# Damien Parer
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Damien Peter Parer (1 August 1912 – 17 September 1944) was an Australian war photographer. He became famous for his war photography of the Second World War, and was killed by Japanese machine-gun fire at Peleliu, Palau. He was cinematographer for Australia's first Oscar-winning film, Kokoda Front Line!, an edition of the weekly newsreel, Cinesound Review, which was produced by Ken G. Hall.
Damien Parer
When the Second AIF headed to war, a little known photographer named Damien Parer was with them. Having made a reputation in the fledgling Australian film industry, Parer was selected as an official war photographer for the Department of Information. He would go on to record many of the iconic imag…
Peter Brune, ‘Totally Bipartisan’ How post-war immigration transformed Australia
When World War Two revealed that Australia needed to ‘populate or perish’, Menzies and the Labor Government were in lock step agreement about the need to broaden the sources of Australian immigration beyond the British Isles. But the political leadership faced a far harder task in bringing the nati…
Ep229: War Photographer Damien Parer
Damien Parer was one of Australia's greatest war photographers and cinematographers. His images and footage of Australians in the Second World War helped define the conflict, both for the people who were in it and for generations to come. His camera work on 'Kokoda Frontline' helped earn Australia …
STAGES VALE EPISODE - Nicholas Eadie (1958 - 22nd January, 2025)
In this Vale episode of the STAGES podcast, we replay a conversation with actor Nicholas Eadie (1958 - 22nd January 2025). When STAGES spoke with Nick in 202, he was enjoying a stint as an Uber driver - a sobering reminder of just how precarious the life of an actor can be - even one of our finest.…
Story of a Stannies Boy
In the 1940s, Damien Parer was a rock star reporter. Join us as we learn about this Stannies boy who made good.
Short: The Death of Damien Parer
This week in 1944, Australia's most famous war cameraman — whose film Kokoda Front Line! had won us our first Oscar the previous year — was killed while filming American Marines trying to retake a tiny Pacific island held by the Japanese.
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Truth Under Fire ...The story of six war correspondents who shaped the way Australians witnessed and remember war
The Last Post Radio Show speaks with author Daniel Seaton about his book, Truth Under Fire. The book covers the lives and works of World War 2 war correspondents Osmar White, George Johnston, Kenneth Slesser, Chester Wilmot, Damien Parer and George Silk and how their words and images and vivid desc…
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