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Jewish Anzacs – Jews in the Australian Military by Mark Dapin – Book Review
It may surprise many of us to know that an analysis of the DNA of the bodies recovered from the Battle of Fromelles revealed that many of the predominantly Australian […]
Battle Winners – Australian Artillery in the Western Desert 1940 -1942 by Alan H Smith – Book Review
Battle Winners explores the rise of artillery to become arguably a decisive combat arm in the battles waged by the allies against the Italian Army and the Afrika Korps in […]
The Battles of Bullecourt, 1917 Australian Army Campaign Series – David Coombe – Book Review
Here is yet another volume in the series of Australian Army campaigns – the seventeenth. It follows last year’s A Greater Sum of Sorrow: the Battles of Bullecourt by the […]
William Holmes, Secretary and Soldier – A First Biography – B H Travers – Book Review
This first biography was written by his grandson, Basil (Jika) Holmes Travers after his retirement in 1984, and was finally published in 2016 through the efforts of his daughter Philippa […]
Australian Submarines: A History – 2nd Edition by Michael White – Book Review
Michael White produced the first edition of his work back in 1992.
The Forgotten Rising Sons by Andrew Johnston – Book Review
After more than 20 year’s Army service as a Military Police investigator, in retirement Johnston discovered a military event totally unknown to him. On Monday 21st of May 1945, a […]
Australian Light Horse – The Campaign in the Middle East, 1916−1918 by Phillip Bradley – Book Review
There are many books about the Light Horse campaigns in WW1, but this one has the advantage of including illustrations on almost every page, many of them being rarely-seen photographs […]
The Last 50 Miles – Australia and the End of the Great War by Adam Wakeling – Book Review
In early 1918 Germany was severely affected by the Allied naval blockade, the American Expeditionary Force became stronger by the month and the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires were visibly crumbling.
