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#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Former West Australian Premier Peter Dowding investigates his uncle Bruce’s service in World War II. Drawing on extensive firsthand sources, Dowding recounts the intrepid Aussie’s exfiltration of soldiers in Nazi-occupied France, his heroic feats and his tragic ending.
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Clare Birgin
Clare Birgin’s career in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and other agencies has spanned more than thirty years, focusing on eastern Europe, intelligence and security matters, multilateral trade negotiations and the Middle East. Her first posting was to Warsaw. She also served in Moscow, Geneva, and as Liaison Officer for the Office of National Assessments in Washington. She was Australia’s Ambassador in Hungary, then in Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Romania. She co-authored Revealing Secrets, an Unofficial History of Australian Signals Intelligence and the Advent of Cyber with Professor John Blaxland.
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