<![CDATA[Our Wartime Heroes: firsthand stories from men and women who were there]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/our-wartime-heroes-firsthand-stories From meeting Kitchener in the Boer War at the end of the 19thC, to clearing mines in Vietnam, this is wartime history recounted by those who were there.

These remarkable stories are told by the men and women from Bunbury Western Australia, in their own words and sometimes in their own voices.

Listen to little told stories of the nurses who tended the wounded and dying men in WWI.

Listen as Percy Goring talks of escaping a frozen death in a snowstorm on Gallipoli.

Hear about the time that HMAS Australia gave Churchill a lift.

You will cry, laugh and above all be in awe of the ability of ordinary men and women to face the extraordinary.

]]> RSS.com 2026.701.120359 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:33:26 GMT en daee3a98-bd72-558e-b89e-68c21d9cc727 https://media.rss.com/our-wartime-heroes-firsthand-stories/podcast_cover_20260629_060655_97dd9083911e587a6905c504cec5428b.png Our Wartime Heroes: firsthand stories from men and women who were there https://rss.com/podcasts/our-wartime-heroes-firsthand-stories no Kennedy, Peirce, BOHG 2026 Sharon Kennedy, Jeffrey Peirce, Bunbury Oral History Group Sharon Kennedy, Jeffrey Peirce, Bunbury Oral History Group true episodic podcast Bunbury, Western Australia, 6231, Australia false <![CDATA[Frederick Henry Allen Johnson: gassed and shaking]]> Fred was a gunner in WWI in Belgium. He vividly describes what it was like to face the constant noise and bombardment on the battlefield.

After the war, Fred continued his fine teaching career.

Narration Sharon Kennedy. Written and voiced by Chris Handley.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/our-wartime-heroes-firsthand-stories/2974102 e20bd42a-e6aa-4b1e-95e7-62b8dbcd27e9 221 full 1 1 7 7 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:33:23 GMT false false Bunbury, Western Australia, 6231, Australia Mesen - Messines, Ieper, West Flanders, 8957, Belgium <![CDATA[Capt Robert Allsop: merchant navy convoys]]> Captain Bob Allsop was part of the British Merchant Navy during WWII. He'd already been toughened up by the English education system. He dodged death in some of the most dangerous convoys of the war and narrowly avoided capture by the Japanese when transporting Australians to Singapore.

He greatly admired the Australians whom he met on board.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/our-wartime-heroes-firsthand-stories/2965666 b2660ff6-8c08-43fb-a171-141b50e78a39 194 full 1 1 6 6 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 06:36:21 GMT false false Bunbury, Western Australia, 6231, Australia Singapore <![CDATA[Kim Roberts: herioc pilot missing over France]]> During WWII, Lancaster bomber Kim Roberts flew as part of the D Day invasion. He crashed in France,

The family had never given up hope of finding his body. Then, 50 years on, his brother Newton received a phone call. He tells the story.

Narration Sharon Kennedy.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/our-wartime-heroes-firsthand-stories/2959104 3cc15576-835c-4315-a8d1-990a1adfe695 241 full 1 1 5 5 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:04:55 GMT false false Bunbury, Western Australia, 6231, Australia Normandy, France <![CDATA[Ian McCaughan: a youngster who did his bit]]> Ian was just a 13 you old lad when WWII began. He had the job of delivering bad news to Bunbury families.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/our-wartime-heroes-firsthand-stories/2959038 e817b21e-8e1f-4be1-9d93-cf7d417205ba 171 full 1 1 4 4 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:03:52 GMT false false Bunbury, Western Australia, 6231, Australia Bunbury, Western Australia, 6231, Australia <![CDATA[Majorie Higgins: runaway to the Land Army]]> During WWII, adventurous young Marjorie was determined to join the Women's Land Army despite her parents refusal.. So she ran away from home. The uniform made her laugh, but the work was serious.

Narration Sharon Kennedy.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/our-wartime-heroes-firsthand-stories/2959024 0d75c9c3-7995-495d-aea5-5c1beb72363e 114 full 1 1 3 3 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:01:47 GMT false false Bunbury, Western Australia, 6231, Australia Western Australia, Australia <![CDATA[Dennis Beauglehole: 10th Light Horse stampede]]> In 1939, Dennis signed up for the famed Australia 10th Light Horse, He explains what caused the horses to stampede through the middle of the Bunbury town.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/our-wartime-heroes-firsthand-stories/2959002 a618c2d1-2ead-44ac-8853-5a09f50062cc 118 full 1 1 2 2 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:01:29 GMT true false Bunbury, Western Australia, 6231, Australia Bunbury, Western Australia, 6231, Australia <![CDATA[Henry George Buswell: first landings at Gallipoli]]> Harry was among the first to land on Gallipoli in WWI, He was an acclaimed sniper and, also, in demand for his broad shoulders.

The Gallipoli campaign was the foundation of the ANZAC legend.

Listen to his letters home which detail the conditions on the peninsula.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/our-wartime-heroes-firsthand-stories/2949908 949f5128-1d73-4495-9e95-f4c603974c9f 180 full 1 1 1 1 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:30:20 GMT false false Bunbury, Western Australia, 6231, Australia Gallipoli, Turkey