Episode 4.2 Jim Briant Part 2 Prisoner of the Turks

Episode 4.2 Jim Briant Part 2 Prisoner of the Turks

Jim finishes his wartime recollections with descriptions of his time as a "guest" of the Ottoman Empire after his capture at Es Salt in May 1918. Jim describes the conditions in the prison camp, working on the Berlin Baghdad Railway, lice, poor food, bad clothing, other prisoners and the Turkish guards. He also recounts his repatriation, first to Alexandria, then England and then home to Adelaide.

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Episode 2.20 The Battle of Pozieres

Episode 2.20 The Battle of Pozieres

Drum-roll time ..... Here it is, The Battle of Pozieres. Percy drinks rum and smokes cigarettes and, those following the series know, things must be really bad for that to happen! He gets buried by a ...

19 Maalis 201758min

Episode 2.19 And should the Madonna fall

Episode 2.19 And should the Madonna fall

Jack Prior almost gets himself killed, but many others succeed without trying. The boys are moved to the Somme and the Battle of Pozieres looms large before them. What a charming place, Percy describe...

7 Maalis 201745min

Episode 2.18 Gas bombs and scared noobs

Episode 2.18 Gas bombs and scared noobs

Stannard, Green, Hall, Wise etc etc all dead but why worry about that? Bad news from home worries Percy much more when he learns a couple girlfriends are drowned. Such is life!.... Hey, what a great t...

28 Helmi 201755min

Episode 2.17 Stripped of a stripe

Episode 2.17 Stripped of a stripe

In this episode, one man gets his head blown off while gas alarms brings out, "goggle faced ogres," who, "moved about in the moonlight and the shadows." Percy mellows on the puritanical side, feeling ...

17 Helmi 201740min

Episode 2.16 Sniper to sniper

Episode 2.16 Sniper to sniper

Well, finally Percy has us in the front line. Sniping and being sniped at, machine gun bullets over our heads in no-man's-land and heavy shelling behind the lines. Percy has no qualms about taking a d...

7 Helmi 201740min

Episode 2.15 Pity the 9th Battalion

Episode 2.15 Pity the 9th Battalion

Come with Percy into the reserve trenches at Sailly-sur-la Lys, which is near the soon to be infamous Fromelles. Listen to why Private Ogilvie nearly kills Private Williams and how does the 9th Battal...

29 Tammi 201741min

Episode 2.14 A pretty face like a girl

Episode 2.14 A pretty face like a girl

Who does Percy think looks like a girl? Find out when he sees out his time at Suez and then travels to France, dodging submarines and circling around Malta. Yes, we finally make it to France!

17 Tammi 201731min

Episode 2.13 Percy gets a stripe

Episode 2.13 Percy gets a stripe

Thirsty, huh, Perc? Chase after that "furphy" water wagon and watch out for the dead man's bones out in the desert. Percy does some time near the Suez Canal but when will they go to France? Oh, and ye...

10 Tammi 201725min

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