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“The Scout of All Leanes” Sgt David Twining MC, MM, CdG, MID

Posted on August 26, 2021October 27, 2022 By Docwinters
“The Scout of All Leanes” Sgt David Twining MC, MM, CdG, MID
I Was Only Doing My Job, Podcast, Transcripts

7-AUGUST-1916. Serving in the 48th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Sgt David Twining would participate in the Battle of Pozieres; during the second phase of the First Battle of the Somme. Following horrific German counterattacks, a wounded man would enter the 48th Battalion Headquarters with a simple message: “I’m the only one left, do you still want me to hold this position?” That message came from David Twining, and would start a monumental military career that would span Australia’s involvement in the Great War on the Western Front, but would sadly end with Captain David Twining taking his own life in 1931. His most known act, the defence of the Windmill at Pozieres was immortalised in the Pozieres Diorama at the Australian War Memorial. Sadly, the diorama has become more well known than the man depicted in it.

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