What did it mean in a country so attached to Anzac, a legend of battlefield prowess, to have spent the war as a prisoner? Drawing on their own words, Professor Christina Twomey presents the POW’s struggle to rehabilitate themselves and to win compensation.

The Battle Within can be purchased through the Shrine Shop.

Available now, the Centenary of Armistice edition of Remembrance.

Recorded Thursday 20 September.

Dr Bart Ziino.

News of the armistice that ended the First World War arrived in Australia late on 11 November 1918. That moment witnessed an outburst of emotion in public rarely seen. On the surface—and in the streets—the response was a mixture of exultation and relief. But only slightly less obvious were more difficult feelings of pain, loss and bitterness, as Australians took the opportunity to re-assess what four years of war had meant.

You can read more by Dr Bart Ziino on the armistice in Australia in our newly released Armistice edition of Remembrance.