Choppers: Helicopters and the Vietnam War
Conference to be opened by Professor Peter Edwards, AM, PhD, FAIIA
Robert Alexander Little—remembering our greatest fighter ace
Captain Robert Alexander (Alec) Little, our greatest fighter ace, has fallen off our radar of almost all Australians. Today it is usually only WWI aviation enthusiasts and students at Scotch […]
Celebrating the Service of the RAN’s Ton Class Minesweepers
December 2012 marked the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the six Ton Class minesweepers of the 16th Minesweeper Squadron in Sydney and the commissioning of their base as HMAS […]
Review of PACIFIC 360°: Australia’s Battle for Survival in World War II – by Roland Perry
In reviewing this book I must declare “my conflict of interest” as the author is a personal friend and I had the pleasure of launching this riveting narrative of Australia’s […]
The War in Iraq – A Personal Retrospective
Australia’s military involvement in the war in Iraq between 2003 and 2009 was controversial, but irrespective of the views in support or against the intervention it is a chapter in […]
Ernest William Capuano (1892-1979) A Tale of Service in WWI – Part 2
In January 1917, Private Ernest Capuano, a driver with 22 AASC who has been trying to transfer to munitions work, was reporting in letters home that his unit was scheduled […]
Ernest William Capuano (1892-1979) A Tale of Service in WWI – Part 1
Ernest William Capuano, the fifth child of Victorian-born parents, was born 31 March 1892 and grew up in the Gippsland district of Victoria. A sentinel feature of the lives of […]
Not all sailors are good! The story of ‘Sailor the Slasher’
The Underbelly – Razor series deals with the Criminal underworld of Sydney during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Bengal ‘cut throat’ blade razors were the preferred weapon of many of the […]
