There aren’t many songs that evoke the meaning of ANZAC Day better than ‘I Was Only 19’ by Redgum which was written and sung by John Schumann.
John is returning to the music scene with the Vagabond Crew and their latest song is called Fishing Net in the Rain.
John Schumann told Luke Bradnam on 4BC Breakfast, "This [Fishing Net In The Rain] came out of the Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide."
"I've got a long interest in mental health, which I learned about when I wrote I was only 19 and I put Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, I suppose, back in the national conversation, not deliberately, just quite unconsciously."
"So I became a bit interested and I watched the Royal Commission into Veterans Suicide and it's always something that's harrowed me," Mr Schumann said.
"We send these people away to do jobs, to wear our uniforms overseas and when they come back, they'll come back with physical injury sometimes."
"Often they'll come back with psychological injuries, which aren't visible, but they are injuries, none the same."
"We have to tell these stories," John Schumann continued.
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