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Welcome to podcast number 55 for Thanks for your Service. Our focus is on historical topics relating to the Australian military. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Just search for Thanks For Your Service. Our website is www.thanksforyourservice.net . You can also email us at info@thanksforyourservice.net
The Park Orchards Chalet lies empty in the north east Melbourne suburb of Park Orchards. Originally built as a country club house in 1928, during WW2 the Australian army soon requisitioned the chalet and surrounds. In 1942 the Chalet became the administrative headquarters of the Land Headquarters Heavy Wireless Group. It’s signallers, numbering up to 400 , set up camp at the nearby oval. During the war, the Chalet and grounds were used as a transmission and receiving station, and later trained agents setting up clandestine networks for espionage and intelligence as the School for Eastern Interpreters.
Recently, I travelled to Park Orchards and met with David McNiff, the President of the Park Orchards Ratepayers Association. David tells us about the history of the chalet, and it’s sad state of affairs today.
Pora’s web site is pora.org.au
You can find out more information about the Chalet on our Facebook page.
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Thanksforyourservice Podcast 31 The Secret Code-Breakers of Central Bureau
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 30 Melbourne's historic sites from WW1 & WW2
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 29 1 Armoured Regiment in Vietnam
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 28 Victorian military history
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 27 Lt Colonel Charles Edward Ernest Umphelby
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 26 Australian involvement in the Russian Civil War
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 25 The lone Pine at Wattle Park Melbourne
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 24 Major Darryl Kelly OAM
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 23 Lt. Col. Kenneth Mackay, founder of the first Australian Horse
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 22 And the band played Waltzing Matilda
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 21 Canberra's World War II history
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 20 Fromelles Association of Australia
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 19 Shoalhaven women heroines of WW1
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 18 Ingleburn Military Camp
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 17 Places of Pride - Australian War Memorial
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 16 Naval Association of Australia
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 15 Monash- the Outsider who won a war
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 14 Diggers and Doughboys: The art of allies 100 years on
Thanksforyourservice Podcast 13 Map of Australia
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