Male voice, 80s–90s, broad Australian accent of the wartime generation — weathered, plain-spoken, unpolished. Deep gravelly baritone, thinned and cracked with age. Slow, halting pacing — long heavy pauses where words catch. Audible breath, occasional swallow, voice tightening on difficult memories. Pitch wavers, sometimes drops to a near-whisper. Restrained emotion — a man who doesn't cry easily but is close to it. Quiet dignity throughout. Distant, faraway quality, as if seeing it again. Soft volume, intimate proximity. Stoic, sorrowful, deeply human. E