Collected podcast episode 16: Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier
In 1993, the remains of a WWI Australian soldier were brought home from the battlefields of France and laid to rest in the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial. In Episode 16 of Collected, Louise Maher discovers the history of the Unknown Soldier, meets the tomb’s caretaker and hears the story of the pigeon determined to share this sacred space by building a nest of poppies.
Credits:
Presented by: Louise Maher
Produced by: Louise Maher
Interviewed:
Craig Tibbitts, Senior Military Historian
Jacquie Jordan, Preventive Conservation Officer
Dr Meleah Hampton, Historian
Original Music: Andy Heaney, Vice Like Grip
Read more:
https://www.awm.gov.au/visit/visitor-information/features/hall-of-memory/tomb