Dec 14, 2020
Following a thirty-four-year career in the Australian Army, former Warrant Officer Donna Bourke reflects on the highlights and challenges of life in the military and adjusting to civilian life. Donna’s service included numerous deployments included peacekeeping operations in East Timor and also serving in the...
Dec 7, 2020
Episode 5 goes beyond Kokoda as we look at the 7th Division’s next campaign. This week David is joined by best selling author and historian Philip Bradley as they discuss the battle of Shaggy Ridge.
Presenter: David Howell
Guest: Philip Bradley - Author and Historian
Editor: Kyle Watkins
Nov 30, 2020
Genocidal massacres and human suffering cost the lives of an estimated one million barely describe the terror endured by Rwandans in the mid-1990s. Australian peacekeepers were sent to help as part of United Nations peacekeeping efforts. However, constrained by the UN peacekeeping rules-of-engagement, Australian...
Nov 26, 2020
An army marches on their stomachs, so what did Australian soldiers eat during the Kokoda Campaign? Join David Howell as he discusses rations with archaeologist Owen Budd, President of the 2/25 Battalion living history group.
Presenter: David Howell
Guest: Owen Budd, President of the 2/25 Battalion living history group.
Nov 16, 2020
Regarded by many historians as one of Australia’s finest feats on the Western Front, the Battle of Mont St Quentin was part of the Allied counter-offensive against the Germans during the last months of the war. In a fierce struggle of attack and counter-attack, the Australian achieved an important strategic victory...