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I Was Only Doing My Job
My Silent Hero Episode 1: 29919 Gunner Eric William Benjafield
July 10, 2022
I Was Only Doing My Job
A Lifetime of Service: Principal Matron Grace Margaret Wilson CBE RRC
May 7, 2022
I Was Only Doing My Job
The Gallipoli Painter Sig Ellis Luciano Silas
November 13, 2021
I Was Only Doing My Job
Forged in Combat: Australia in the Pacific Campaign: Second World War
March 12, 2022
I Was Only Doing My Job
I Was Only Doing My Job Trailer
July 17, 2021
I Was Only Doing My Job
The Ballad of the Horsehold Cavalry: Maj Andrew Barton “The Banjo” Paterson
July 19, 2022

Tag: Second World War

The Greatest Aviator: H/ACDRE Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith AFC MC

Posted on January 15, 2023July 31, 2023 By Docwinters
The Greatest Aviator: H/ACDRE Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith AFC MC
I Was Only Doing My Job, Podcast

Summary 9-JUNE-1928. While serving as a despatch rider as part of the 4th Division Signals Company during the First World War, Sergeant Charles Edward Kingsford Smith sought a greater adrenaline rush and joined the Australian Flying Corps. Later serving in the Royal Flying Corps; British Expeditionary Force, he shot down four German aircraft before he … Read More “The Greatest Aviator: H/ACDRE Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith AFC MC” »

The Highest Decorated Stretcher Bearer: Cpl Ernest Albert Corey MM and Three Bars

Posted on November 17, 2022July 31, 2023 By Docwinters
The Highest Decorated Stretcher Bearer: Cpl Ernest Albert Corey MM and Three Bars
I Was Only Doing My Job, Podcast, Transcripts

8-February-1917. While serving as a Stretcher Bearer as part of 55th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Corporal Ernest Albert “Ernie” Corey, was awarded an unprecedented four Military Medals, the third highest award for gallantry in the British System of Awards for his tireless and continual devotion to rescuing wounded soldiers during the war on the Western Front. Despite the claim of being the Highest Decorated Australian Soldier, Corey was a timid man who took great pride in the knowledge that he received four Military Medals for saving people and never fired a shot in anger.

“The Sole Survivor” Lt Col Vivian Bullwinkel AO, MBE, ARRC, ED

Posted on August 26, 2021July 31, 2023 By Docwinters
“The Sole Survivor” Lt Col Vivian Bullwinkel AO, MBE, ARRC, ED
I Was Only Doing My Job, Podcast, Transcripts

16-FEBRUARY-1942. Serving as a Staff Nurse in the 2/13th Australian General Hospital, Second Australian Imperial Force, Sister Vivian Bullwinkel would be the sole survivor of the Bangka Island Massacre at the hands of the Imperial Japanese Army. She would go on to be a Prisoner of War for three and a half years, but would never abandon her courage or resolve. Her career didn’t end in captivity, and she would go on to serve until 1947 when she would resume her nursing duties, up until the Vietnam War, when she would once again enter the battlespace to help the disadvantaged. She would receive honours and decorations for her service to the cause of nursing and would uphold those tenents until her death in 2000. She did more than just her job, and for that, we are immensely proud of her.

Who was the man behind the Owen Gun? Meet Pte Evelyn Owen

Posted on August 22, 2021July 31, 2023 By Docwinters
Who was the man behind the Owen Gun? Meet Pte Evelyn Owen
I Was Only Doing My Job, Podcast, Transcripts

27-SEPTEMBER-1917. Serving in the 45th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, The Souvenir King of the AIF. Pte John Hines, would participate in the Battle of Polygon Wood; during the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres. it was during this battle where Frank Hurley, Australian War Photographer snapped arguably his most photo. He had a ferocity to him and a preference for using Mills Bombs over rifle and bayonet, but his number one hobby was the collection of German equipment off German soldiers, either dead, wounded or prisoners of war. This ferocity was mirrored by truly abhorrent behaviour which cost him over a hundred days in pay, weeks in detention and any chance of him receiving any awards or decorations. After the war, he faded to obscurity, his photo survived to the point where more people knew his face than his name.

Eastgrove Park Memorial Gates

Posted on October 26, 2019July 31, 2023 By Docwinters
Eastgrove Park Memorial Gates
Places of Pride

Sitting alone at the entrance to Eastgrove Park is a pair of gates, if there ever was a connecting fence it is long gone. On it is inscribed three names of men from the area on a simple bronze plaque. Private Hilton Lloyd Bell served in the Second World War and was born in Goulburn … Read More “Eastgrove Park Memorial Gates” »

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