Greg Raffin’s early interest in history led to post-graduate studies in the subject and a lengthy career as a History Head teacher. In 2005 he was awarded the Premier’s Military History scholarship and travelled to SE Asia to study the Burma-Siam “Death railway”. He is also the author of Australia’s Real Baptism of Fire which is an account of the Australian takeover of German possessions during the First World War.
On 21 September 1918, with retreating German forces on their last legs, the 1st Battalion of the AIF was ordered to return to the front just as they were being relieved and preparing for a well-earnt rest. It wasn’t just the Germans who were on their last legs; the Australians were...
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