A war historian accompanies a group on a pilgrimage to the Indonesian island of Ambon, where hundreds of Australian soldiers died in WWll. Joan Beaumont ponders the meaning of memory, and connection to past war traumas. Guest: Joan Beaumont, Emerita Professor in the ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. Author of <a href="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/current-issue/1004-july-2024-no-466/12708-i-never-knew-my-uncle-the-phenomenon-of-pilgrimages-and-postmemory-by-joan-beaumont">'I never knew my uncle',</a> an article in the July edition of Australian Book ReviewThis story originally aired on 17 July 2024.

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