Welcome to our 76th podcast for Thanks for your Service and the last for 2024

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, X and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at [email protected]

Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting one of Australia’s leading military historians at a conference hosted by Military History & Heritage Victoria.  Professor Peter Stanley joins us from Canberra and tells us about his career and his books..many books…

Seasons Greetings to all our listeners wherever you are listening from.

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Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served.  You can find out more information on our website.

Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice. 

Welcome to our 75th podcast for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, X and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at [email protected]

Who would have thought the 1st AIF had cycling battalions.  Ally Roche from the Australian War Memorial, herself a cycling enthusiast joins us to tell us about these units.

You can find out more information on the cycling battalions on our website.

We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app.   Your reviews helps new listeners 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.

Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served.  You can find out more information on our website.

Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice. 

Welcome to podcast number 74 for Thanks for your Service.  Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. 

You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at [email protected]

The Shrine in Melbourne recently hosted an advance screening of a new documentary titled ‘Anzac-The Greek Chapter’.  It tells the story of the Anzacs in Greece during the 1941 campaign, as told by the veterans themselves.  Jim Claven, Secretary of the Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee joins us to tell us more.

We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app.   Your reviews helps new listeners 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.

Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served.  You can find out more information on our website.

Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice. 

Welcome to podcast number 73 for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at [email protected]

On the 5th of August 1944 there was a mass prisoner of war escape from a POW camp in Cowra, New South Wales.  Cowra is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of what is called the Cowra Breakout.  Let's find out more.

You can find out more information on the anniversary at the Cowra Council website at www.cowracouncil.com.au

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Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice. 

Welcome to podcast number 72 for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at [email protected]

One of the special things about doing these podcasts is coming across what I call hidden treasures of Australian military history located in our own backyard.  Who knew for example of a WW2 secret maintenance base for Flying boats in rural Victoria which we covered in podcast number 5, or the secret special forces camp in suburban Melbourne at Park Orchards that we covered in podcast 57.  Last summer, I took the boys to Werribee in Melbourne where an original WW2 hangar houses the only remaining B24 Liberator in the Southern Hemisphere and is one of only eight still existent in the world.

We join Paul Rorke as he takes on the tour of the Liberator and the restoration project.

The website for the b24 Liberator Restoration is www.b24australia.org.au

The restoration project also welcomes any donations and you can find more information on their website.

We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app.   Your reviews helps new listeners 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 and thanksforyourservice. 

Welcome to podcast number 71 for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at [email protected]

This month, March 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of the Great Escape.  Many people have heard about the mass escape of allied POWs from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 which was immortalised in book and film.  You may not know a lot about the Australian POWs who took part.  Canberra author Kristen Alexander joins us to tell us more.

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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 and thanksforyourservice. 

Welcome to podcast number 70 for Thanks for your Service and out first podcast for 2024. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at [email protected]

In 2023, the National Archives of Australia reached a significant milestone, having digitised more than one million World War II records.

These records include names, photos, enlistments, movements, transfers, promotions and fates, which are now being made available online free-of-charge.

Rebecca Penna joins us to tell us about this milestone.

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Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice. 

Welcome to podcast number 69 for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at [email protected]

Our next guest gives as remarkable insight into the Australian army’s vital yet probably least known units- Unrecovered War Casualties - Army.  Major Cameron Clarke joins us to tell us more.

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We will be back with you in January 2024.  Seasons Greetings, thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice. 

Welcome to podcast number 68 for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at [email protected]

Christmas time is nearly upon us and if you are looking for idea for a present, keep listening. My exposure to WW2 prisoners of war were shaped by movies such as the Great Escape and The Wooden Horse.  Kristen Alexander joins us to talk about her latest book titled Kriegies: The Australian Airmen of Stalag Luft III. It’s a fascinating insight into the life in captivity of Australian POWs.  

A signed edition of the book can be ordered through www.alexanderfaxbooks.com.au

We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app.   Your reviews helps new listeners 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 and thanksforyourservice. 

Welcome to podcast number 67 for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.  Just search for Thanks For Your Service.  Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net  .  You can also email us at [email protected]

One of the great experiences of doing these podcasts is coming across remnants of Australian military history that not a lot of people know about.  Who knew that Ballarat in Victoria played a major role in training RAAF personnel during World War 2.  Peter and Janet from the Air Force Association of Ballarat joins us to talk about 1 WAGS (Wireless Air Gunnery) school.

The website for 1 WAGS is https://www.1wags.org.au/ 

We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app.   Your reviews helps new listeners 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 and thanksforyourservice.