Welcome to our 86th podcast for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

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Michael Veitch is back again with perhaps his last book with an Australian military history focus.

Christmas is only weeks away so what a great gift this book would make. We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. If you have any special requests or suggestions for our podcast, please get in touch.

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Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served. You can find out more information on our website.

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Welcome to our 85th podcast for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, X and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net

Scattered throughout many towns of Australia are Avenues of Honour- a memorial avenue of trees, with each tree symbolising a person who has served in war.

Just before Remembrance Day 2025, I visited the town of Kingston in Victoria. Julie Baulch and Leah Armstrong from the Friends of the Avenue joined me to talk to me about the Kingston Avenue of Honour.

The wind forced us to take refuge in the Commercial Hotel in Kingston- which also houses the Kingston Avenue of Honour Memorial Wall and resource centre.

The website for the avenue is www.kingstonavenueofhonour.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. If you have any special requests or suggestions for our podcast, please get in touch.

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.

Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served. You can find out more information on our website.

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Welcome to our 84th podcast for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, X and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net

Referred to as the forgotten war, thousands of Australians- from service men and women, news correspondents, war artists, Qantas crew, volunteers such as Red Cross nurses served in the Burma campaign during WWII. Andrew Kilsby and Daryl Moran co-edited a book on aspects of our involvement in the forgotten war.

That's the podcast for today.

Daryl and Andrew’s next book, titled ‘Resolute The Australian Air War in Burma, 1942-1945’ is being launched at the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance on 19 October 2025 and tickets are available on the Shrine website.

We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. If you have any special requests or suggestions for our podcast, please get in touch.

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.

Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served. You can find out more information on our website.

Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Welcome to our 83 rd podcast for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, X and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net

Another podcast about the home front. We are staying in rural Victoria in Australia to learn about the role of the Cressy Aerodrome during World War II.

The website for Cressy Aerodrome is www.cressyaerodrome.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. If you have any special requests or suggestions for our podcast, please get in touch.

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.

Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served. You can find out more information on our website.

Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Welcome to our 82nd podcast for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, X and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net

Who would have known that during WW2 the Goulburn Valley in Victoria housed nearly 10,000 Prisoners of War and internees in 7 purpose built camps. John Gribben joins us to give an incredible insight into these camps.

After I recorded this podcast, and as part of a school holiday road trip, I packed up my 2 boys and we headed to Shepparton and met up with John who took us out to see the site of Camp 1 and the German War Cemetery.. We visited the Tatura Wartime Camps Museum and thanks to Bill who showed us around. I will post some photos and videos up to our social media feeds.

We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. If you have any special requests or suggestions for our podcast, please get in touch.

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.

Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served. You can find out more information on our website.

Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Welcome to our 81st podcast for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, X 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 attended a military conference in Melbourne hosted by Military History & Heritage Victoria. One of the reasons I enjoy attending these conferences is that you never stop learning about aspects of military history. In today’s podcast, we learn about German U-Boat activity in Australian waters during WW2, Japanese military flights over Melbourne and Hobart, and learn about Military History & Heritage Victoria.

The MHHV website is here.

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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.

Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served. You can find out more information on our website.

Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Welcome to our 80th podcast for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, X and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net

Anzac Day 2025 marks the 110th anniversary of the commemoration of the landing at Gallipoli. When thinking of places linked to the Gallipoli campaign, you may have heard of places such as Egypt and Lemnos, however you may not have heard of Imbros.

In today's podcast, Jim Claven tells us about the importance of the island of Imbros to the campaign.

We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. If you have any special requests or suggestions for our podcast, please get in touch.

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.

Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served. You can find out more information on our website.

Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.

Welcome to our 79th podcast for Thanks for your Service.

Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military.

You can find us on Facebook, X 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 theme so far this year with our podcasts has been books. That theme continues with this podcast and our chat with author, Ian W Shaw. Ian has written a number of books related to Australian military history on a wide range of topics.

We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app. Your reviews helps new listeners find our podcast. If you have any special requests or suggestions for our podcast, please get in touch.

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.

Do you have a relative who has served in the Australian military? Our family military history research packages sources records to better understand the service and experience of those who served. You can find out more information on our website.

Thanks for listening and thanksforyourservice.