Join Lucas Jordan as he discusses the extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six and the personal stories of these WWI diggers who have, until now, been overlooked.
Heritage Festival 2024: The Chipilly Six with Lucas Jordon, Marrickville Library — Tuesday 23 April, 6:30pm-7:30pm
Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of the Chipilly Six, the Australian soldiers who crossed enemy lines to save an embattled British Army Corp. The Chipilly Six chronicles their return home and years after service, through a pandemic, the Great Depression, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service.
Lucas will be joined in conversation by Dr Darren Mitchell.
The Chipilly Six: Lucas Jordan, State Library of NSW — Wednesday 24 April, 12:30-1:30pm
On 9 August 1918, at Chipilly Spur overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners.
The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 men have fallen. Then, two Australian sergeants, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews, go absent without leave and cross the Somme ahead of British lines. Seeing that the British advance is stopped, they re-cross the river, gather four mates and return to drive the Germans off the spur.
The extraordinary feats of the Chipilly Six and the personal stories of these diggers have been overlooked. Historian Lucas Jordan weaves a compelling tale of the lives of the soldiers, chronicling their return home and years after service, through a pandemic, the Great Depression, another world war and the very first Anzac Day dawn service.
Join author Lucas Jordan on the eve of Anzac Day to uncover the story of the Chipilly Six and their extraordinary feats.
