Soldiers Three
ABC Weekly 23 Jan 1943
Genredrama serial
Running time25 mins[1] (7:35 pm – 8:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
Written byEdmund Barclay
John MacLeod
Directed byLawrence H Cecil[2]
Athol Flemming
Original releaseJanuary 9, 1943 (1943-01-09) –
April 1943
No. of series1
(L-R) Hal Lashwood, Eddie Finn, Lloyd Berrell
ABC Weekly 9 Jan 1943

Soldiers Three is a 1943 Australian radio serial by Edmund Barclay.[3] It was commissioned for the Australian war effort to emphasise the contribution of Australian soldiers.[4]

Later episodes were written by John MacLeod and directed by Atholl Flemming.[5]

Premise

The story of Australian soldiers, focusing on three of them: Hilary Masters, a student ("Hil"); Daniel Judd (“Mud”), a farmer; and Percy Smith ("Smart Alec Pierce", from the city. They become friends.[6]

Cast

Episodes

  • Ep 1 (9 Jan) - "This new serial is a story of the army of to-day, something different from the good- natured Digger caricatures we . have had in the past. Three men, contrasting types, brought together by the fortunes of war, find a comradeship that could never have existed for them in other circumstances— a country lad, a student and a city “smart-alec.” They squabble, laugh and learn to-gether. Their training and transition from civilian to soldier and subsequent adven- tures form the basis of this story."[8]
  • Ep 2 (16 Jan)
  • Ep 3 (23 Jan) - w Barclay d Cecil[9]
  • Ep 4 (30 Jan) - w Barclay d Cecil
  • Ep 5 (6 Feb) - w John McLeod d Cecil[10]
  • Ep 6 (13 Feb)
  • Ep 7 (20 Feb) - written John McLeod
  • Ep 8 (27 Feb)
  • Ep 9 (6 March)
  • Ep 10 (13 March)[11]
  • Ep 11 (20 March)
  • Ep 12 (27 March)
  • Ep 13 (3 April)
  • Ep 14 (10 April)

References

  1. ↑ "ABC Coming Features". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. No. 2022. Queensland, Australia. 12 March 1943. p. 3. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "SATURDAY, JAN. 16", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 5 No. 2 (9 January 1943)), nla.obj-1352950760, retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Trove
  3. ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League., ""Soldiers Three" Serial By Edmund Barclay", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred Per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 37 No. 51 (January 2, 1943)), nla.obj-723134726, retrieved 2 September 2023 – via Trove
  4. ↑ Inglis, Kenneth Stanley (1983). This is the ABC: the Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1932-1983. , Melbourne University Press. p. 101.
  5. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "SATURDAY, MAR. 20 ABC", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 5 No. 11 (13 March 1943)), nla.obj-1353922327, retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Trove
  6. ↑ ""Soldiers Three"". Daily Examiner. Vol. 33, no. 8061. New South Wales, Australia. 6 January 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Activities in and Around Wilcannia". Western Grazier. Vol. XLII, no. 3745. New South Wales, Australia. 5 March 1943. p. 1. Retrieved 3 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "SATURDAY, JAN. 9 ABC Programmes", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 5 No. 1 (2 January 1943)), nla.obj-1352881503, retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Trove
  9. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "SATURDAY, JAN. 23 ABC Programmes", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 5 No. 3 (16 January 1943)), nla.obj-1353072847, retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Trove
  10. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "SATURDAY, FEB. 6 ABC Programmes", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 5 No. 5 (30 January 1943)), nla.obj-1353325103, retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Trove
  11. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "SATURDAY, MAR. 13 ABC", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 5 No. 10 (6 March 1943)), nla.obj-1353822874, retrieved 8 November 2023 – via Trove
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