A Rat of Tobruk – A Digger’s Lost Images of the Siege
This is another monograph written by the son of a Second World War participant, who, like so many, did not discuss his war experiences.
Lucky Pommie Bastard by Don McNaughton – Book Review
Forced out of France, Britain faced the Battle of Britain in 1940 followed by the bombing of London and its industrial cities by the Luftwaffe.
Radar Gunner by Dick Dakeyne, DFC – Book Review
Wishing to enlist in his father’s First World War battalion, Dakeyne was told he could not serve overseas until he was 19 years old; no such restriction applied to the RAAF.
Letters to Lily Vale: The life and letters of Ernest William Latchford MC, MBE 1916 to 1919 France, Persia and Russia – Book Review
Books are the rather torrid, but harmless, affair, you have while your spouse is asleep beside you.
The Last Navigator by Paul Goodwin with Gordon Goodwin – Book Review
This is a biography written as an autobiography. Paul Goodwin has written ‘in his (my father’s) voice, as it is his story’.
The Grand Deception Churchill and the Dardanelles by Tom Curran – Book Review
Tom Curran examines the role of Winston Churchill, the First Sea Lord at the time, in decision making prior to the Gallipoli landings.
Hospital Ships by Rupert Goodman – Book Review
Hospital ships have been in use since at least the days the British fought off the Spanish Armada says Rupert Goodman in Hospital Ships.
The Making of Warriors: The story of the 2/1st Infantry Battalion The City of Sydney Regiment 1939-1942 by Graham J Smith – Book Review
Military history continues to be the beneficiary from descendants of those involved in both World Wars researching their exploits, only to expand their research into a work on the unit in which the relative served.
