Sailor, Soldier, Vicar, Farmer - The amazing life of Walter Dexter

From Daniel Reynaud's new book, listen to Daniel tell the story of Walter Dexter, Australia's most decorated chaplain. Decorated three times over two wars with a disdain for pomp, boarded his first ship at age 14, a brilliant public speaker and sea captain, being on a sailing ship with a crocodile and teaching himself ancient Greek and Hebrew whilst on board, a respected horseman who saved the lives of 70 people at sea. A man who sailed the world and had a tent as a parish in Wonthaggi, nicknamed 'The Pinching Padre' who would do anything for his soldiers and of landing at Gallipoli, insisting he go onshore with the first wave. The chaplain who sprinkled wattle seeds over the graves of Anzacs before he left the Peninsula and, as a farmer, bought back the same cow he had sold, without knowing. At Durham University, a successful debater and rower, a working-class man who had the ability to communicate with all.