Summary: <p>20-DECEMBER-1915. While serving with the 7th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Private William Charles Scurry, landed at Gallipoli and immediately set out to address a glaring issue with the rumours of the evacuation of ANZAC forces, just how was the 60,000 Australian and New Zealand troops going to get off the beaches without being massacred? </p> <p>His solution was the invention of a quirky but extremely simple piece of tech that will go down in history as the Drip RIfle.</p> <p>For show notes, photos and transcripts visit <a href="https://www.thedocnetwork.net/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.thedocnetwork.net</a> and follow the show on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/IWODMJ" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@IWODMJ</a></p> <p>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
