Mat is a leading war historian and battlefield guide, and has spent more than 20 years following in the footsteps of troops who fought and died on battlefields around the world. He is an author, TV presenter and historical consultant to some of the biggest names in media.
Historian Mat McLachlan explores the town of Ypres, scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the First World War. In this exclusive documentary, Mat explores the rebuilt Cloth Hall, a chapel that was built as a shrine to lost soldiers, the Menin Gate Memorial with its 54,000 names of missing soldiers, secret rooms in the town’s ramparts, a beautiful waterside cemetery and a very special commemoration service that has been held every night for nearly a century.
Join historian Mat McLachlan as he explores key sites from behind the old front lines of the First World War. In this exclusive documentary, Mat explores headquarters where generals planned battles, an underground city covered in WWI graffiti, an improvised studio where thousands of soldiers were photographed, an unusual military cemetery and a partly destroyed chateau that once housed wounded soldiers.
Join historian Mat McLachlan as he explores key sites from one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War, the Battle of the Somme, including Hawthorne Ridge Crater, the Newfoundland Memorial Park, Le Tommy Cafe, Pozieres and the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing.
Mat McLachlan: historian, author and TV presenter.
In this moving tribute to the Australians who fell during World War One, Mat speaks of the shock the young nation felt at the time. As Mat describes it, “We’d never had so many people go off to fight, and so many of them die.”
Battlefield historian Mat McLachlan gives you all the information you need to plan a visit to the D-Day battlefields of Normandy. Mat will show you how to get there, where to stay and what to see on your once-in-a-lifetime journey to Normandy!
Battlefield Historian Mat McLachlan explains how a squabble between minor European nations plunged the world into one of the most destructive wars in history. All this and more, in only five minutes!
Travel Daily TV’s Barry Matheson spoke exclusively with Mat McLachlan about his range of battlefield tours in Europe, the Pacific and Asia.
Mat McLachlan provides a brief history on the Gallipoli landings
Aerial footage of the Guadalcanal battlefields (Solomon Islands). Bloody Ridge, Alligator Creek, Japanese Memorial, Kinugawa Maru wreck and more!
ABC Melbourne – November 2018
Interview with David Astle
Triple M Breakfast – November 2018
Live call from Villers-Bretonneux
ABC Radio Hobart
The Armistice – 100 Years On
ABC Overnights – November 2018
The Armistice of the First World War.
Triple M
50th Anniversary, Long Tan Vietnam War
Mix 94.5 FM Breakfast Perth
Remembrance Day 2016
Chris & Juelz Breakfast Star FM
Remembrance Day
Hayley & Simon Breakfast Star FM
Remembrance Day
Locco Triple M Goulburn
Remembrance Day
Steve Price Nights Radio 2GB
Gallipoli 2015
Hot Breakfast Triple M
Remembrance Day
