Episode 3.1 Our first man to die
WW1 Digger History Podcast
English - August 31, 2018 09:41 - 52 minutes - 54.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Personal Journals australia wwi worldwar1 diary digger greatwar history memoir Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Who were the first Australians to die in World War 1? They were British soldiers, "Old Contemptibles" actually, but what next? Gallipoli? No! Australia fought its first land battle at New Guinea....“If your Ministers desire and feel themselves able to seize German wireless stations at Yap in Marshall Islands, Nauru on Pleasant Island, and New Guinea, we should feel that this was a great and urgent Imperial service”. So there you go, this short series examines this campaign.