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The fake war hero

The fake war hero

In Black and White · Herald Sun

November 23, 202224m 27s

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Tom Skeyhill found fame and fortune as the “blind soldier poet” on the US speaking circuit - a World War I hero from country Victoria rendered sightless by an exploding Turkish shell. But a century on, he’s been exposed as a conman who faked blindness to escape the trenches. Author Jim Haynes shares the story.

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In Black and WhiteTom SkeyhillWorld War IpoetVictoriafraud