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I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryBattle of Second El Alamein: Interview with Author Tom GillingIn 1942, while Australian troops were battling for survival along the Kokoda Track, thousands of others were fighting a very different kind of war—across the world in the deserts of North Africa. In this episode, I speak with author Tom Gilling about his new book, Start Digging You Bastards!, which vividly brings the ANZAC experience at the Second Battle of El Alamein to life.We discuss the overlooked role of the 9th Division, the brutal conditions of desert warfare, and how El Alamein became a turning point not just for the Allies but for the soldiers who fo...
2025-07-1934 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryFlight Sergeant Moheddeen Howsan: The Hero of Marly-le-Roi1 April 1942 – While serving as a pilot with No. 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, Flight Sergeant Moheddeen Abdull Ghias Howsan and his crew took part in a daring night raid over Nazi-occupied France. A skilled and determined aviator, Howsan was a proud Australian descended from Afghan and Indian immigrants—one of many Muslim ANZACs who answered the call to serve.During the mission, their Wellington bomber was struck by enemy fire and engulfed in flames. As the aircraft fell towards the town of Marly-le-Roi, Howsan fought to maintain control, steering away from homes, a school, and a church. His...
2025-02-0819 min
Inside WhiskyInside Springbank 2024 with Findlay RossThe “Barley to Bottle” tour at Springbank Distillery is probably one of the best experiences you can have when you’re passionate about whisky. It’s an extensive access-all-areas tour and tasting which culminates in having the chance to blend one’s very own bottle of Springbank in their blending lab. “Why are you telling us all of that?”, you might ask. Well, because it is just another thing that makes Springbank Springbank and truly special. Additionally, said blending lab was the place of recording for this very episode. After having done the “Barley to Bottle” tour the day prior...
2024-11-2545 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySister Ellen Savage GM: The Sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur14-MAY-1943: While serving as a Nurse aboard the 2/3rd Australian Hospital Ship Centaur as part of the Australian Army Nursing Service, Sister Ellen Savage survived the sinking of the Hospital ship at the hands of the Japanese submarine I-177 and in doing so became a symbol of resilience and compassion as she was the sole nursing survivor.
In this episode, we explore the extraordinary life and service of Sister Ellen Savage, from her early years in Quirindi to her heroic actions during the Second World War. As the sole surviving nurse of the Centaur tragedy, Ellen's courage...
2024-11-2340 min
Dorsey Ross ShowFrom Newsroom to Pulpit: Mike Manuel's Transformative Journey of FaithWhat sparks a successful TV anchor to trade the newsroom for a pulpit? Pastor Mike Manuel shares his compelling journey, offering us a glimpse into life on the family farm with his charismatic father, Rex, and how a pivotal Bible camp experience transformed his path. Mike's fascinating transition from broadcasting to ministry is both humorous and heartfelt, embracing the power of faith to find true purpose. His story is a testament to the unexpected turns life can take when guided by a higher calling.Why do Christians still wrestle with Satan if Jesus's victory on the cross...
2024-11-2054 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryGunner Albert Neil (Neale) Cleary: The Sandakan Death MarchContent Warning: This episode contains discussions of war, suffering, and the experiences of prisoners of war, which may be distressing for some listeners.
20-MARCH-1945. While serving as a Gunner in the 2/15 Field Regiment, Gunner Albert Niel Cleary became a tragic symbol of the suffering endured by Australian prisoners of war during the Second World War. Captured and forced to march in the harrowing Sandakan Death March, Cleary's life ended in unimaginable hardship, alongside the 1,700 other Australian prisoners who perished during this brutal ordeal.
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2024-10-2843 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryActing Squadron Leader Herbert Frank Slade DSO DFC USBS: From Bourke to Bomber Command15-JULY-1944. While serving as a pilot in the Royal Air Force's Path Finder Force. Acting Squadron Leader Herbert Frank Slade, Commander of Lancaster Bomber N Nuts, en route to a raid on Hamburg, was struck by anti-aircraft fire, was able to recover the aircraft sufficiently to continue the attack, drop his bombs and return home with 48 square foot piece of the port wing missing and with limited controls, managed to bring the plane in for a "successful" landing. this was his 59th operational flight over enemy territory.
In this episode, we explore the life and legacy of Squadron Leader Herbert...
2024-09-2231 min
At The Podium with Manuel AmezcuaLeaving a Legacy on and off the Field with Josh RossIn this episode of At the Podium with Manuel Amezcua, we’re sitting down with Josh Ross, linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens and former Michigan Wolverine. Josh takes us through his journey from Southfield High School to standout performances at Michigan to his ongoing career in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens.Josh shares the importance of family pride and how his family's unwavering support has played a crucial role in his success and development as both a man and an athlete. He talks about the belief in oneself and how that mindset, rein...
2024-09-1255 min
Eternal Life. Answers from Science - English | Dr. Manuel Sans SegarraScience can now prove that there is Life after Life | Dr. Manuel Sans Segarra - EP1
Dr. Manuel Sans Segarra, a physician and surgeon , has dedicated the last few years of his career to researching the existence of Supraconsciousness and Near Death Experiences (NDEs).
Supraconsciousness is a concept that refers to the consciousness that exists beyond the mind and physical body. It is a topic that has fascinated humanity for centuries, as it raises fundamental questions about the nature of reality and the destiny of humanity.
Manuel Sans Segarra is a doctor specialising in general and digestive surgery , with a particular focus on oncological surgery. There were no previous doctors in his family, and he...
2024-09-0316 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryPrivate Claude Herbert Roberts: "Dear Maudie..."30-AUGUST-1942. While serving as a soldier in the 2/14th Australian Imperial Force as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force, Private Claude Herbert Roberts served from the sands of Egypt and Palestine to the mountainous slopes of Kokoda.
This episode was requested by his great-niece Christine and was made possible thanks to recently discovered letters sent home during the war. If there is someone that you think needs to have their story told, drop the podcast an email at podcast@thedocnetwork.net
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2024-08-2437 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryFrom Duty to Dishonour: Lieutenant Harry Harbord "The Breaker" Morant7-SEPTEMBER-1901. While serving with the Bushveldt Carbineers, a British Irregular Mounted Unit, during the Second Anglo-Boer War, Lt Harry Harbord Morant, better known as "Breaker Morant" allegedly ordered the execution of eight Boer Prisoners of War, along with several Dutch civilians, and a German Missionary. For this act, Breaker Morant is one of the first British Subjects, charged, tried and convicted for War Crimes. And while he claimed to be following orders, at what point does just doing your job constitute unlawful killings of non-combatants?
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2024-08-0337 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryLance Bombardier Leslie James Greenwood and the 2nd Mountain Battery: Tragedy at Katika16-DECEMBER-1943. While serving as part of the 2nd Mountain Battery of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, Lance Bombardier Leslie James Greenwood, a professional soldier within the Permanent Military Force, served from before the Second World War in Garrison Artillery postings before serving as part of Wren Force in Nauru. His first offensive deployment was part of a Specialised Mountainous Artillery Battery trained and equipped to bring fire support to Allied personnel high in the mountains of New Guinea.
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2024-07-1827 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySub Lieutenant Richard Michael Pirrie MiD: A Hawk’s Normandy Flight (History Guild Episode Six)6-JUNE-1944. While serving as part of the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve assigned to the Royal Navy, Sub Lieutenant Richard "Dick" Michael Pirrie, gave up a promising VFL career with the Hawthorn VFL Team.
to serve in the Second World War attached to the Royal Navy. Initially serving on escort duty on Destroyers escorting convoys to Russia and Malta. Upon receiving his commission as a Sub-Lieutenant he transferred to landing craft and served as the commander of a Landing Craft Support (Medium) vessel which served as a floating observation platform for naval and army artillery spotters.
2024-06-2228 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySquadron Leader Adrian Phillip Goldsmith DFC DFM: Wings Over Malta (History Guild Episode Five)15-JUNE-1942. While serving as a Fighter Pilot in 126 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Pilot Officer Adrian Phillip Goldsmith received the Distinguished Flying Medal for shooting down six Axis planes over Malta, this was followed up with the Distinguished Flying Cross a month later and in doing so became the second highest fighter ace in the RAAF
This episode was made possible due to support from History Guild. ' This Autumn I Was Only Doing My Job; An Australian Military History Podcast has Partnered with History Guild to bring you a series...
2024-06-0828 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySergeant Henry Armstrong Lacey Snr BEM MM: Soldier of Three Wars (History Guild Episode Four)20-JUNE-1940. While serving as an Orderly in the 17th Australian Infantry Brigade during the Second World War. Sergeant Henry Armstrong Lacey Snr received the British Empire Medal for exemplary service and dedication to his duties, which is understandable, as he wasn't a 35-year-old fresh soldier, but a 53-year-old veteran of both the Second Anglo-Boer War and the First World War. in a military career that spanned three two continents and the length and breadth of Australia's involvement in the conflicts of the early 20th Century, in particular Gallipoli, the Western Front, North Africa and the disastrous campaign in Greece...
2024-05-2546 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMatron Colonel Kathleen Annie Louise Best OBE: Courage Under Fire (History Guild Episode Three)23-April-1941. While serving as Matron of the 2/5th Australian General Hospital during the Second World War. Matron Kathleen Annie Louise Best was the youngest Matron in the Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War including the disastrous campaign in Greece and her decision to stay behind when the chance of capture was great.
In this episode, we focus on the nursing involvement of the Australian Imperial Force during Operation Lusture, the Failed Rearguard Operation to Defend Greece from the German Invasion.
This episode was made possible due to support from History Guild.
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2024-05-1130 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryCaptain William Holmes Travers: The First at War – Part Two: From Crete to Captivity (History Guild Episode Two)30-April-1941. While serving as a Company Commander within the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion, Captain William Holmes Travers participated in the first major engagements of the Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War including the capture of Bardia, Tobruk and the disastrous campaign in Greece before becoming a Prisoner of War following the failure at Crete. In this episode, we focus on the first involvement of the Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War, the Capture of Bardia during Operation Compass and Operation Lusture, and the Failed Rearguard Operation to Defend Greece from German Invasion.
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2024-04-2942 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryCaptain William Holmes Travers: The First at War – Part One: North Africa and Greece (History Guild Episode One)3-JANUARY-1941. While serving as a Platoon Lieutenant within the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion, Captain William Holmes Travers participated in the first major engagements of the Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War including the capture of Bardia, Tobruk and the disastrous campaign in Greece before becoming a Prisoner of War following the failure at Crete. In this episode, we focus on the first involvement of the Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War, the Capture of Bardia during Operation Compass and Operation Lusture, the Failed Rearguard Operation to Defend Greece from German Invasion.
This episode...
2024-04-1644 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryFrom Duty to Dishonour: Private George Percy StaffordIn this episode of "From Duty to Dishonour," we delve into the compelling story of Private Percy George Stafford, an Australian soldier who served in the First World War. As we explore Stafford's life, we confront the challenging question: what happens when someone falls short of society's expectations of a soldier? Join us as we look into the service of a man who allegedly spent no time in the front line, despite volunteering for service in 1916.
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2024-03-2933 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryCommander Richard Stanley Veale CMG VRD** RANR: The Admiral of Elwood4-AUGUST-1914/4-SEPTEMBER-1939. While serving as a Naval Reservist, Midshipman Richard Stanley Veale ordered the first shot fired by British Forces in the First World War. Twenty years later while in command of the same shore battery that fired the first shot in the First World War, Commander Richard Stanley Veale would order the first Australian shot fired in anger during the Second World War.
Explore the remarkable life and service of Commander Richard Stanley Veale. From his early days as a naval cadet to his significant contributions during the First World War and Second World War, Commander...
2024-03-0845 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySergeant William Charles Bullock Beech: The Inventor of the Periscope Rifle19-MAY-1915. While serving as a soldier of the 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, Sergeant William Charles Bullock Beech, horrified by the tragic loss of life of his comrades on Gallipoli, took a biscuit box, signal wire and a broken mirror to invent one of the most iconic weapons of trench warfare on Gallipoli, the Periscope Rifle.
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2024-01-2721 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryLieutenant George Burrows, Sapper John Henry Palmer, and Sapper Leslie James Strahan: The Capture of the Amiens Gun8-AUGUST-1918. While serving as Engineers of the 8th Field Company, Australian Imperial Force, Lieutenant George Burrows, Sapper John Henry Palmer and Leslie James Strahan were attached to the 31st Australian Infantry Battalion when the Australian Corps participated in the Battle of Amiens, the start of the 100 Days Offensive. As they were deconstructing German fortifications at the old Amiens Defensive Line, they were called forward to deal with an obstacle in No Mans Land, it was the Largest War Trophy Collected by Australian forces that was brought back to Australia.
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2023-12-311h 05
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryPrivate Edward Attfield: Was Once Lost, Now Found27/28-JANUARY-1916, While serving as a soldier of the 5th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Private Edward Attfield did not let his diminutive stature prevent him from volunteering for overseas service. He landed at Gallipoli and despite wounds and illness served until the evacuation in December 1915. When he returned to Alexandria, he vanished, never to be seen again.
His story is a murder mystery that took 100 years to solve.
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2023-11-2923 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryThe Unknown Australian Soldier 30th Anniversary Special11-NOVEMBER-1993. To mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the First World War, the unidentified remains of an unknown Australian soldier, exhumed from the Adelaide Cemetery in Villers Bretonneux in France was interred within the Hall of Memory of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia.
Today marks the 30th Anniversary of that interment.
Lest We Forget.
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2023-11-1115 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military History#ShipwreckSummer Finale: Discussion with Melissa Ratliff and Ryan Day on HMAS Australia, the Bismarck, and the RMS OceanicIn this episode, I sat down over two separate sessions with Melissa Ratliff of God's Favorites: A History Podcast and Ryan Day of the History Daddy YouTube channel
I talk about the service and fate of Australia's first (and only) Battlecruiser HMAS Australia, Ryan talks about the feared German Battlecruiser Bismarck, and Melissa surprised everyone by not discussing the sinking of the Titanic, but of her sister ship the RMS Oceanic.
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2023-11-041h 23
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryLieutenant Commander Henry Hugh Gordon Dacre Stoker DSO MID: "The Silent ANZAC" and the Sinking of HMAS AE225-APRIL-1915, While serving as Commanding Officer of the Royal Australian Navy's second Submarine HMAS AE2, Royal Navy Officer Lieutenant Commander Henry Hugh Gordon Dacre Stoker was faced with the challenge, to traverse the Dardanelles when the last two submarines to do so were sunk.
The Stage is set, the curtain is drawn, allow I Was Only Doing My Job: An Australian Military History Podcast to introduce you to the Silent ANZAC
Join us for the conclusion to our involvement in Historytoks #ShipwreckSummer
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2023-10-2442 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryLieutenant Commander Thomas Fleming Besant: Honouring the Silent Service and the Sinking of HMAS AE114-SEPTEMBER-1914, While serving as Commanding Officer of the Royal Australian Navy's first Submarine HMAS AE1, Royal Navy officer Lieutenant Commander Thomas Fleming Besant was killed in action when AE1 disappeared during a patrol following the Australian Capture of German New Guinea.
The mysterious disappearance of AE1 became a haunting chapter in naval history, that was quickly overshadowed by events in the Dardanelles eight months later to the point where the whole campaign is largely unknown. Join us for Part one of the conclusion to our involvement in Historytoks #ShipwreckSummer
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2023-09-2933 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySurgeon Lieutenant Dr Kenneth Morris MID: The Sinking of HMAS Canberra9-AUGUST-1942. While serving as a Surgical Officer aboard the Royal Australian Navy Heavy Cruiser HMAS Canberra, Surgeon Lieutenant Kenneth Newman Morris MID participated in the first American counter-attack during the Pacific Campaign, the Battle of Guadalcanal and the disastrous Battle of Savo Island.
In the Second World War chaos, one man apart out for his courage and resilience - Surgeon Lieutenant Kenneth Newman Morris. Morris exhibited unwavering dedication as he tended to wounded sailors amidst relentless enemy fire and blazing flames. As the ship's fate hung in the balance, Morris defied danger, his head torch illuminating the...
2023-08-2054 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryChief Yeoman of Signals Stephen Lamont: The Sinking of the MV Montevideo MaruThis Episode marks Two years since the launch of the podcast.
1-JULY-1942. While serving as Chief Yeoman of Signals as part of the Royal Australian Navy, Chief Yeoman of Signals Stephen Lamont was selected as part of the network of observers stationed across strategic locations in Northern Australia and neighbouring territories known as the Coastwatchers. Initially stationed on Anir Island off the coast of New Britain, Lamont was in Rabaul when it fell to the Japanese.
Lamont's selfless actions and dedication to his comrades stand out as he bravely chose to stay behind and care...
2023-07-3032 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMidshipman Robert Ian Davies and the Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse10-December-1941. While serving as a midshipman aboard the Royal Navy Battlecruiser HMS Repulse, Midshipman Robert Ian Davies MID participated in the first major naval engagement of the Pacific Campaign.
We delve into the remarkable story of Midshipman Robert Ian Davies and his role in the sinking of the British battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse during the Second World War. Despite limited firsthand accounts of Davies' actions, his bravery and leadership caught the attention of his superiors, leading to his nomination for higher recognition. We explore the Valour Inquiry and the challenges faced in honouring Davies' gallantry...
2023-07-0639 min
Leadership for Regular People23: Taking the First Step with Dai ManuelThe hardest part of starting something new is taking the first step. Like Isaac Newton taught us, an object at rest will stay at rest. As difficult as that first step may be, it holds incredible power and potential. Even a small first step will help you get moving and enable you to begin building momentum. Dai Manuel is a super-passionate husband and father on a mission to positively impact one million role models around the globe to lead a FUN-ctionally fit life through education, encouragement, and community. He is an award-winning digital thought leader and author, a...
2023-06-2930 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryLieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner DSO, MC: Buna, Gona and Sanananda Campaigns (The Hero of Kokoda Part Five)This is the fifth and final instalment in the life service and legacy of Ralph Honner.
20-MAY-1941. While serving as a Company Commander within the 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner, participated in the first major engagements of the Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War including the capture of Bardia, Tobruk and the disastrous campaign in Greece before making a name of himself during the Kokoda Campaign. In this episode, we focus on the Australian operations around the Japanese strongholds of Buna, Gona and Sanananda
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2023-05-3043 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySister Florence Rebecca Casson: The Bangka Island Massacre16-FEBRUARY-1942. Serving as a Staff Nurse in the 2/13th Australian General Hospital, Second Australian Imperial Force, Sister Florence Casson was one of the 21 nurses executed as part of the Bangka Island Massacre at the hands of the Imperial Japanese Army.
This Episode coincides with International Nurses Day 2023.
To Donate to the Vivian Bullwinkel Project or the Bangka Island Scholarship Fund go here https://foundation.acn.edu.au/Foundation/Donate/The_Vivian_Bullwinkel_Project_2021.aspx
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2023-05-1117 min
Good Film HuntingEpisode 8. Lin Manuel-Miranda and Movie MusicalsThis week Ross and Sarah take you to every corner of the film musicals world. From cult classic School of Rock to the genius of Lin Manuel-Miranda, if you're guilty pleasure is also musicals you'll want to tune in this week. So don't miss it!Make sure to follow our Letterboxd to see our offical rating and review of each film we've covered this week https://letterboxd.com/goodfilmhuntin/
2023-04-2630 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryLieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner: The Kokoda Trail Campaign (The Hero of Kokoda: Part Four)20-MAY-1941. While serving as a Company Commander within the 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner, participated in the first major engagements of the Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War including the capture of Bardia, Tobruk and the disastrous campaign in Greece before making a name of himself during the Kokoda Campaign. In this episode, we focus on the Australian defensive operations along the Kokoda Trail in the Pacific.
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2023-04-1628 minInside WhiskyInside Dewar's Aberfeldy with Gary RossIf we told you that there is a distillery in the Scottish Highlands, which is beautifully situated, easily accessible, has a very rich history, but which is still quite often overlooked, would you want to know more about it – especially if you knew that they promise you the “golden dram”?Well, we were certainly intrigued and once we visited for the first time, we couldn’t but visit many more times in the following years.Of course, we’re talking about Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery, where we met with Gary Ross, distilleries ambassador for John Dewar & Sons, to rec...
2023-04-1649 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMajor Ralph Honner: The Defence of Crete (The Hero of Kokoda: Part Three)20-MAY-1941. While serving as a Company Commander within the 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner, participated in the first major engagements of the Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War including the capture of Bardia, Tobruk and the disastrous campaign in Greece before making a name of himself during the Kokoda Campaign. In this episode, we focus on the disastrous defence of Crete and the prelude to the Kokoda Campaign in the Pacific.
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2023-03-2228 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryCaptain Ralph Honner: The Fall of Greece (The Hero of Kokoda: Part Two)3-JANUARY-1941. While serving as a Company Commander within the 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner, participated in the first major engagements of the Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War including the capture of Bardia, Tobruk and the disastrous campaign in Greece before making a name of himself during the Kokoda Campaign. In this episode, we focus on the rapid advance of the Australian Imperial Force across North Africa, and the disastrous Operation Lusture, or the Allied involvement in the Greece Campaign.
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2023-02-2832 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryCaptain Ralph Honner: The Battle of Bardia (The Hero of Kokoda: Part One)3-JANUARY-1941. While serving as a Company Commander within the 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner, participated in the first major engagements of the Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War including the capture of Bardia, Tobruk and the disastrous campaign in Greece before making a name of himself during the Kokoda Campaign. In this episode, we focus on the first involvement of the Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War, the Capture of Bardia during Operation Compass.
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2023-02-1532 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMelissa Ratliff: #SaveSundowner Project and the Legacy of Charles LightollerEarlier this month I sat down with Melissa Ratliff from God's Favorites: A History Podcast to discuss her current project, saving the Sundowner a motor yacht formerly owned by Charles Lightoller, who was Second Officer aboard the RMS Titanic for her ill-fated maiden voyage in April, 1912. She participated in the Dunkirk evacuation as one of the Little ships of Dunkirk before falling on hard times more recently.
Link to the #SaveSundowner gofundme
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2023-01-281h 05
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryHonorary Air Commodore Sir Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith AFC MC: The Greatest Aviator9-JUNE-1928. While serving as a despatch rider as part of the 4th Division Signals Company during the First World War, Sergeant Charles Edward Kingsford Smith sought a greater adrenaline rush and joined the Australian Flying Corps. Later serving in the Royal Flying Corps; British Expeditionary Force, he shot down four German aircraft before he was shot down and grounded due to injury.
Not to be stopped, "Smithy" after the war became an aviation pioneer and held the record for having the most aviation records including being the only person at the time to cross the Pacific Ocean f...
2023-01-1449 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryLeading Aircraftman Noel Ervin Shipp: The EMU Door Gunner31-JULY-1969. While serving as a Door Gunner on an American Crewed UH-1C Iroquois Helicopter Gunship as part of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnam, attached to the 135th Assault Helicopter Company, US Army, as part of the Experimental Military Unit (EMU), Leading Aircraftman Noel Ervin Shipp was killed in action while providing gunfire to support the evacuation of troops on the ground and was observed to be continuing to fire even as the helicopter he was in plummeted to the ground
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2022-12-2419 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMy Silent Hero: Episode Two: Lieutenant Isaac Althorp RidgwayMy Silent Hero is a project to honour and preserve the memory of those who have served Australia during times of war. Each of these servicemen and women had lives before they enlisted and, if they survived, after the war. They were, or are, humble human beings who, for a great many current Australians, are family. Yet now for many, their memory is just a name on a plaque, an initial or two and a surname. My Silent Hero will help you remember them as people and as family.
For more information check out https://mysilenthero.blogspot.c...
2022-12-1612 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryCorporal Ernest Albert Corey MM and Three Bars: The Highest Decorated Stretcher Bearer8-February-1917. While serving as a Stretcher Bearer as part of 55th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Corporal Ernest Albert "Ernie" Corey, was awarded an unprecdendent four Military Medals, the third highest award for gallantry in the British System of Awards for his tireless and continual devotion to rescuing wounded soldiers during the war on the Western Front. Despite the claim of being the Highest Decorated Australian Soldier, Corey was a timid man who took great pride in the knowledge that he received four Military Medals for saving people and never fired a shot...
2022-11-1332 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryLieutenant General Robert Harold Nimmo CBE: Kashmir Observer (The Greatest Peacekeeper Part Three)28-OCTOBER-1950, This is the conclusion of the life service and Legacy of Professional Soldier Lieutenant GeneralRobert Harold Nimmo, who served in both the First and Second World Wars in Brigade and General Staff Roles before his retirement in 1950. He would then go on to serve as the longest continuously serving Chief Military Observer in United Nations History when he took command of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) becoming the first Australian to command a UN Peacekeeping Mission and at 15 years and 2 months the longest serving UN Commander
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2022-10-2919 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMajor General Robert Harold Nimmo CBE: Armoured Cavalryman (The Greatest Peacekeeper Part Two)29-SEPTEMBER-1946, This is part two of the life service and Legacy of Professional Soldier Major General Robert Harold Nimmo CBE, who at the commencement of the Second World War was a Staff Officer of the 1st Cavalry Division. An officer tasked with introducing armoured warfare into the Australian Army, Nimmo would continue to serve in staff positions at Brigade, Division, Corps and Army Levels to whom the end of the war in command of the first unit of the Australian Regular Army the 38th Infantry Brigade and command Australia's contingent to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force on a career...
2022-10-1525 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMajor Robert Harold Nimmo: ANZAC Administrator (The Greatest Peacekeeper Part One)21-DECEMBER-1914, This is part one of the life service and Legacy of Professional Soldier Major Robert Harold Nimmo, who at the commencement of the First World War was an Officer Cadet at the Royal Military College Duntroon. Enlisting upon accelerated graduation he was posted to the 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment at the rank of Lieutenant and would sail to Egypt, eventually reaching Gallipoli on May 16. Possessing both front-line combat experience and administrative organisational skills, Nimmo would quickly progress through the ranks of the ANZAC Mounted Division, finishing the war as a Brigade Major in the 1st Australian Light...
2022-10-0325 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryFlying Officer Colin Kelvin Flockhart: "Cheerio and Keep Smiling..."7-JANUARY-1945 While Serving with No 619 Squadron Royal Air Force, Flying Officer Colin Kelvin Flockhart, was the pilot of a four-engine Avro Lancaster Heavy Bomber tasked with a raid over Munich Germany when for unknown reasons his plane disintegrated over the French countryside during poor weather.
This episode is dedicated to Alison Aitken, the Queen of the Australian War Memorial, and Colin's sister, who passed away on 9-9-2022.
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2022-09-1213 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySquadron Leader Peter St George Bruce Turnbull DFC: 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Milne Bay Special27-AUGUST-1942 While Serving with No. 3 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer Peter St George Bruce Turnbull, in North Africa became one of the first Australian Fighter Aces of the Second World War, with downing eight enemy aircraft, an act that would award him the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He would go on to serve in No 76 Squadron RAAF in the Pacific, serving the defence of Milne Bay from Japanese invasion. While he would be killed in action, his devotion to his duty would be an inspiration to all he flew with.
For...
2022-08-2615 min
The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa FilesA Formosa Files INTERVIEW: Manuel Tsao Talks to Eryk About the 100+ Year Old Jhuzimen Hydro Power Plant - 竹仔門發電廠The Jhuzimen Hydro Power Plant (竹仔門發電廠) was built by the colonial Japanese authorities in 1908 -- in what's now Meinung District (美濃區), Kaohsiung City. Manuel Tsao is a German national in the renewable energy business who has lived in Taiwan for over 15 years. But before coming here, he spent time in Japan -- and speaks Japanese fluently. And, while in Japan, Manuel became somewhat of an expert on the Jhuzimen Hydro Power Plant -- now called the Jhumen Unit of Kaohsiung/Ping-tung Power Plant of Taiwan Power Company (高屏發電廠竹門機組). Hear the story of this still-operating power plant, and learn a bit more about renewable energy in Taiwan from Manu...
2022-08-2115 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryThe Capture of A7V Mephisto: 26th Battalion at Monument Wood14-JULY-1918. The 30-ton German Heavy Tank was set to participate in the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonnaeux until it drove into a shell crater outside Monument Wood, becoming stranded, three months later it would be captured by the 26th Australian Infantry Battalion in the Allied counter-attack, in an action that has captured the imaginations of the Internet Age as one of those actions where the fiction is better known than the facts.
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2022-08-1429 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMajor Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson: The Ballad of the Horsehold Cavalry19-OCTOBER-1917. While serving within the Australian Remount Depot, Australian Imperial Force as a Squadron Commander, Major Andrew Barton "The Banjo" Paterson served with distinction as part of the Desert Mounted Corps during the First World War. He is also widely known as the most famous Bush Balladist of the 20th Century, having penned the iconic Waltzing Matilda. Prior to his service in the First World War, he was an official Correspondent in the Second Anglo-Boer War, the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion. While he served the duration of the war, this is one aspect of the Banjo's life...
2022-07-1934 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMy Silent Hero Episode 1: 29919 Gunner Eric William BenjafieldMy Silent Hero is a project to honour and preserve the memory of those who have served Australia during times of war. Each of these servicemen and women had lives before they enlisted and, if they survived, after the war. They were, or are, humble human beings who, for a great many current Australians, are family. Yet now for many, their memory is just a name on a plaque, an initial or two and a surname. My Silent Hero will help you remember them as people and as family.
For more information check out https://mysilenthero.blogspot.c...
2022-07-1006 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryCaptain Hector MacDonald Laws Waller DSO & Bar: The Scrap Iron Captain1-MARCH-1942. While serving within the Royal Australian Navy as a Signals Officer, Captain Hector MacDonald Laws Waller served with distinction aboard several warships of the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Navy during both the First World War and the Second World War.
Having graduated from the fledgling Royal Australian Naval College during the First World War, his posting would be to the Royal Navy Battleship HMS Agincourt, and would predominately perform escort duties for the duration of the war.
As a career sailor, he would progress through the ranks until he was in command of th...
2022-06-1925 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryPrivate Errol Wayne "Flex" Noack: The First Conscript is Dead24-MAY-1966. While serving with B Company 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Australian Regular Army, National Serviceman Private Errol Wayne Noack served as a section machine gunner during the Vietnam War. He was killed during his first military operation two weeks after arriving in-country and would go into the history books as the first Australian National Serviceman killed in Vietnam.
His death would polarise Australian society about a war that was increasingly becoming unpopular, and his position as the first conscript killed in that war would serve as a rallying cry for those against mandatory military service.
2022-06-0517 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySergeant Leonard George Siffleet: A Covert Life24-OCTOBER-1943, while serving with M Special Unit, Special Operations Australia, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, Sergeant Leonard George Siffleet was on a covert mission in Japanese-occupied New Guinea. His team was tasked with setting up a Coastwatch position over the newly captured town of Hollandia. During their operation, they were ambushed and captured by Japanese troops and local New Guineans allied with the Japanese. Despite intense interrogation, Sergeant Siffleet faced execution—a rare instance of a Western soldier’s execution being photographed by the Japanese. Although the war crimes investigations held the surviving Japanese troops accountable, the individual who delivered the...
2022-05-2119 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryPrincipal Matron Grace Margaret Wilson CBE RRC: A Lifetime of Service1-JANUARY 1916 While Serving with 3 Australian General Hospital Squadron Principal Matron Grace Margaret Wilson in Lemnos, Greece would coordinate the nursing care of wounded Australian Soldiers from the Gallipoli Campaign and in doing so would also fight for recognition and proper treatment of the nurses under her charge. a Professional Nurse before the Great War, she would go on to be Matron-in-Chief of the Australian Imperial Force in both the First and Second World Wars, These acts would result in him being awarded the Royal Red Cross First class and the Nightingale Medal, four Mentions in Dispatches and her appointment...
2022-05-0719 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMy Silent Hero TrailerDuring the First World War, 27 men of the Australian Customs Service answered the call of King and Country. Since the early 2000s, I Was Only Doing My Job background researcher Laurie Favelle has been obsessed with finding and preserving the life service and legacies of each of these 27 men.
They were, or are, humble human beings who, for a great many current Australians, are family. Yet now for many, their memory is just a name on a plaque, an initial or two and a surname.
My SIlent Hero will run alongside standard I Was Only Doing My Job Podcast episodes.
F...
2022-04-2701 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySquadron Leader Keith William "Bluey" Truscott DFC and Bar: The Flying Demon16-OCTOBER-1942 While Serving with No. 452 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader Keith William "Bluey" Truscott in Europe would lead an attack on an evacuating Kreigsmarine Fleet and successfully damaged a German Destroyer. A famous athlete, before the war he played VFL for the Melbourne Demons, and deciding to forgo a successful sporting career decided to fly for King and Country, and in doing so became one of Australia's highest ranked Fighter Aces with 15/16 confirmed enemy aircraft shot down. These acts would result in him being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross twice.
He would go on to...
2022-04-2318 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryPrivate William Edward "Billy" Sing DCM: The Gallipoli Sniper23-OCTOBER-1915. While serving as a trooper in the 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force, Chinese-Australian Trooper William Edward "Billy" Sing DCM has been picked to take the solitary role as being a sniper on Gallipoli where he has a unique record of between 150 and 300 confirmed Ottoman kills during the eight-month campaign. Even with that legacy he also grew up in a time where his heritage was met with prejudice and racism.
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2022-04-1020 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryHonorary Captain James Francis "Frank" Hurley OBE: The Man Worth a Thousand Words17-AUGUST-1917. While serving as one of the Australian Official War Photographers, Honorary Captain James Francis "Frank" Hurley OBE was an Australian photographer and adventurer. He participated in several expeditions to Antarctica, under Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton and served as an official photographer with Australian forces during both world wars. His artistic style produced many memorable images, but his propensity to use composite imagery in a time before Photoshop gained him several detractors, in particular Charles Bean, Australia's First World War Official Historian, and the Department of Information that he worked for in the Second World War...
2022-03-2743 min
War Stories with Preston and Sayre188: Australia in WWII - Pacific Theater with Ross ManuelToday, Sayre and Preston are joined by Ross Manuel. Ross provides much insight into the relationship between the smaller, younger Australian military and the Old World European powers during the two world wars. We likewise discuss how the Aussie and American militaries had their differences too.
We also go into the Kokoda Track Campaign which represents the first time in Australia's history that its security was directly threatened. The key leaders responsible for the campaign, General Douglas MacArthur and General Sir Thomas Blamey, have been criticized for unreasonable and unrealistic perceptions of the terrain and conditions under which...
2022-03-141h 33
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryForged in Combat: Australia’s Role in the Pacific Campaign of the Second World WarI sat down with Preston Stewart and Seyer Payne of War Stories to talk about Australia's involvement in the Pacific Campaign of the Second World War. This was recorded over Zoom, and the video version of this episode is available on the I Was Only Doing My Job Youtube Channel.
The conversation starts with the Fall of Singapore and ends with the Japanese surrender and even the start of the Korean Campaign.
To find more content from Preston and Seyer click on the below links
Website War Stories on Spotify War Stories on Apple P...
2022-03-121h 34
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryCaptain Edward Frederick Robert Bage: The Antarctic ANZAC7-MAY-1915. While serving as an engineer with the 3rd Field Company Engineers, Australian Imperial Force, Captain Edward Bage was instructed to map out new trench locations on Gallipoli, and as a result would be killed 14 days after landing on the Pennisula, but his legacy is not one of the battlefield, but of Antarctic Exploration, when he spent two years mapping Antarctica alongside Sir Douglas MawsonFor 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 D...
2022-02-2610 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryLieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel AO MBE ARRC ED: 80th Anniversary of the Bangka Island Massacre SpecialCW: Sexual Assault- This episode contains a discussion of the murder of women and allegations of sexual assault in war. The sexual assault is isolated to the end of the episode, with a warning just prior. the discussion of the Bangka Island Massacre will begin at 5:16 to 8:06
This is a Special reupload to mark the 80th Anniversary of the Bangka Island Massacre
16-FEBRUARY-1942. Serving as a Staff Nurse in the 2/13th Australian General Hospital, Second Australian Imperial Force, Sister Vivian Bullwinkel would be the sole survivor of the Bangka Island Massacre at the hands of...
2022-02-1617 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMajor Leslie George Fussell MC: The Bully Beef Bomber17-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...
2022-02-1219 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryHonorary Brigadier General Gwynydd Purves Wynne-Aubrey Meredith: Fortress Commander (The Great Emu Commander Part Three)2-NOVEMBER-1932. While serving as a professional soldier in the post-war Permanent Military Force of the Commonwealth Military Forces Honourary Brigadier General Gwynydd Purves Wynne-Aubrey Meredith served for 47 years continuously, and in doing so served in the Permanent Military Force, the First World War, the Second War and the Korean War, but he is most known as Major G P W Meredith, the Officer Commanding of the 7th Heavy Artillery Battery who oversaw an ill-advised nuisance wildlife management military operation that has become more a meme than a historical event, known comically as the Great Emu War
For show note...
2022-01-3010 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMajor Gwynydd Purves Wynne-Aubrey Meredith: The "Great" Emu War (The Great Emu Commander Part Two)2-NOVEMBER-1932. While serving as a professional soldier in the post-war Permanent Military Force of the Commonwealth Military Forces Honourary Brigadier General Gwynydd Purves Wynne-Aubrey Meredith served for 47 years continuously, and in doing so served in the Permanent Military Force, the First World War, the Second War and the Korean War, but he is most known as Major G P W Meredith, the Officer Commanding of the 7th Heavy Artillery Battery who oversaw an ill-advised nuisance wildlife management military operation that has become more a meme than a historical event, known comically as the Great Emu War
For show note...
2022-01-1517 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryMajor Gwynydd Purves Wynne-Aubrey Meredith: Fortress Innovator (The Great Emu Commander: Part One)2-NOVEMBER-1932. While serving as a professional soldier in the post-war Permanent Military Force of the Commonwealth Military Forces Honourary Brigadier General Gwynydd Purves Wynne-Aubrey Meredith served for 47 years continuously, and in doing so served in the Permanent Military Force, the First World War, the Second War and the Korean War, but he is most known as Major G P W Meredith, the Officer Commanding of the 7th Heavy Artillery Battery who oversaw an ill-advised nuisance wildlife management military operation that has become more a meme than a historical event, known comically as the Great Emu War
2022-01-0114 min
Antropología pop#17 El poliamor y la monogamia | Marilina Ross, Marcel Mauss, Slavoj Zizek, Margaret Mead, Eugenio Carutti, Leo García y + (PARTE 2 en vivo)¡Finalmente sucedió! Nos encontramos en un bar de la ciudad de Buenos Aires y grabamos el último episodio del año con público presente y cervezas. Esta es la segunda parte.
Fue una velada alucinante con música en vivo y como siempre, antropología y ciencias sociales para pensar la vida. En la segunda parte hablamos sobre una canción de Marilina Ross y las trampas de la monogamia en el amor occidental. También hablamos del amor como aprendizaje social a través de la teoría de Marcel Mauss, Margaret Mead y esbozamos una posible re...
2021-12-2232 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryAble Seaman Thomas Welsby Clark: The (Formerly) Unknown Australian Sailor19-NOVEMBER-1941, While serving in the Royal Australian Navy as a submarine detector, Able Seamen Thomas Welsby Clark served aboard the Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney II in the Second World War, when the Sydney was sunk by the German commerce raider HSK Kormoran with the loss of all hands. three months later, the unidentified remains of an Australian sailor in a Carley Float would wash ashore on Christmas Island and would be buried with full honours. it would take 80 years for those remains to be identified.
For show notes, photos and transcripts visit www.thedocnetwork.n...
2021-12-1811 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySergeant Olive May Kelso King: A Pioneer and Her Ella-fant18-AUGUST-1917. While serving in the Serbian Army as an Ambulance Driver, Sgt Olive May Kelso King, regularly exposed herself to danger and enemy fire while carrying out her duties to help deliver supplies and retrieve wounded in the dangerous Salonika Front in an ambulance nicknamed Ella, that she purchased herself for the cause.
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2021-12-0412 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryCommander Warwick Seymour Bracegirdle DSC and Two Bars: A Naval legacy8-JANUARY-1952. While serving in the Royal Australian Navy as a gunnery officer, Commander Warwick Seymour Bracegirdle served with distinction aboard several warships of the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Navy, in both the Second World War and the Korean War, being one of only a handful of officers to receive the prestigious Distinguished Service Cross a total of three times.
For show notes, photos and transcripts visit www.thedocnetwork.net and follow the show on Instagram @IWODMJ to follow me for more history hijinks you can follow me on TikTok/Instagram/Twitter @docwinters.
2021-11-2012 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySignaller Ellis Luciano Silas: The Gallipoli Painter17-AUGUST-1915, while serving as a signaller with C Company, 16th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Signaller Ellis Luciano Silas worked diligently at his telegraph set, until he fell ill with what we would now call PTSD. but what he is more famously known for is the detailed and elaborate sketches and artworks he created of the troops on Gallipoli and became an unofficial Australian War Artist.
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2021-11-1314 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryThe Unknown Australian Soldier11-NOVEMBER-1993 to mark the 75th Anniversary of the end of the First World War, Australia would go on to entomb an Unknown Soldier from the battlefield of France in the Hall of Memory of the Australian War Memorial.
For show notes, photos and transcripts visit www.thedocnetwork.net and follow the show on Instagram @IWODMJ to follow me for more history hijinks you can follow me on TikTok/Instagram/Twitter @docwinters.
2021-11-1115 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySenior Chaplain Walter Ernest Dexter DSO, MC, DCM, MID: The Sermon of the Pinching Padre8-March-1918, While serving as a Chaplain with the 1 Australian Headquarters, Australian Imperial Force, Reverent Senior Chaplain Walter Ernest Dexter, was one of the original 12 chaplains assigned to the Australian Imperial Force and served with distinction throughout Australia's involvement on Gallipoli and the Western Front, going down in history as the most decorated Chaplain in the Australian Imperial Force.
He would serve throughout the war.
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2021-11-0615 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryThe 17 Men of Amiens: B Coy 29th Battalion8-AUGUST-1918. On the 8th of August 1918, the British Fourth Army under General Rawlinson launched a major attack with French and American units in support against German positions to the east of the strategic Railway junction of Amiens in the Picardie region of Northern France in an attack known as the Third Battle of Picardy. It was the opening phase of what would become the Allied Hundred Days Offensive that would bring on the end of the First World War.
It would be supported by over 2000 guns and more than a thousand British and French Aircraft and would b...
2021-10-3019 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistorySquadron Leader Peter St George Bruce Turnbull DFC: The Flying Cowboy of Milne BayThis Episode was Re-recorded 25-08-2022
10-OCTOBER-1941. While Serving with No. 3 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer Peter St George Bruce Turnbull, in North Africa became one of the first Australian Fighter Aces of the Second World War, with downing eight enemy aircraft, an act that would award him the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He would go on to serve in No 76 Squadron RAAF in the Pacific, serving the defence of Milne Bay from Japanese invasion. While he would be killed in action, his devotion to his duty would be an inspiration to a...
2021-10-0912 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryCaptain William Charles Scurry MC DCM MID: The Man Behind the Drip Rifle20-DECEMBER-1915. While serving with the 7th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Private William Charles Scurry, landed at Gallipoli and immediately set out to address a glaring issue with the rumours of the evacuation of ANZAC forces, just how was the 60,000 Australian and New Zealand troops going to get off the beaches without being massacred?
His solution was the invention of a quirky but extremely simple piece of tech that will go down in history as the Drip RIfle.
For show notes, photos and transcripts visit www.thedocnetwork.net and follow the show on Instagram @IWODMJ...
2021-10-0211 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryThe Ballad of the Breaker: Part Two: Lt Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant: The Breakers Trial7-SEPTEMBER-1901. While serving with the Bushveldt Carbineers, a British Irregular Mounted Unit, during the Second Anglo-Boer War, Lt Harry Harbord Morant, better known as "Breaker Morant" allegedly ordered the execution of eight Boer Prisoners of War, along with a number of Dutch civilians, and a German Missionary. For this act, Breaker Morant, is one of the first British Subjects, charged, tried and convicted of a War Crime. And while he claimed to be following orders, at what point does just doing your job constitute unlawful killings of non-combatants?
This week we go into his Trial, sentence, his place in Australian Mil...
2021-09-2613 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryThe Ballad of the Breaker: Part One: Lt Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant: the Bushveldt Carbineer7-SEPTEMBER-1901. While serving with the Bushveldt Carbineers, a British Irregular Mounted Unit, during the Second Anglo-Boer War, Lt Harry Harbord Morant, better known as "Breaker Morant" allegedly ordered the execution of eight Boer Prisoners of War, along with a number of Dutch civilians, and a German Missionary. For this act, Breaker Morant, is one of the first British Subjects, charged, tried and convicted for War Crimes. And while he claimed to be following orders, at what point does just doing your job constitute unlawful killings of non-combatants?
2021-09-1824 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryForged in Combat: Australian and American Troops at the Battle of HamelI sit down with Preston Stewart of War Stories and we talk about the joint Australian/American Battle of Hamel during the First World War and talk about the life and service of the 1000th Recipient of the Victoria Cross Pte Henry Dalziel, and Cpl Thomas A Pope US Army, a man who until 2015 was the first US Army infantryman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor in the First World War.
4/5-JULY-1918. While serving in the 15th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Gunner Henry Dalziel, a 'second' to a Lewis Gun Team, upon seeing the Australian/American Advance...
2021-09-1252 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryPrivate James Charles 'Jimmy' Martin: From Schoolboy to Soldier25-OCTOBER-1915. While serving with the 21st Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Private James Charles "Jimmy" Martin, landed on the Gallipoli peninsula and would stay until October, when he died of heart failure at the age of 14 years and 9 months, making him the youngest Australian serviceperson to die in war.
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2021-09-0412 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryPrivate George Giles MM: The Man in the Mud-Stained UniformThis 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...
2021-08-2915 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryPrivate Evelyn Ernest Owen: The Man with the Owen GunThis episode was re-recorded and uploaded on 17/07/2023
25-MAY-1940.
While only serving in the 2/17th Infantry Battalion Second Australian Imperial Force for a little over a month, Pte Evelyn Ernest Owen would contribute to the Australian War effort in the Second World War as part of the Central Inventions Board by inventing one of the weirdest. Still, the most reliable machine carbines were built during the Second World War. This weapon would serve as part of the arsenal of the Australian Army for over twenty years, it would sadly outlive its creator, but cement itself in...
2021-08-2112 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryCaptain David Twining MC, MM, CdG, MID: ‘I’m the Only One Left’ – Joan of Arc Battalion at PozieresCW: Suicide
This episode was re-recorded and re-edited on 12/04/2023
7-AUGUST-1916. Serving in the 48th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Sgt David Twining would participate in the Battle of Pozieres; during the second phase of the First Battle of the Somme. Following horrific German counterattacks, a wounded man would enter the 48th Battalion Headquarters with a simple message: "I'm the only one left, do you still want me to hold this position?" That message came from David Twining, and would start a monumental military career that would span Australia's involvement...
2021-08-1422 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryLieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel AO MBE ARRC ED: The Sole Survivor of Bangka IslandCW: Sexual Assault- This episode contains a discussion of the murder of women and allegations of sexual assault in war. The sexual assault is isolated to the end of the episode, with a warning just prior. the discussion of the Bangka Island Massacre will begin at 5:16 to 8:06
Audio Re-recorded and uploaded 14/12/2021
16-FEBRUARY-1942. Serving as a Staff Nurse in the 2/13th Australian General Hospital, Second Australian Imperial Force, Sister Vivian Bullwinkel would be the sole survivor of the Bangka Island Massacre at the hands of the Imperial Japanese Army. She would go on to b...
2021-08-0715 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryPrivate John "Barney" Hines: The Souvenir King of the AIFThis episode was re-recorded and re-uploaded on 7-10-2021
27-SEPTEMBER-1917. Serving in the 45th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, The Souvenir King of the AIF. Pte John Hines, would participate in the Battle of Polygon Wood; during the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres. it was during this battle where Frank Hurley, Australian War Photographer snapped arguably his most photo. He had a ferocity to him and a preference for using Mills Bombs over rifle and bayonet, but his number one hobby was the collection of German equipment off German soldiers, either dead, wounded or p...
2021-07-3112 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryCorporal Leslie "Bull" Allen MM USS: "The Ballad of the Bull"This episode was re-recorded and re-uploaded on 04/03/2023
30-JULY-1943 Serving as a Stretcher Bearer in the 2/5th Infantry Battalion Second Australian Imperial Force, Cpl Leslie "Bull" Allen would participate in the Battle of Mount Tambu, and assist forces of the 1st Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, US Army. with casualties rising, and both US medics killed, Bull Allen would voluntarily walk into the battlespace and recover between ten and seventeen wounded American soldiers.
He would carry them one after another on his back, only stopping when he physically couldn't continue, and for his actions, he would receive t...
2021-07-2314 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryI Was Only Doing My Job Podcast TrailerWelcome to I Was Only Doing My Job, the new podcast from Ross Manuel. Each week, I talk about Australian Military History by looking into the life, service, and historical impact of individual Australian soldiers, sailors, airmen and nurses, not all of who recieved the proper recognition. Find more stories from Ross @docwinters on TikTok and on Instagram
2021-07-2301 min
I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryI Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military HistoryThis is the introductory episode to cover what I hope to achieve with this podcast.
"I Was Only Doing My Job" is a fortnightly (Bi-weekly) Australian Military History podcast hosted by Ross Manuel. Instead of focusing on maps and dates, each episode is devoted to chronicling Australia's Military History through the individual stories of those who served; where they grew up, what they did, and invariably what happened to them.
For Show Notes, transcripts and photos check out the I Was Only Doing My Job Website at www.thedocnetwork.net. Access to the Discord Server Visit h...
2021-07-1603 min
Ross And Phil Talk MoviesRoss And Phil Talk... Its about Family (Fast & Furious Franchise Special)On this episode of the podcast we talk about the Fast & The Furious films as Ross, bravely, took one for the team having rewatched the first 8 films. It's a hard life but someone had to do it. Phil continues his love affair with Lin-Manuel Miranda and, as always, we catch up on the most recent films we've watched.
Hosted by Award winning filmmaker Ross Boyask and blogger/writer/failed former filmmaker Phil Hobden.
Discussed: Fast & Furious 9, Fast & Furious, Fast & Furious 6, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast Five, The Fast & The Furious, 2 Fas...
2021-06-301h 03
Become Stronger PodcastE17 - Strong through it all: From Misery to Hapiness - With Ross LeppalaHow to turn adversity into fortune
In this episode, my guest Ross Leppala will share his incredible journe on how he went from a place of misery to living a happy, strong and thriving life.
You'll discover:
What being mentally strong really means
How to turn hardship into fortune
Why gratitude is invaluable
How strength-training can assist you in this journey
Why you should let go of bias
Contact Ross:
Instagram: ross.leppala
E-Mail: ross@reactivetrainingsystems.com
Project Unchain{ED}: https://open.spotify.com/show/4rAXMYFftt4FAtWgnh8aMA?si...
2021-05-171h 20
The WIN-WIN EffectDr. Manuel Astruc - Entrepreneur Burnout | S4:E26
In Episode 093 of The Win-Win Effect Show, Chris Ross sits down with a board-certified psychiatrist with over 20 years of experience and 50,000 hours serving clients face to face, Doctor Manuel Astruc.➥ https://manuelastruc.comHe works in his private practice and in the addictions field as the medical director of Saratoga County Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services.His own story of burnout inspired a better conversation about how to avoid or overcome the damaging effects of burnout. Manuel takes the wisdom he’s learned and brings it to business owners and entrepreneurs to help them battle the stress and mental exhaustion high achi...
2021-03-301h 20
The WIN-WIN EffectDr. Manuel Astruc - Entrepreneur BurnoutIn Episode 093 of The Win-Win Effect™ Show, Chris Ross sits down with a board-certified psychiatrist with over 20 years of experience and 50,000 hours serving clients face to face, Doctor Manuel Astruc.➥ https://manuelastruc.comHe works in his private practice and in the addictions field as the medical director of Saratoga County Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services. His own story of burnout inspired a better conversation about how to avoid or overcome the damaging effects of burnout. Manuel takes the wisdom he’s learned and brings it to business owners and entrepreneurs to help them battle the stress and mental exhaustion high achiev...
2021-03-301h 20Inside WhiskyInside Pulteney Distillery with Daniel RossWick - once the herring capital of Europe and thus one of the most important harbour cities in Scotland. In 1826, Wick has also become the home of Pulteney Distillery making the town quite attractive and offering several possibilites to work there. Nowadays, however, many young people leave the town to look for work in the bigger cities. But of course, some people stay and make your visit to the North a great experience. For young Pulteney tour guide, Daniel Ross, the sky is the limit. Enjoy a dram of Old Pulteney Whisky and listen to our "Inside Whisky - The...
2021-01-0645 min
5 Deep with Jay Ross - Deep | Tech | Vocal | House | Techno5 Deep with Jay Ross Ep.1795 Deep with Jay Ross, brings you 5 of the best new and incisive tracks in electronic music today, selected and mixed by Jay Ross. Traversing the genres of Deep, Tech, Vocal House & Techno that you can enjoy on your schedule, without having to devote your entire life to the club scene! This podcast is about showcasing individual tracks and their artists, and strives to incorporate the multiple genres that break the mold of today’s Electronic Dance Music, minus the mainstream and commercial noise that eats at our soul. Follow DJay Ross on Facebook for new music, events, and updates on...
2018-08-1626 min