Best Michael L Harris Podcasts (2024)

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From Duty to Dishonour: Lieutenant Harry Harbord "The Breaker" Morant 37:22

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7-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 …

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Tragedy at Katika: L/Bdr Leslie James Greenwood and the 2nd Mountain Battery 27:04

26d ago27:04

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16-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 deplo…

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A Hawk's Last Flight: Sub Lieutenant Richard Michael Pirrie MiD 28:07

2M ago28:07

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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…

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Wings Over Malta: Sqdn Ldr Adrian Phillip Goldsmith DFC DFM 28:12

2M ago28:12

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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 figh…

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Soldier of 3 Wars: Sergeant Henry Armstrong Lacey Snr BEM, MM 44:18

3M ago44:18

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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-…

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Courage Under Fire: Matron Colonel Kathleen Annie Louise Best OBE 30:48

3M ago30:48

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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 …

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The First at War: Capt William Holmes Travers: Part Two: From Crete to Captivity 42:11

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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 fo…

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The First at War: Capt William Holmes Travers: Part One: North Africa and Greece 44:10

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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 …

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From Duty to Dishonour: Private George Percy Stafford 33:30

5M ago33:30

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In 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 serv…

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The Admiral of Elwood: Commander Richard Stanley Veale CMG VRD** RANR 45:22

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4-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 s…

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Gallipoli Inventor: Sergeant William Charles Bullock Beech and the Periscope Rifle 21:56

7M ago21:56

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19-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 warf…

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"Let's Talk about Bruno" the Australian Capture of the Amiens Gun 1:05:43

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8-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 deconstr…

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Lost in Time: The Rediscovery of Private Edward Attfield 23:29

9M ago23:29

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27/28-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 Ale…

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The Unknown Australian Soldier 30th Anniversary 15:53

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11-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 interme…

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#Shipwreck Summer Roundtable Discussion with Melissa Ratliff and Ryan Day 1:23:13

9M ago1:23:13

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In 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 channelI 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 b…

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"The Silent ANZAC" Lieutenant Commander Henry Hugh Gordon Dacre Stoker DSO MID and the Sinking of HMAS AE2 42:14

10M ago42:14

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25-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 …

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Honouring the Silent Service: Lieutenant Commander Thomas Fleming Besant and the sinking of HMAS AE1 33:23

11M ago33:23

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14-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 i…

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From the Frontlines to the Operating Room: Surgeon Lieutenant Dr Kenneth Morris MID and the sinking of HMAS Canberra 54:24

12M ago54:24

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9-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 …

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Coastwatchers: Chief Yeoman of Signals Stephen Lamont and the sinking of the MV Montevideo Maru 32:39

1y ago32:39

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This 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 Coastwa…

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Unresolved Valor: Midshipman Robert Ian Davies and the Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse 39:02

1y ago39:02

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10-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 …

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The Hero of Kokoda: Part Five: Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner DSO, MC: Buna, Gona and Sanananda Campaigns 43:01

1y ago43:01

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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 dur…

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The Bangka Island Massacare: Sister Florence Rebecca Casson 17:00

1+ y ago17:00

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16-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 Bullwink…

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The Hero of Kokoda: Part Four: Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner: The Kokoda Trail Campaign 28:35

1+ y ago28:35

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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 dur…

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The Hero of Kokoda: Part Three: Major Ralph Honner: The Defence of Crete 28:03

1+ y ago28:03

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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 dur…

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The Hero of Kokoda: Part Two: Captain Ralph Honner: The Fall of Greece 32:48

1+ y ago32:48

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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 …

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The Hero of Kokoda: Part One: Captain Ralph Honner: The Battle of Bardia 32:39

1+ y ago32:39

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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 …

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#SaveSundowner: Special Interview with Melissa Ratliff 1:05:19

1+ y ago1:05:19

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Earlier 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 Lit…

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The Greatest Aviator: H/ACDRE Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith AFC MC 49:38

1+ y ago49:38

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9-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 …

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The EMU Door Gunner: LACM Noel Ervin Shipp 19:07

1+ y ago19:07

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31-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, Leading Aircraftman Noel Ervin Shipp was killed in action while providing gunfire to support the evacuation of troops on the g…

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My Silent Hero: Episode Two: Lieutenant Isaac Althorp Ridgway 12:01

1+ y ago12:01

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My 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 …

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The Highest Decorated Stretcher Bearer: Cpl Ernest Albert Corey MM and Three Bars 32:53

2y ago32:53

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8-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 devoti…

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The Greatest Peacekeeper: Part Three: Lieutenant General Robert Harold Nimmo CBE: The Kashmir Observer 19:29

2y ago19:29

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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 …

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The Greatest Peacekeeper: Part Two: Major General Robert Harold Nimmo CBE: The Armoured Cavalryman 25:30

2y ago25:30

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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 positi…

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The Greatest Peacekeeper Part One: Major Robert Harold Nimmo: ANZAC Administrator 25:28

2y ago25:28

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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 …

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Cheerio and Keep Smiling: FLGOFF Colin Kelvin Flockhart 13:52

2y ago13:52

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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 …

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80th Anniversary of the Battle of Milne Bay: The Story of SQNLDR Peter St George Bruce Turnbull DFC 15:08

2y ago15:08

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27-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 serv…

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The Australian Capture of Mephisto 29:43

2y ago29:43

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14-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 …

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The Ballad of the Horsehold Cavalry: Maj Andrew Barton "The Banjo" Paterson 34:44

2y ago34:44

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19-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 iconi…

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My Silent Hero Episode 1: 29919 Gunner Eric William Benjafield 6:41

2y ago6:41

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My 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 …

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The Scrap Iron Captain: Capt Hector MacDonald Laws Waller DSO and Bar 25:02

2y ago25:02

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1-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 Fi…

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The First Conscript is Dead: Pte Errol Wayne "Flex" Noack 17:45

2y ago17:45

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24-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 Au…

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Ep 12: Wardens of Skellig Michael- Catherine Merrigan & Robert L. Harris 29:52

2y ago29:52

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Life on Skellig Michael with Catherine Merrigan & Robert L. Harris, chaired by Deanna O’Connor An Saol ar Sceilg Mhichíl – Catherine Merrigan agus Robert L. Harris, faoi chathaoirleacht Deanna O’Connor Every year, guides are employed to live on the island during the summer season, to welcome tourists and show them around this UNESCO World Heritage …

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Ep 11: Madame Lazare (Winner, An Post Book Awards) agus an t-úrscéal Gaeilge 36:00

2y ago36:00

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An bhliain seo chugainn, den chéad uair riamh, tabharfar aitheantas do leabhar Gaeilge mar chuid de Lá Domhanda na Leabhar 2022 - an t-úrscéal iontach Madame Lazare. Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin a scríobh, agus Barzaz, inphrionta nua de chuid Futa Fata, comhlacht a bhunaigh sé i 2005, a d’fhoilsigh. Ainnníodh Madame Lazare ag Gradaim Fhoilsitheoireachta Oi…

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The Covert Life of Sgt Leonard George Siffleet 19:57

2y ago19:57

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24-OCTOBER-1943 While Serving with M Special Unit, Special Operations Australia, 2 Australian Imperial Force, Sergeant Leonard George Siffleet was part of a multi-national team trekking through Japanese-occupied New Guinea to set up a Coastwatch position over the recently captured town of Hollandia when his team would be ambushed and captured by a …

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Ep 10: I Spent Lockdown in 1846-Declan O‘Rourke & Deanna O‘Connor 32:51

2y ago32:51

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Declan O’Rourke, interviewed by Deanna O’Connor, talking about his literary debut The Pawnbroker’s Reward Declan O’Rourke’s award-winning album, Chronicles of the Great Irish Famine, was released to critical acclaim in 2017. It illuminated an extraordinary series of eye-witness accounts, including the story of Pádraig and Cáit ua Buachalla. Four ye…

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Ep 9: Leabhar Gaeilge na Bliana: Comhrá le hEoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde 32:59

2+ y ago32:59

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‘Ní minic a tharlaíonn sé ach is iontach éachtach go dtarlaíonn sé go fóill, agus ar chor ar bith, cnuasach gearrscéalta a bhaineann an anáil díot as feabhas na scéalaíochta agus as úire an mhachnaimh’ - Pól Ó Muirí Bígí linn agus glac páirt sa chomhrá seo idir an iriseoir agus craoltóir Sinéad Ní Uallacháin (RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Beo Ar Éigean…

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A Lifetime of Service: Principal Matron Grace Margaret Wilson CBE RRC 19:47

2+ y ago19:47

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1-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 befo…

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Ep 8: Magic & The Magician with Colm Tóibín interviewed by David Butler 43:56

2+ y ago43:56

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Colm Tóibín talks about the life of Thomas Mann with David Butler. Colm Tóibín ag plé shaol Thomas Mann in éineacht le David Butler Colm Tóibín’s latest novel, The Magician, tells the story of a century through one life. Its central character Thomas Mann lives a life filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong si…

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EP 7: Between Two with Diarmuid Ferriter 43:20

2+ y ago43:20

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Between Two Hells with Diarmaid FerriterIdir Dhá Thine Bhealtaine le Diarmaid FerriterThis episode was recorded live in an Diseart at the Dingle Literary Festival 2021. Diarmaid Ferriter is a graduate of UCD, BA (1991), PhD (1996). He was Appointed Professor of Modern Irish History at UCD in 2008. Previously, Lecturer in Modern Irish History at UCD…

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My Silent Hero Trailer 1:00

2+ y ago1:00

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During 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 ma…

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