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TALK: Friends of the UWA Library

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Today's date is Thursday, March 28, 2024
Friends of the UWA Library : Herman Goering and the Bunbury Solicitor, A Ding Dong Dogfight Other events...
Adolph Hitler and Hermann Goering were one of the most evil combinations of the20th century but they very nearly didn’t make it as a pair. Goering, who created the dreaded Gestapo in Nazi Germany at the time of World War ll and was a key figure in the “final solution” of exterminating the Jewish people, survived a ding dong dog fight with a West Australian airman in World War l.

The story of how this happened will be told in a talk to the Friends of the University of WA Library at their monthly meeting at Reid Library at 7.30pm on April 10.

The late Bunbury solicitor Frank Slee was the pilot who came close to victory in the air battle against the then little-known German, but was finally shot down himself.

Goering claimed and was awarded the victory after Slee made a forced landing near the Belgian town of Moorslede on June 8, 1917.

The story will be told in a talk by former POST reporter John Slee, who is the son of the late Australian pilot. Mr Slee will also tell the story of a notorious route March of 70km through the Egyptian desert by thousands of Australian soldiers, some of whom died through exposure to the heat. Frank Slee was one of these soldiers. This was in July 1915 and was ordered by their leaders as an exercise to toughen them up.

RSVP: Kathryn Maingard – [email protected] or 08 6488 2356

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/friends-of-uwa-library-hermann-georing-the-bunbury-solicitor-a-ding-dong-dogfight-by-john-slee-tickets-44357018035

Members: Free, Guests: $5 donation
Speaker(s) John Slee
Location Reid Library, Level 2 Conference Room
Contact Kathryn Maingard <[email protected]> : 08 6488 2356
Start Tue, 10 Apr 2018 19:30
End Tue, 10 Apr 2018 21:00
RSVP RSVP is required.
Submitted by Kathryn Maingard <[email protected]>
Last Updated Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:35
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