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The Rover of Tobruk tells the amazing story of World War Two military medallist and Port Adelaide Football Club immortal, Bob Quinn.
An excerpt from “The Rover of Tobruk”
SOUND: DULLED BATTLEFIELD NOISES IN DEEP BACKGROUND. MACHINE GUNFIRE. THE WHISTLE OF INCOMING ARTILLERY SHELLS. EXPLOSIONS. BLACK SCREEN.
TEXT APPEARS ON SCREEN: Tobruk, Libya. August 3rd, 1941.
A Warrant Officer of the Australian Army’s 2/43rd Infantry Battalion has been ordered to take control of the 10th Platoon and launch a perilous attack on a German position where a machine gun is inflicting heavy casualties.
Under a hail of enemy fire, he tells his men they are facing almost certain death, and that he will carry out the most dangerous task himself – laying the final connecting pipe of a ‘Bangalore Torpedo’ explosive closest to the machine gun.
Four of his seven troops make the ultimate sacrifice carrying out his orders before the time comes for the Warrant Officer to jump from the trench. Enemy shrapnel tears a whole through his thigh and badly injures his face, but he survives, and the crucial mission is ultimately successful.
The Warrant Officer’s name is Robert Berrima ‘Bob’ Quinn, from Birkenhead, South Australia.
He is the captain/coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club.
If you think that face looks familiar, it's because it's Steven Summerton, who portrays Bob Quinn in some of the reenactments - the film maker didn't want some actor who couldn't play footy to be Bob Quinn, so he asked Summo! And the doco is narrated by none other than Erin Phillips.
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The Rover of Tobruk tells the amazing story of World War Two military medallist and Port Adelaide Football Club immortal, Bob Quinn.
An excerpt from “The Rover of Tobruk”
SOUND: DULLED BATTLEFIELD NOISES IN DEEP BACKGROUND. MACHINE GUNFIRE. THE WHISTLE OF INCOMING ARTILLERY SHELLS. EXPLOSIONS. BLACK SCREEN.
TEXT APPEARS ON SCREEN: Tobruk, Libya. August 3rd, 1941.
A Warrant Officer of the Australian Army’s 2/43rd Infantry Battalion has been ordered to take control of the 10th Platoon and launch a perilous attack on a German position where a machine gun is inflicting heavy casualties.
Under a hail of enemy fire, he tells his men they are facing almost certain death, and that he will carry out the most dangerous task himself – laying the final connecting pipe of a ‘Bangalore Torpedo’ explosive closest to the machine gun.
Four of his seven troops make the ultimate sacrifice carrying out his orders before the time comes for the Warrant Officer to jump from the trench. Enemy shrapnel tears a whole through his thigh and badly injures his face, but he survives, and the crucial mission is ultimately successful.
The Warrant Officer’s name is Robert Berrima ‘Bob’ Quinn, from Birkenhead, South Australia.
He is the captain/coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club.
If you think that face looks familiar, it's because it's Steven Summerton, who portrays Bob Quinn in some of the reenactments - the film maker didn't want some actor who couldn't play footy to be Bob Quinn, so he asked Summo! And the doco is narrated by none other than Erin Phillips.