Summary: 8-AUGUST-1918. While serving as Engineers of the 8th Field Company, Australian Imperial Force, Lieutenant George Burrows, Sapper John Henry Palmer and Leslie James Strahan were attached to the 31st Australian Infantry Battalion when the Australian Corps participated in the Battle of Amiens, the start of the 100 Days Offensive. As they were deconstructing German fortifications at the old Amiens Defensive Line, they were called forward to deal with an obstacle in No Mans Land, it was the Largest War Trophy Collected by Australian forces that was brought back to Australia. <p><br></p> <p>--- Buy the Podcast a Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/iwasonlydoingmyjobpodcast Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/IWODMJ ---</p> <p>Linktree </p> <p>https://linktr.ee/iwodmj</p> <p>For Show Notes, transcripts and photos check out the I Was Only Doing My Job Website at www.thedocnetwork.net Access to the Discord Server https://discord.gg/v3Vpb9Fhsj Find the Podcast on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IWODMJ Twitter https://twitter.com/iwodmj Instagram https://www.instagram.com/iwodmj Mastodon https://mastodonbooks.net/@IWODMJ/ YouTube https://youtube.com/@iwasonlydoingmyjobpodcast</p> <p> </p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwasonlydoingmyjob/message
