From Hill 60 to Home: The 1st Australian Tunnelling Company “The hidden war beneath the Western Front - and the families who carried its shadow.”

Beneath the mud and trenches of the First World War, Australian tunnellers fought a war few have ever heard about - digging in silence, laying mines, and enduring gas attacks in the suffocating dark. This podcast series follows the story of the journey from the tunnels of Hill 60 to the kitchen tables of Depression-era Australia. It is a story not only of soldiers, but of wives, children, and communities who bore the long shadow of war across generations.

This is not just military history. It is the story of endurance, memory, and the cost of freedom - told through one family, and the Company that shaped them.

Producer & Host: Dr Paul Watters

This podcast is supported by the Department of Veterans' Affairs through the Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program.