Anzac Massacre: the story of Surafend (Part 2)

"They ​went ​out ​to ​this ​village, ​and ​they ​went ​through ​it ​with ​the ​bayonet.” In the second of a three-part series, RNZ's Black Sheep investigates the Surafend massacre of December 1918. Read more about the story of Surafend on the RNZ website here. “They ​got ​their ​heads ​together, ​the ​New ​Zealand and ​Australians, and they ​went ​out ​to ​this ​village ​and ​they ​went ​through ​it ​with ​the ​bayonet.” - Edward O'Brien, Veteran of the Anzac Mounted Division, 1988 These are the words of Edward O’Brien - a former member of the Anzac Mounted Division. His words were recorded on tape by an oral historian and now sit in the archives of the Australian War Memorial. Edward was one of a handful of Anzac's to admit seeing the Surafend massacre first hand, but his testimony does little to explain what happened. In the second of a three part series, RNZ's Black Sheep podcast unpicks the story of the massacre, and the events which followed it - including the Anzac's little known role in suppressing the 1919 Egyptian revolution. William Ray speaks to military historian Terry Kinloch, author of Devils on Horses , Paul Daley, author of Beersheba and New Zealand Defence Force Historian John Crawford Further sources: Interview with former Anzac Mounted Division soldier Edward O'Brien What Happened at Surafend by Terry Kinloch - WW100 Australian Light Horse Studies Centre Transcript of John Crawford's lecture on the Senussi Campaign Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Anzac Massacre: the story of Surafend (Part 2) is an episode from Black Sheep by RNZ.

This episode is 00:25:28 long.

This episode was published on Aug 1, 2024.

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