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Part Three 1942/3 - New Guinea adventures and more.
Australian Leslie Eric Cook was in the second 14th of the Australian Imperial Force. He served in Greece, Crete, New Guinea, Borneo and Japan.
Australian War Memorial website. Loads of pics and background.
https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/remembering-war-new-guinea
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YouTube channel - Loads of my own videos - Dunkirk Mole, Gold Beach, much more ...
New Links page for researchers, service records etc:
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/p/research/
NEW! The Museum page. Back stories, photos galore and souvenirs from Bill Cheall's war.
https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/p/the-museum-bill-chealls-souvenirs-and-photos/
More second world war stories on the Blitz, Evacuees, Gallipoli, Tanks, Dunkirk and D-day, Sappers …. PART THREE of an anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting.
Episode artwork:
Trooper Ernest Thomas, a tank driver in C Squadron Sherwood Rangers. New D-Day memoir.
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Published 11/10/24
Veteran Wilf Shaw, Australian Les Cook, POW's, Gallipoli and more, PART TWO of an anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting.
Episode artwork:
Jesse Rance, London Metropolitan Police between 1936 - 1966. Endured the WW2 blitz bombing. What a tough beat to patrol! Curious story...
Published 11/01/24