The Great Emu Commander: Part Two: Major Gwynydd Purves Wynne-Aubrey Meredith: The "Great" Emu War

Summary: <p>2-NOVEMBER-1932.  While serving as a professional soldier in the post-war Permanent  Military Force of the Commonwealth Military Forces Honourary Brigadier  General Gwynydd Purves Wynne-Aubrey Meredith served for 47 years  continuously, and in doing so served in the Permanent Military Force,  the First World War, the Second War and the Korean War, but he is most  known as Major G P W Meredith, the Officer Commanding of the 7th Heavy  Artillery Battery who oversaw an ill-advised nuisance wildlife  management military operation that has become more a meme than a  historical event, known comically as the Great Emu War</p> <p>For show notes, photos and transcripts visit   www.thedocnetwork.net and follow the show on Instagram and Twitter at   @IWODMJ and like us on  Facebook at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/IWODMJ" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> I Was Only Doing My Job</a> and to follow me for more history hijinks you can follow me on TikTok/Instagram/Twitter @docwinters.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwasonlydoingmyjob/message