Neil Churches’ The Greatest Escape – A Review
It is over 80 years since the Greek campaign of 1941 yet important firsthand accounts of the campaign continue to emerge.
How the Coastwatchers Turned the Tide of the Pacific War
Australian Coastwatchers brought the tide of Japanese invasive successes to a shuddering halt when two coastwatchers spotted and reported an invasion fleet of 5,500 Japanese troops sailing south.
The Chalkies 1966-1973
In August 1966, 25 young Australian soldiers landed at Jackson’s Strip airport Port Moresby, in the then Territory of Papua and New Guinea,[1] with only a hazy idea of why […]
How Wars End – Virtual Conference
Hosted by Professor Damien Kingsbury & Richard Iron CMG OBE.
Call Sign VAMPIRE – The inside story of an Australian Field Hospital during the Vietnam War
Call Sign VAMPIRE, the inside story of an Australian Field Hospital during the Vietnam War is an insight to the world of medicine at war told with a mix of […]
Sad joys on deployment by Greg Bruce – Book Review
Sad Joys on Deployment is the memoir of an orthopaedic surgeon1 in the Royal Australian Air Force Specialist Reserve (RAAFSR) who deployed overseas ten times on operations between 1995 and […]
Written in the sky by Mark Carr – Book Review
Written in the Sky is an autobiography of one man’s desire to fly, recording his efforts to achieve a boyhood dream and the challenges and rewards of realising his ambitions.
A machine gun spray of memories
6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (6 Bn RAR/NZ (ANZAC) arrived in South Vietnam in May 1969 and five days later 5 Platoon was tasked with a platoon standing patrol around […]
