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Private George Giles MM: The Man in the Mud-Stained Uniform
This Episode was re-recorded on 5/10/2023
29-JULY-1918. While serving with the 29th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Private George Giles, participated in the attack on German positions at Morlancourt. After which, he was instructed to proceed to the headquarters of the 8th Brigade, and surrender his uniform and equipment to the Australian War Records Section. Photographs were taken, and he was issued new equipment. The intent being to 'show how our men came out of the trenches' to the public. Who was the man behind the most famous uniform in the collection of the Australian War Memorial?
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By Ross ManuelThis Episode was re-recorded on 5/10/2023
29-JULY-1918. While serving with the 29th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Private George Giles, participated in the attack on German positions at Morlancourt. After which, he was instructed to proceed to the headquarters of the 8th Brigade, and surrender his uniform and equipment to the Australian War Records Section. Photographs were taken, and he was issued new equipment. The intent being to 'show how our men came out of the trenches' to the public. Who was the man behind the most famous uniform in the collection of the Australian War Memorial?
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