Welcome to podcast number 72 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 special things about doing these podcasts is coming across what I call hidden treasures of Australian military history located in our own backyard.  Who knew for example of a WW2 secret maintenance base for Flying boats in rural Victoria w ..read more

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 yo ..read more

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 lat ..read more

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 ..read more

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 t ..read more

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 ..read more

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 m ..read more

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 bec ..read more

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 fat ..read more

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 le ..read more