Thanks For Your Service Podcasts

For this podcast, we are joined by Terry Making, the National President of the Naval Association of Australia. He joins us from Melbourne to tell us more about the association. The association's website is https://navalassoc.org.au/  .You can find the link on our Facebook page. We are keen to hear your feedback.  That email again is info@thanksforyourservice.net or leave a comment on our Facebook...

This is our 15th podcast and being published on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1.  At the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, one hundred years ago, the guns fell silent. From an an Australian perspective, in the four years of the war, some 330,000 Australians had served overseas.  Some 60,000 never made it home. The social effects in Australia lasted fo...

In July 1918, the Australians and the Americans fought side by side together for the first time in the Battle of Hamel.  The National WW1 Museum and Memorial in Kansas City Missouri is hosting an exhibition titled the 'Diggers and Doughboys: The art of allies 100 years on'. The website for the museum is  https://www.theworldwar.org/explore/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/diggers-and-doughboys and...

In this podcast we head to Wiltshire in the UK to learn about the Map of Australia.   The website for the trust is  https://map-of-australia.com/ and you can search for them on Facebook. We are keen to hear your feedback.  That email again is info@thanksforyourservice.net or leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us via ITunes, please leave a review. Finally, if you are...

In this podcast we head to Melbourne to learn about the Australian Great War Association.  The President of the Association Michael Crump joins us. The website for the association is  www.agwa.org.au  and you can search for them on Facebook. We are keen to hear your feedback.  That email again is info@thanksforyourservice.net or leave a comment on our Facebook page.  And if you're listening to us...

In this podcast we head to Brisbane and hear from Jeff Hopkins-Weise & Greg Czechura, who have just released a book titled Mephisto: Technology, War and Remembrance. The Mephisto is a WW1 German tank and the only surviving model of its type in the world.  It was recovered by Australian troops and is housed at the Queensland Museum. The link to Jeff and Greg's book can be found at  http://www.shop....

In this podcast, we head to Cowra to speak to Lawrance Ryan who is going to tell us about the largest prison escape of World War 2 and is known as the Cowra breakout. Lawrance is the media officer for the Cowra Breakout Association.  You can find their Facebok page at www.facebook.com/CowraBreakoutAssociation/ We are keen to hear your feedback.  That email again is info@thanksforyourservice.net or...

In this podcast, for this past week that we commemorated ANZAC day 2018, we are going to hear a personal story, about my grandfather, Charles Harold Hall, who landed at Gallipoli in April 1915.   In February of 2016, I had the pleasure of taking my father, Geoff Hall to Gallipoli to see where his father had landed, 103 years ago. We are keen to hear your feedback.  That email again is info@thanksf...

In this podcast,we head to Lithgow in NSW to hear about the Smalls Arm Factory Museum and then to Victoria to learn about Military History and Heritage Victoria.  The website of the Small Arms Factory Museum can be found at  https://www.lithgowsafmuseum.org.au/ The MHHV Inc wesbite is at  http://www.mhhv.org.au/ We are keen to hear your feedback.  That email again is info@thanksforyourservice.net...

In this podcast, Lynn Berry and Margaret Knight set out to crochet a humble 120 poppies to “plant” at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne for Remembrance Day in honour of their fathers who served in World War II.  What started as small gesture of remembrance has grown into a community tribute of respect and remembrance known as 5000 poppies.  We then head to Alice Springs to talk to Ted Egan AO...

Welcome to our sixth podcast for Thanks for your Service. In this podcast, we learn about the War Heritage Roadshow which is currently touring Victoria, and we stay in Victoria and head to Ballarat to find out about the Avenue of Honor and Arch of Victory. The link to the War Heritage Roadshow 2017 is  http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/grimwadecentre/engagement/war-heritage-roadshow-2017 The link to info...

Welcome to our fifth podcast for Thanksforyourservice.  In this podcast, we learn about the Office of Australian War Graves, and find about a secret World War II airbase at Lake Boga in Victoria.  We are keen to hear your feedback.  That email again is info@thanksforyourservice.net or leave a comment on our Facebook page. Finally, if you are interested in sponsorship/support of this podcast, head...

Welcome to our fourth podcast for Thanks for your Service. In this podcast, we find out about the National Anzac Centre in Albany, Western Australia and learn about Everymans Welfare Service. We are keen to hear your feedback.  That email again is info@thanksforyourservice.net or leave a comment on our Facebook page. Finally, if you are interested in sponsorship/support of this podcast, head to ou...

Welcome to out third podcast. In this podcast, we talk to Peter Dunn who has been running a website called Australia at War for over 20 years, and we finish our tour of the Macarthur Museum in Brisbane where John Dunne takes us on a guided tour. Peter's website is www.ozatwar.com The Macarthur Museum website is www.mmb.org.au Finally, if you are interested in sponsorship/support of this podcast, h...

Welcome to our second podcast.  In this podcast, we continue our tour of the Macarthur Museum in Brisbane where John Dunne takes us on a guided tour. We visit Horn Island in the Torres Strait and speak to Vanessa Seekee who is the Curator of the Torres Strait Heritage Museum.  Vanessa gives us an insight into the Islands World War 2 military history. We learn about Lost Medals Australia, a service...

Thanksforyourservice Podcast 1.  Welcome to our very first podcast. In this episode, we talk to Anthony Hill.  Anthony is an award-winning Canberra author of 18 books of historical and literary non-fiction for adults, teenagers and younger readers.  His latest book is the new and updated second edition of "Animal Heroes". We visit the Macarthur Museum in Brisbane where John Dunne takes us on a gui...