Anzac Massacre: the story of Surafend (Part 3)

"As morning dawned we stood and watched / That devastated scene / Where but a single yesterday / Had flourished Surafeen." In the final episode 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. T’was a never to be forgotten night The village was soon in flames The wallads knocked when sighted But protected were the dames. Although we are fighting Anzacs Our honour we uphold And treat the women fairly As did our ancestors of old. As morning dawned we stood and watched That devastated scene Where but a single yesterday Had flourished Surafeen We turned away in silence But feeling justified That for our murdered comrade We would gladly have died. - RSA Review, August 1938 These lines are extracted from a longer poem published in RSA Review, the official magazine for New Zealand War veterans. They were credited to an unnamed New Zealand soldier who participated in the 1918 Surafend massacre. In the final episode of our three part series RNZ's Black Sheep we look at the unanswered questions surrounding these killings, and especially the question of what motivated them. Host 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 3) is an episode from Black Sheep by RNZ.

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This episode was published on Aug 8, 2024.

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