original interview, Bunbury Oral History Group.

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