Soldier settlement dream thwarted by scars carried home from WWI 🎖️💔 | Anzac Stories | ABC Australia

The 70,000 Australian servicemen and nurses returning from the ravages of the First World War faced an uncertain future. Their hopes and dreams of a new life back home on a soldier settlement farm was an attractive prospect, but one thwarted by the severe physical and psychological scars they carried home with them. 00:00 | RSL President Ted Roberts, Red Cliffs--Irymple sub-branch 01:00 | Historian Chris Cook, Red Cliffs History Society 02:05 | 3rd generation fruit grower Ian Cook, Red Cliffs Soldier Settlement 🔍 Find your local Anzac Day Live Stream here:    • Anzac Day 2022 | Live Streams | ABC Australia   Subscribe ✅ and tap the notification bell 🔔 to be delivered Australian stories every day: http://ab.co/ABCAus-subscribe ___________________________________________ Web: http://abc.net.au/ Facebook:   / abc   Twitter:   / abcaustralia   Instagram:   / abcaustralia   ___________________________________________ This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Contributions may be removed if they violate ABC's Online Conditions of Use http://www.abc.net.au/conditions.htm (Section 3).