Dr Jeremy Austin: 14-year quest to solve an Australian military mystery | ABC Conversations Podcast
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Dr Jeremy Austin joins Richard Fidler on ABC Conversations
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In 2007, Jeremy was asked by the Royal Australian Navy to help them identify the remains of an unknown sailor from World War II.
The sailor was a crewman on HMAS Sydney, which fought a fierce battle with a German warship off the coast of WA in 1941.
Both ships sank and every Australian crewman on board was killed.
But months after the battle, the remains of a sailor from HMAS Sydney were found floating on a life raft near Christmas Island.
And so, using the best forensic DNA technology, Jeremy embarked on a fourteen-year quest to establish the identity of the man and to track down his surviving descendants.
When he finally solved the puzzle, it was partly with the help of a tenacious Facebook group of family history enthusiasts.
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View Able Seaman Thomas Welsby Clark's biography at the Royal Australian Navy website
https://www.navy.gov.au/biography/abl...
Credits
Richard Fidler, Presenter
Nicola Harrison, Researcher
Carmel Rooney, Executive Producer
Meggie Morris, Producer
Broadcast 14 Feb 2022
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In 2007, Jeremy was asked by the Royal Australian Navy to help them identify the remains of an unknown sailor from World War II.
The sailor was a crewman on HMAS Sydney, which fought a fierce battle with a German warship off the coast of WA in 1941.
Both ships sank and every Australian crewman on board was killed.
But months after the battle, the remains of a sailor from HMAS Sydney were found floating on a life raft near Christmas Island.
And so, using the best forensic DNA technology, Jeremy embarked on a fourteen-year quest to establish the identity of the man and to track down his surviving descendants.
When he finally solved the puzzle, it was partly with the help of a tenacious Facebook group of family history enthusiasts.
Further information | https://ab.co/Conversations
View Able Seaman Thomas Welsby Clark's biography at the Royal Australian Navy website
https://www.navy.gov.au/biography/abl...
Credits
Richard Fidler, Presenter
Nicola Harrison, Researcher
Carmel Rooney, Executive Producer
Meggie Morris, Producer
Broadcast 14 Feb 2022
#podcast #conversations
Subscribe ✅ and tap the notification bell 🔔 to be delivered Australian stories every day: http://ab.co/ABCAus-subscribe
Web: http://abc.net.au/
Facebook: Facebook: abc
Twitter: Twitter: abcaustralia
Instagram: Instagram: abcaustralia
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This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Contributions may be removed if they violate ABC's Online Conditions of Use http://www.abc.net.au/conditions.htm (Section 3).
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