Episode 6.5 The desert columnist Ion Idriess
Ion Idriess was arguably the greatest adventure novelist Australia has produced, writing 53 books in a 40 year career. As a young man in the iconic Australian Light Horse he kept a diary which he late...
24 Apr 202137min
Episode 8.2 Bluegum and Frantic Bluegum Part 2
Well, who is the future famous star of stage and film that stole a soldier's heart before he went to war? Find out in this second episode on the life of Trooper Bluegum, Oliver Hogue!
14 Mar 202129min
Episode 8.1 Oliver Hogue The Great War Blogger
Trooper Bluegum became a household name in Australia during The Great War, a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald he wrote numerous articles widely published in the press, turning these into 2 boo...
16 Jan 202122min
Episode 6.4 Billy Sing Gallipoli sniper
Billy Sing was arguably the greatest sniper ever produced by Australia but as a Chinese Australian he was nearly denied enlistment and after the war almost forgotten. Billy died almost a pauper and al...
19 Des 20201h 19min
Episode 7.7 The return of the Verdi Part 7
The 7th and final part to the WW1 memoirs of Verdi Schwinghammer, who fought in the battles of Broodseinde and St Quentin Canal. There is no fighting in this one with Verdi sight seeing in Paris, Brus...
27 Okt 202050min
Episode 7.6 The Empire strikes back Verdi Part 6
In this one, Verdi and 3rd Division take us through the Battle of St Quentin Canal with the Americans of the 27th & 30th Divisions, through Armistice and on to the early post war period. Of particular...
12 Sep 202038min
Episode 7.5 A new hope Verdi Part 5
When some of our men went to bury the dead after the Battle of Mont St Quentin, when they were lifting up some of the dead bodies, bombs would explode and many of our men were killed this way. He laid...
11 Aug 202045min
Episode 7.4 The German Spring Offensive Verdi part 4
The Australian 3rd Division Memorial sits above the town of Sailly-le-Sec for a good reason.... "We eventually arrived at Heilly. Passed a few stragglers – Tommies – the remnants of Gough's British Fi...
11 Jul 202039min
