Episode 7.3 In and out of the line Verdi Part 3
We were each given a tin of fruit and a tin of preserved sausages for our Christmas dinner. My pal and I were hungry, so we both opened our tins and ate half the contents for breakfast, putting the re...
31 Maj 202028min
Episode 7.2 The Battle of Broodseinde
"Men do not go into battle sad and gloomy (as many civilian people wrongly imagine). They are quite the opposite, even though they know the dreadful things they have to face and that some of them are ...
10 Maj 202032min
Episode 7.1 The Memoirs of Verdi Schwinghammer Part 1
An ANZAC Day Special .... well kind of! The first part of a 7 part series from the memoirs of Verdi Schwinghammer. Here is a taste of it, "That night a big air raid took place and we enjoyed watching ...
24 Apr 202046min
Episode 6.3 The man with the donkey
Simpson was the most famous 'Anzac' of all. On the second day of the Gallipoli Campaign, Jack found a small donkey, wrapped a red cross band around its forehead and started ferrying wounded men down t...
28 Feb 202051min
Episode 5.6 The Battle of Fromelles Part 6 Lambs to the slaughter
This is a very short episode on the Glosters and their part at Fromelles. Short because? Well, unfortunately I can't find any written accounts of the battle by these boys. Famous war poet Ivor Gurney ...
24 Dec 20197min
Episode 6.2 The Lost Warrior SG Pearse VC
100 years after winning the Victoria Cross in North Russia, the remains of Welsh born Aussie soldier, Samuel George Pearse are thought to have been rediscovered in a scrap yard at Archangel. At the ti...
14 Nov 201941min
Episode 6.1 Leon Gellert Gallipoli Poet
Leon Gellert, a 23 year old Physical Education Teacher from Leabrook, South Australia is considered to be the best Great War poet from Australia. This episode focuses on his war experience and his poe...
9 Sep 201918min
Episode 5.5 The Battle of Fromelles Part 5 Hakings Scapegoats
To the right of the Australian 5th Division at Fromelles was the 61st Division of the BEF. These were second line territorial troops that had never seen action before. They had slightly different prob...
16 Aug 201927min
