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In the early 1950s, Rod Braybon's father died, leaving his mother with eight children she couldn't care for.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eAs a ward of the state, Rod ended up at the notorious Bayswater Boys' Home, run by the Salvation Army, near Melbourne.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eRod endured years of ill-treatment at the hands of the Salvation Army, then spent a life-time repressing the memories that haunted him.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eFinally, after seeing an article in a newspaper, Rod decided to speak out.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eHis story created a nation-wide sensation and won a prestigious award for the journalist who broke it.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eThat Rod was willing to speak out to try and ease the suffering of others like him, is incredible.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eThat he survived at all, is nothing short of a miracle.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eThis short story is expanded in Vikki's full-length book Salvation.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eWelcome to Crime Shots - short, sharp, true crime stories from Australia's past and present. |
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