BEDTIME STORY: The Story of Albert Jacka VC 23 April 2026

🎧 Bedtime Story: The Story of Albert Jacka VC Tonight, we step into the silence before dawn, into the trenches of Gallipoli, where one young Australian soldier faced the unthinkable, alone.Albert Jacka wasn’t a general, or a man born into greatness. He was a labourer from country Victoria, an ordinary man placed in an extraordinary moment.What happened next would become one of the most remarkable acts of bravery in Australian history, earning him the first Victoria Cross awarded to an Australian in the First World War.But this isn’t just a story about war.It’s about courage when no one is watching, about survival when the odds are impossible and about what happens after the hero comes home.So tonight, settle in and let this story carry you gently into the past.Because sometimes, the quietest moments in history, are the ones that echo the loudest. NIGHTLINE BEDTIME STORY, every night on The nightline with Cheralyn Darcey Australia Before Sleep returns with another story from our past, a moment, a place, or a person you think you know, told in a way you might not.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.