Royal United Services Institute
The RUSI of Victoria Inc. seeks to encourage the discussion of national security and defence matters in Victoria, and to improve public awareness and understanding of key defence issues.
An Australian Band of Brothers: Don Company, Second 43rd Battalion, 9th Division by Mark Johnston – Book Review
This volume completes a ‘trilogy’ now held by the Royal United Services Institute – Vic Library.
Frederick Whirlpool VC – Australia’s Hidden Victoria Cross – Book Review
In his foreword to this book, the Director of the Australian War Memorial, Dr Brendan Nelson, describes this volume as ‘a detailed look at an intriguing man’.
The Victoria Cross Australia Remembers – Book review
This lavishly produced book is both an illustrated account of Australia’s Victoria Cross winners and a fund-raising vehicle for that worthy cause, the TPIS (Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex-Servicemen & […]
Valour and Violets – South Australia in the Great War by Robert Kearney and Sharon Cleary – Book Review
This is a large, lavish and very well illustrated account of the part that South Australians played in the First World War.
Fighting the Kaiserreich – Australia’s epic within the Great War by Bruce Gaunson – Book Review
Dr Bruce Gaunson gives readers a rich new approach to World War I, by combining two great narratives: the vast war itself and the saga of Australia’s volunteer forces.
Desert Anzacs: the under-told story of the Sinai Palestine campaign, 1916-1918 by Neil Dearberg – Book Review
The stories of the ANZACs at Gallipoli, and the Australian Corps on the Western Front are well known, but the story of the ANZACs who fought in Sinai and Palestine […]
The Unit Guide – The Australian Army 1939 – 1945 by Graham R McKenzie-Smith – Book Review
This monumental reference work is a labour of love carried out by the author over 35 years.
The Commando – The life and death of Cameron Baird, VC, MG by Ben Mckelvey – Book Review
Written posthumously about the life of Corporal Cameron Baird (1981-2013), this book aims to provide a snapshot of the Australian man behind his well-known heroics as a soldier.
