Episode 9 – Trieste and War’s End

Courage And Valour

This episode covers the New Zealand Infantrymen of the 2nd NZ Division who had been sitting for months at the Senio River. We follow their story as they break out north in the spring offensive, rolling north up through the top of Italy all the way to Trieste, where the war ended. But the kiwis found themselves facing another very potential enemy in that city, the Communist forces of Yugoslavia.

In this episode you’ll hear:
Ray Moncur – Divisional Signals
Ted Waters – 21 Battalion
Nolan Raihania – 28 Battalion
Te Puhi Patara – 28 Battalion
Morris Johnstone – 27 Battalion
Harry Shirley – 21 Battalion
Gordon Briggs – 23 Battalion
Norrie Miller – 22 Battalion
Ted “Bluey” Homewood – 21 Battalion
Pat Green – 24 Battalion
Haddon Donald – 22 Battalion
Aubrey Balzer – 28 Battalion
and
Norm Harris – 24 Battalion