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Major Leslie George Fussell MC: The Bully Beef Bomber
17-AUGUST-1915. While serving as a soldier with the 17th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Lieutenant Leslie George Fussell, unimpressed with the quality of the bomb-throwing of the men under his command, took a tin of Bully Beef and threw it into the Turkish Trenches. This act resulted in a temporary cease-fire on Gallipoli. He would go on to serve on the Western Front and serve again in the Second World War.
Episodes that discussed the Battle of Pozieres Episode 2: Private John Hines, Episode 4: Captain David Twining, Forged in Combat: American and Australian Troops at the Battle of Hamel. Episode 14 Reverend Walter Ernest Dexter
For show notes, photos and transcripts visit www.thedocnetwork.net and follow the show on Instagram and Twitter at @IWODMJ and like us on Facebook at I Was Only Doing My Job and to follow me for more history hijinks you can follow me on TikTok/Instagram/Twitter @docwinters.
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By Ross Manuel17-AUGUST-1915. While serving as a soldier with the 17th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Lieutenant Leslie George Fussell, unimpressed with the quality of the bomb-throwing of the men under his command, took a tin of Bully Beef and threw it into the Turkish Trenches. This act resulted in a temporary cease-fire on Gallipoli. He would go on to serve on the Western Front and serve again in the Second World War.
Episodes that discussed the Battle of Pozieres Episode 2: Private John Hines, Episode 4: Captain David Twining, Forged in Combat: American and Australian Troops at the Battle of Hamel. Episode 14 Reverend Walter Ernest Dexter
For show notes, photos and transcripts visit www.thedocnetwork.net and follow the show on Instagram and Twitter at @IWODMJ and like us on Facebook at I Was Only Doing My Job and to follow me for more history hijinks you can follow me on TikTok/Instagram/Twitter @docwinters.