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Welcome to Thanks For Your Service podcasts. Our ​focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. Our podcasts are available on most podcasting apps.

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Welcome to Thanks For Your Service podcasts. Our ​focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. Our podcasts are available on most podcasting apps.

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Episodes

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 71- The Great Escape 80th anniversary and the Australian connections

3/22/2024
Welcome to podcast number 71 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net This month, March 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of the Great Escape. Many people have heard about the mass escape of allied POWs from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 which was immortalised in book and film. You may not know a lot about the Australian POWs who took part. Canberra author Kristen Alexander joins us to tell us more. We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Duration:00:46:52

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 70- National Archives of Australia- WWII digitisation project

2/7/2024
Welcome to podcast number 70 for Thanks for your Service and out first podcast for 2024. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net In 2023, the National Archives of Australia reached a significant milestone, having digitised more than one million World War II records. These records include names, photos, enlistments, movements, transfers, promotions and fates, which are now being made available online free-of-charge. Rebecca Penna joins us to tell us about this milestone. We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Duration:00:24:37

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 69- The Australian Army Unrecovered War Casualties unit

12/5/2023
Welcome to podcast number 69 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Our next guest gives as remarkable insight into the Australian army’s vital yet probably least known units- Unrecovered War Casualties - Army. Major Cameron Clarke joins us to tell us more. We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. We will be back with you in January 2024. Seasons Greetings, thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Duration:00:26:13

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 68- The Kriegies- RAAF POW’s in WWII

11/7/2023
Welcome to podcast number 68 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Christmas time is nearly upon us and if you are looking for idea for a present, keep listening. My exposure to WW2 prisoners of war were shaped by movies such as the Great Escape and The Wooden Horse. Kristen Alexander joins us to talk about her latest book titled Kriegies: The Australian Airmen of Stalag Luft III. It’s a fascinating insight into the life in captivity of Australian POWs. A signed edition of the book can be ordered through www.alexanderfaxbooks.com.au We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Duration:00:23:51

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 67- RAAF Training in Ballarat- 1WAGS

10/23/2023
Welcome to podcast number 67 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net One of the great experiences of doing these podcasts is coming across remnants of Australian military history that not a lot of people know about. Who knew that Ballarat in Victoria played a major role in training RAAF personnel during World War 2. Peter and Janet from the Air Force Association of Ballarat joins us to talk about 1 WAGS (Wireless Air Gunnery) school. The website for 1 WAGS is https://www.1wags.org.au/ We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Duration:00:32:26

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 66- Guns of Victoria

9/20/2023
Welcome to podcast number 66 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net If you have ventured into a local park in Australia you may have come across a remnant of the colonial era of our military past…an old canon or gun. John Rogers has spent considerable time and effort in researching Victoria’s guns. The website for the guns is www.cerberus.com.au/victoriasguns We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Duration:00:29:18

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 65- Vietnam Veterans Day - a veterans special journey

8/17/2023
Welcome to podcast number 65 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net The 18th of August is Vietnam Veterans day and for 2023, marks the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. One Vietnam veteran is commemorating in a special way. Rick MCarthy joins us from Brisbane to tell us more. Ricks website is www.rickswalkforveterans.com.au/ and there is also a link to honour our fallen on his page. We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Duration:00:15:11

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 64-108 years later update- the diary of a WWI digger

7/30/2023
Welcome to podcast number 64 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Back in February this year we chatted to Karen and Tom, the folks behind the podcast and web page for 108 Years Later. It follows the day by day diary entries from a WWI digger. We catch up with Karen to see what has happened to the digger since February 1915 and to find out the identity of this previously unknown soldier. The link to 108 Years later is www.108yearslater.com We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Duration:00:15:23

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 63- Sandy the War Horse

5/15/2023
Welcome to podcast number 63 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Something special is happening on Saturday 23 May 2023 involving a war horse called Sandy. Ross Smith from Tallangatta in Victoria joins us to tell us about the the unveiling of a statue of Sandy the War Horse. You can find links to Sandy the War Horse on our Facebook and web page. We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Duration:00:37:10

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 62- Following the Twenty Second- The 22nd Battalion 1st AIF

4/24/2023
Welcome to podcast number 62 for Thanks for your Service for Anzac Day, 25 April 2023. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net I recently came across a comprehensive research project on the 22nd Battalion of the First AIF whilst doing some research on my grandfathers service in WW1. The projects author, Greg Stephens tells us about the project and his grandfathers service. You can find links to Following the 22nd on our Facebook page and our podcast. The website is www.anzac-22nd-battalion.com We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice. Lest We Forget.

Duration:00:41:44

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 61- An Australian living on Gallipoli

3/13/2023
Welcome to podcast number 61 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Bill Sellars is an Australian journalist who has been living on the Gallipoli peninsula since 2002. He talks to us about life on the peninsula, its history and the WW1 battlefields. Bill’s Twitter Id is @BillSellars2 and you can direct message him through Twitter. We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Duration:00:23:05

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 60- 108 Years Later- diary of an ANZAC

2/13/2023
Welcome to podcast number 60 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net 108 years ago, a WW1 Anzac digger kept a diary and recorded his departure in late 1914 from Australia to the shores of Gallipoli. In 2022, his diary was found. Let’s find out what happened some 108 years later… The website is www.108yearslater.com We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Duration:00:13:25

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 59- HMAS Castlemaine- Part Two

1/28/2023
Welcome to podcast number 59 for Thanks for your Service. Our first podcast for 2023. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net During the January school holidays, I took the family down to Williamstown in Melbourne to visit a unique historical floating museum. This is part two of a two part podcast. The website for the HMAS Castlemaine is www.hmascastlemaine.org.au If you are ever visiting Melbourne it is well worth a visit. Thanks to Dick Budzieny for his time to take us through the ship. We are keen to hear your feedback and if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review. Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening.

Duration:00:25:49

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 58- HMAS Castlemaine- Part One

1/21/2023
Welcome to podcast number 58 for Thanks for your Service. Our first podcast for 2023. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net During the January school holidays, I took the family down to Williamstown in Melbourne to visit a unique historical floating museum. This is part one of a two part podcast. The website for the HMAS Castlemaine is www.hmascastlemaine.org.au If you are ever visiting Melbourne it is well worth a visit. Thanks to Dick Budzieny for his time to take us through the ship. We are keen to hear your feedback and if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review. Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening.

Duration:00:28:05

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 57- Australia’s Secret Army Part 2

12/15/2022
Welcome to podcast number 57 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Christmas is just around the corner and if you need a last minute gift then don’t look past Michael Veitch’s latest book. In Part 2 of this podcast, Michael talks about his new book 'Australia's Secret Army- The story of the Coast Watchers, the unsung heroes of Australia's armed forces during World War II' You can buy the book at most book stores, major retailers and it is also available on Amazon. We are keen to hear your feedback and if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review. Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening.

Duration:00:23:39

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 56- Australia’s Secret Army Part 1

12/8/2022
Welcome to podcast number 56 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Christmas is just around the corner and if you need a last minute gift then don’t look past Michael Veitch’s latest book. In Part 1 of this podcast, Michael talks about his new book 'Australia's Secret Army- The story of the Coast Watchers, the unsung heroes of Australia's armed forces during World War II' You can buy the book at most book stores, major retailers and it is also available on Amazon. That’s the podcast for today. We are keen to hear your feedback and if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review. Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening.

Duration:00:24:07

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 55- The secret base at Park Orchards, Victoria

10/21/2022
Welcome to podcast number 55 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net The Park Orchards Chalet lies empty in the north east Melbourne suburb of Park Orchards. Originally built as a country club house in 1928, during WW2 the Australian army soon requisitioned the chalet and surrounds. In 1942 the Chalet became the administrative headquarters of the Land Headquarters Heavy Wireless Group. It’s signallers, numbering up to 400 , set up camp at the nearby oval. During the war, the Chalet and grounds were used as a transmission and receiving station, and later trained agents setting up clandestine networks for espionage and intelligence as the School for Eastern Interpreters. Recently, I travelled to Park Orchards and met with David McNiff, the President of the Park Orchards Ratepayers Association. David tells us about the history of the chalet, and it’s sad state of affairs today. Pora’s web site is pora.org.au You can find out more information about the Chalet on our Facebook page. We are keen to hear your feedback and if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review. Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening.

Duration:00:11:29

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 54- The search for HMAS Sydney II

9/3/2022
Welcome to podcast number 54 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net The Royal Australian Navy has had 5 ships named HMAS Sydney. The second HMAS Sydney was lost with all hands during WWII and it was only after a remarkable search the wreckage was found some sixty years after she sunk.. Let’s learn more about the fate of HMAS Sydney II. We are keen to hear your feedback and if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review. Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening.

Duration:00:25:14

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 53- Ballarat’s Arch of Victory and Avenue of Honour

7/31/2022
Welcome to podcast number 53 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Ballarat is home to 2 significant monuments that commemorative the service of those who fought in war. Phil Roberts joins us to tell us more. We are keen to hear your feedback and if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review. Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. More on the book can be found at https://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/arch-centenary Thanks for listening.

Duration:00:22:46

Thanksforyourservice- Podcast 52- Ladies to the front: the hidden history of women in Australian airforce bands

6/19/2022
Welcome to podcast number 52 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net Australian defence force bands only formally welcomed women into their ranks after the introduction of the Sex Discrimination act in 1984. Dr Anthea Skinner joins us to talk about Ladies to the front: the hidden history of women in Australian airforce bands. The Conversation article can be found here. We are keen to hear your feedback and if you're listening to us via ITunes or other podcast apps, please leave a review. Your reviews help others find our podcast. You can help support this podcast via Patreon or Buymeacoffee. The links are on our website and facebook page. Your support helps us with the production of this podcast. Thanks for listening.

Duration:00:12:10