Thanks For Your Service Podcasts

Thanksforyourservice Podcast 92- Australia and the Korean War

Welcome to our 92nd 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 [http://www.thanksforyourservice.net]  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net [info@thanksforyourservice.net] On 27 July each year, Korean Veterans Day commemorates the anniversary of the 1953 armistice that ended the fighting in Korea.  Michael Kelly, a historian at the Australian War Memorial joins us to tell us more about the conflict that is also referred to as the forgotten war. We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app.   Your reviews help 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.

Thanksforyourservice Podcast 91- First to Serve and Sacrifice- Australians in the Boer War

Welcome to our 91st 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 [http://www.thanksforyourservice.net]  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net [info@thanksforyourservice.net] Dr Daryl Moran joins us to talk about his latest book, ‘First to Serve and Sacrifice- Stories of Australians in the Boer War in their own words‘ You can purchase a copy of Daryl's book at Echo Books    We are keen to hear your feedback by leaving a review on your podcast app.   Your reviews help 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.

Thanksforyourservice Podcast 90- Clive Caldwell WWII Air Ace

Welcome to our 90th  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 [http://www.thanksforyourservice.net]  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net [info@thanksforyourservice.net] Author Kristen Alexander has been a regular on our podcast and today joins us to tell us about Australia’s fighter ace of WW2. 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.

Thanksforyourservice Podcast 89- Fort Queenscliff- Victoria- from 1860 to now

Welcome to our 89th  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 [http://www.thanksforyourservice.net]  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net [info@thanksforyourservice.net] Anzac Day 2026 is almost upon us and it commemorates our baptism of fire as a nation at Gallipoli in World War I.   Our military history dates back to well before federation. One example still in existence today dating back to 1860, Fort Queenscliff in Victoria.  It made Port Phillip by the late 1800s, one of the most heavily defended harbours in the British Empire. Dr Bob Marmion, Secretary of the Fort Queenscliff Heritage Association Inc.  joins us to tell us more. 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.

Thanksforyourservice Podcast 88- Bletchley Park and Australia

Welcome to our 88th  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 [http://www.thanksforyourservice.net]  .  You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net [info@thanksforyourservice.net] Many of our listeners would have heard about Bletchley Park in the UK that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War.  During the war, Australia had its own code breakers. David Kenyon, Research Historian at Bletchley Park joins us to tell us about our links with the famous site. 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.