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I\\u2019ve an incredible story for you in this episode of Shanghai born John Robin Greaves, \\u2018Jack\\u2019, who emigrated to Australia in 1939 and volunteered for the Australian Imperial Force to serve overseas. The army would send Jack to the Middle East then to Greece, where he would be\\xa0captured\\xa0Germans.

Australian ABC journalist Stephen Hucheon has researched his uncle\\u2019s story and\\xa0produced a fantastic article for ABC available on their website.

You can find the full article here:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-11/the-anzacs-who-beat-the-odds-and-escaped-from-greece/100284226

This discussion is part of a project looking at Australian\'s in the Mediterranean during WWII. Find out more at historyguild.org.

If you enjoyed the episode with Richard James, when we discussed The Australian\'s fight the French in Syria and the Lebanon, Richard has written an article on the topic for the history guild. You can find it here:
https://historyguild.org/australias-war-with-france/

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