Australian Story · SEASON 19
The Last Commando , Part 1
Episode 19 · 2014-06-09
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
This week's Australian Story provides a rare insight into the mysterious world of Australia's elite Commando regiments. Corporal Cameron Baird was killed last year in Southern Afghanistan. At the time the Australian Defence Force said the 32-year-old soldier had 'died how he lived – at the front, giving his all, without any indecision.' Earlier this year he was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross which made him Australia's most decorated soldier, in company with Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith. Corporal Baird was the very last Australian soldier to be killed in action in Afghanistan - just months before the troop withdrawal. Now, for the first time, those closest to him are telling his story...
30 minutes
Season 19 episodes
1. The Other Side2014-02-03
2. The Back of His Mind2014-02-10
3. No Half Measures2014-02-17
4. Call Me Cate2014-02-24
5. His Driving Force2014-03-03
6. An Unnatural History2014-03-10
7. The House of Tara2014-03-17
8. Out of the Box2014-03-24
9. Set in Stone2014-03-31
10. A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 12014-04-07
11. A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 22014-04-14
12. A Man Called Boy2014-04-21
13. A Very Good Rascal2014-04-28
14. The Edge of the Mountain2014-05-05
15. In Tracy's Corner2014-05-12
16. All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 12014-05-19
17. All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 22014-05-26
18. Out of the Kitchen2014-06-02
19. The Last Commando , Part 12014-06-09
20. The Last Commando , Part 22014-06-16
21. Driving Miss Davis2014-06-23
22. Forget Me Not2014-06-30
23. Talk of the Town2014-07-07
24. The Game Changer2014-07-14
25. Leaps and Bounds2014-07-21
26. Divide and Conquer2014-07-28
27. Lock Me Away2014-08-04
28. Searching for C112014-08-11
29. Searching for C11 (2)2014-08-18
30. Before the Storm2014-08-25
31. Out of the Shoebox2014-09-01
32. Getting the Hang of It2014-09-08
33. The Past Is a Foreign Country2014-09-15
34. The Past Is a Foreign Country (2)2014-09-22
35. The Pursuit of Happiness2014-09-29
36. I Am Jack2014-10-06
37. Vanishing Act2014-10-13
38. The Innocent2014-10-20
39. The Innocent (2)2014-10-27
40. How I Met Your Father2014-11-03
41. Just Call Me Bob2014-11-10
42. Just Call Me Bob (2)2014-11-17
43. Letter from Wooleen2014-11-24
