Gallipoli Part One: For King and Empire

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Daniel Mainwaring

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🗓️ 23 April 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In August 1914, New South Wales politician George Braund was tasked with forming the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the newly created Australian Imperial Force. One of his recruits was Henry Edward White. Both men had some prior military experience, and like many of their countrymen, they had been born in England. When the call came to defend the British Empire against the Central Powers of Europe, they quickly enlisted and within a few months set sail for Europe. But they never reached the proposed journey’s end: training grounds in England. Instead, they were unexpectedly propelled into action in the Gallipoli peninsula. In this episode, I explore the story of these two soldiers and the evolution of the Australian armed forces prior to and during the tragic yet heroic events of Gallipoli. I interview two experts in the field: Brad Manera, and Ian Hodges, who provide fascinating insights into the background, the people, and the events that helped to forge the national identity of a nation. With thanks to: Brad Manera, Senior Historian, and Curator of The Anzac Memorial Ian Hodges, Historian from the Australian Department of Veteran’s Affairs Advance Australia Fair recorded 1915, courtesy of The British Zonophone Company. Public Domain Herbert Asquith recording 1909. Public Domain Simon Jackson as the voice of Lt William Malone Jack Timothy as the voice of the government clerk Sound Effect from Pixabay National Archives of Australia

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0:00.0	Fascinating people,
0:02.0	Fascinating Places.
0:03.8	G'd Aye and welcome to the Dan Mainwearing podcast.
0:07.6	This is where we talk to and about the famous and the infamous,
0:11.6	the celebrated and the obscure, the well-known and the undiscovered,
0:16.0	interviews, articles and discussion standard of the prey.
0:27.0	With all the faults we love a skill, return your good faith away.
0:37.0	Enjoy for things that let us sing.
0:42.0	And the Let us sing and sing and Bums Australia fail.
0:50.0	In this two parts episode I explore Gallipoli and the stories of two men who played a small
0:56.6	part in helping Australia to forge its national identity.
1:03.4	In the first decade of the 20th century in Britain, inflation coupled with low wages and job cuts among
1:10.4	the working classes led to widespread strikes and discontent.
1:14.8	It was something Chancellor Lloyd George sought to address in his 1999 budget,
1:20.0	as explained here by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith.
1:24.0	From the duty of providing adequately for the defense of the Empire,
1:29.0	from the grant of pensions to the ages and from our determination. the budget offered future hope of respite, but for those seeking more immediate relief from the financial deprivation,
1:50.0	there were opportunities for work in the Commonwealth of Australia.
1:55.0	In 1910, Henry Edward White, my great uncle, an unmarried 20-year-old painter and part-time soldier from St Marylblern in London, joined hordes of his countrymen
2:07.0	in setting sail for Australia in search of a better life. Like many new arrivals in New South Wales, he found work in the burgeoning mining industry.
2:16.0	But what kind of society would a young Englishman have found in Australia at the turn of the last century?
2:22.0	To answer this question, I tell Australia at the turn of the last century?
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