Collected Episode 32: Boy Soldiers
Collected: Stories from the Australian War Memorial
English - October 01, 2021 00:28 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBHistory Education australianwarmemorial collected fromawhispertoabang Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Collected Episode 31: Women in the Airforce
The Australian Army has always had rules about who is allowed to fight for their country. But during the First World War those rules were sidestepped by thousands of underage boys desperate to enlist. In Episode 32 of Collected, Louise Maher hears the stories of the boy soldiers who went looking for adventure, many never to return, and the project to ensure their memory is kept alive.