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Welcome to podcast number 47 for Thanks for your Service.  Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  . The Women’s Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAF) operated between 1951 and 1977.  Jessica Ferrari from Memento Media received a grant from the federal government and produced a eight part documentary series chronicling the experience of service women from Point Cook in Victoria. The links to the documentary can be found at www.mementomedia.com.au We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review.   Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee.  The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to podcast number 46 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  Author Michael Veitch describes it as the forgotten battle that saved the Pacific.  His latest book is titled The Battle of the Bismarck Sea- the forgotten battle that saved the Pacific and he joins us for the second part of our two part podcast. We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review.   Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee.  The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to podcast number 45 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  Author Michael Veitch describes it as the forgotten battle that saved the Pacific.  His latest book is titled The Battle of the Bismarck Sea- the forgotten battle that saved the Pacific and he joins us for this two part podcast series and tells us about it. Michael continues with more on his book in the next podcast, We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review.   Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee.  The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to podcast number 44 for Thanks for your Service. In many towns in many parks across Australia, you will almost certainly find a war memorial in dedication to those who served and died in wars from the Boer War to Afghanistan.  I live in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and one particular memorial that I visited recently has a unique design.  The Shrine at Surrey Gardens in Surrey Hills, features a carved timber Honour Roll.  The Shrine was dedicated in 1918 before the armistice.  Sandra Dexter with a background in journalism and editing joins us to talk about the history of the shrine and her recent involvement to identify servicemen and women from Surrey Hills and Mont Albert. In 1919 the two canons that flank the shrine were relocated from the Canterbury Sports Grounds and are known as Brooks babies.  The origins of the guns may well be the subject of a future podcast. We also now have a Youtube channel.  Just search for thanksforyourservice and you can find links on our website and Facebook pa

Welcome to podcast number 43 for Thanks for your Service and the last podcast for 2021. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  For today's podcast we head to France where we speak to Rebecca Doyle, the Director of the Sir John Monash Centre. We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review.  You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee.  The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Seasons greeting to all our listeners and as always thanks for listening. The Sir John Monash Centre website is www.sjmc.gov.au  

Welcome to podcast number 42 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  We had the pleasure of having David Sutton, Senior War Historian at the Australian War Memorial, join us in Podcast 26 to talk about the Australian involvement in the Russian Civil War. For todays podcast, David joins us again as we learn about Australia’s involvement in battles with the forces of Vichy France in World War II.  You can find the relevant links for this podcast on our facebook page and we will keep you posted on David’s book.  You can pre-order here. We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review.  You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee.   www.patreon.com/thanksforyourservice Your support helps us

Welcome to podcast number 41 for Thanks for your Service. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net At the end of WW1, Britain gave Australia six J class submarines.  One of those subs, the J7, exists today at the Sandringham Yacht Club in Port Philip Bay in Melbourne.  Graeme Disney, historian at the club joins us. You can read more about the J7 via this link https://syc.com.au/about/governance/j7-submarine/ We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review.  You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee.   www.patreon.com/thanksforyourservice https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tfys Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to podcast number 40 for Thanks for your Service. Thanksforyourservice is a news and information resource and its focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter  Just search for Thanksforyourservice.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Colonel Earnest Latchford MBE, MC wrote every Sunday to his fiance during World War 1 and his service saw him deployed to special missions in Persia and Russia.  Over 100 years later those letters formed a book written by his grandson Mark Latchford who joins us to talk about his book and his grandfather, Mark can be contacted via email at mark_latchford@hotmail.com and his book 'Letters to Lily Vale' can be purchased through www.openbookhowden.com.au/product/letters-to-lily-vale/ We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review. 

Welcome to podcast number 39 for Thanks for your Service.  Thanksforyourservice is a news and information resource and its focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter  Just search for Thanksforyourservice.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Kate Reid-Smith is a former military intelligence officer, now Canberra-based intelligence historian, specialising in World War Two Southeast Asia in general, and Malaysia, Singapore and Borneo in particular. Working across several regional languages including Mandarin Chinese. Her current research focus is on Secret Intelligence Australia or SIA. A little-known wartime MI6 agency that operated out of Australia between 1942-1945. Kate is currently working on a book on Secret Intelligence Australia due out hopefully next year.  Kate gives an insight into SIA and joins us from Canberra.  Kate's website is https://simply-history.com/ We are ke

Welcome to podcast number 38 for Thanks for your Service.  Thanksforyourservice is a news and information resource and its focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.  You can find us on Facebook and Twitter  Just search for Thanksforyourservice.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net In our last podcast, number 37, we had the honour of talking to a WW2 veteran and one of the last Coastwatchers, Jim Burrowes.  Jim takes us through his experience as a Coastwatcher in the Pacific Campaign as we learn more about the Coast Watching organisation that had a significant impact on operations in that campaign. This is Part 2 of of that interview with Jim. You can find the relevant links to this podcast on our Facebook page.  Jim’s blog can be found at www.thelastcoastwatcher.wordpress.com/  We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, p

Welcome to podcast number 37 for Thanks for your Service.  Thanksforyourservice is a news and information resource and its focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.  You can find us on Facebook and Twitter  Just search for Thanksforyourservice.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net A very special podcast today as we have the honour of talking to a WW2 veteran and one of the last Coastwatchers, Jim Burrowes.  Jim takes us through his experience as a Coastwatcher in the Pacific Campaign as we learn more about the Coast Watching organisation that had a significant impact on operations in that campaign. This is Part 1 of a two part interview with Jim. You can find the relevant links to this podcast on our facebook page.  Jim’s blog can be found at www.thelastcoastwatcher.wordpress.com/  We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast app

Welcome to podcast number 36 for Thanks for your Service. Thanksforyourservice is a news and information resource and its focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter  Just search for Thanksforyourservice.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Will Davies is an author and historian and has written a number of books on Australian military history topics.  His latest book is about a secretive unit which was the precursor to the Australian SAS.  Will can be contacted via email at will@willdavies.net.au We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review.  If you are interested in support of this podcast you can also support us via Patreon.  The link is www.patreon.com/thanksforyourservice Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to podcast number 35 for Thanks for your Service.  In contravention of a Geneva Protocol, the allies shipped and had stored in Australia mustard gas during World War II.  Janine Roberts tells us about the Mustard Gas Men.  One of the ways to promote this podcast is through your feedback. If you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcasting apps please leave a review.  You can also support us via Patreon.  Your gracious support helps us with costs such as hosting and production of the podcast.  Even as little as one dollar can help.  The link is www.patreon.com/thanksforyourservice

Welcome to podcast number 34 for Thanks for your Service.  If you were to travel to Half Moon Bay in Port Phillip Bay in Victoria and gaze offshore....you are still able to see a piece of colonial history of Australia.  Sitting in just 3 meters of water and some 200 metres from the shore is the wreck of Her Majesty's Victorian Ship (HMVS) Cerberus.  One of the ways to promote this podcast is through your feedback. If you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcasting apps please leave a review. You can also support us via Patreon.  Your gracious support helps us with costs such as hosting and production of the podcast.  Even as little as one dollar can help.  The link is www.patreon.com/thanksforyourservice

Welcome to podcast number 33 for Thanks for your Service. Thanksforyourservice is a news and information resource and its focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. Jack Byrne was a Goulburn boy who joined the 2nd AIF and served in New Guinea,  He suffered injuries and illness which also led him going AWOL on occasions which ultimately led to a dishonourable discharge.  21 years after his death, his daughter, Jenny Merrell, applied for his service medals only to find out he was not entitled to his third medal, the Australian Service Medal 1939-1945 due to his dishonorable discharge.  Jenny joins us from Queensland to tell us about her story which ultimately overturned the dishonourable discharge and the awarding of the ASM. One of the ways to promote this podcast is through your feedback. If you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcasting apps please leave a review. You can also support us via Patreon.  Your gracious support helps us with costs such as hosting and production o

Welcome to podcast number 32 for Thanks for your Service.  Thanksforyourservice is a news and information resource and its focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. For Anzac day 2020, Australia Post released a commemorative stamp issue.  This stamp issue features oil on canvas paintings that were inspired by the events of the two World Wars on the home front and in combat overseas.  Stella Bowen was employed as an Australian official war artist during World War II. Bomber crew is a moving tribute to six Australians and one Englishman comprising a Lancaster bomber crew of No. 460 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force. On 28 April 1944, the night after Bowen completed the initial sketches for the painting, the airmen were reported missing over Germany. One of the crew that went missing was  RAAF Flying Officer Hector 'Hec' Harrison. We speak with Hec’s cousin Rob Trevan. We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page. One of the ways to promote this podcast

Welcome to podcast 31 for Thanksforyourservice.  Many of you would be familiar with Bletchley Park in the UK and it’s involvement in the allied victory in WW2.  Canberra author David Dufty joins us to tell us about Australia’s own version of Bletchley Park and the role it played towards victory in the Pacific War. David's book, The Secret Code-Breakers of Central Bureau can be found at this link: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-secret-code-breakers-of-central-bureau-david-dufty/book/9781925322187.html His new book, Radio Girl, is available at https://www.booktopia.com.au/radio-girl-david-dufty/book/9781760876654.html We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page. One of the ways to promote this podcast is through your feedback. If you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcasting apps please leave a review. You can also support us via Patreon.  Your gracious support helps us with costs such as hosting and production of the podcast.  Even as little as one dollar can help.  T

Welcome to Podcast number 30.  We  speak to  Barbara Ainsworth, Curator of the Monash Museum of Computing History at Monash University, about Melbourne's links to codebreaking and some of the historic sites from WWI and WWII. You can find the relevant links to this podcast on our facebook page.   We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes, please leave a review. You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Finally, if you are interested in sponsorship/support of this podcast, head to our website or email us.  You can also support us via Patreon. The link is  www.patreon.com/thanksforyourservice Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Podcast number 29.  We are back for 2020 after a long break over Christmas and the new year.  I had the opportunity to meet up with Brian Tateson who is the Vice President and memorabilia officer at the Box Hill RSL in Melbourne Victoria.  Brian served with C Squadron 1 Armoured Regiment in Vietnam. He joins us for a chat. You can find the relevant links to this podcast on our facebook page.   We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes, please leave a review. You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Finally, if you are interested in sponsorship/support of this podcast, head to our website or email us.  You can also support us via Patreon. The link is  www.patreon.com/thanksforyourservice Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Podcast number 28.  In our last podcast we learnt about the most senior Australian killed in the Boer War- Lt Colonel Charles Edward Ernest Umphelby. In this podcast, we are joined by Jason Macgregor who chats to us about Victorian military history. You can find the relevant links to this podcast on our facebook page. We are keen to hear your feedback. Leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes, please leave a review. You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Finally, if you are interested in sponsorship/support of this podcast, head to our website or email us.  You can also support us via Patreon. The link is  www.patreon.com/thanksforyourservice Thanks for listening.