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.
An interesting point: a history of military aviation at Point Cook by Steve Campbell-Wright – Book Review
On Sunday, 1 March 1914, a Bristol Boxkite aircraft flown by Lieutenant Eric Harrison, took to the skies over Point Cook, Victoria, marking the first flight by a military aircraft […]
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 […]
The Submarine Six Australian Naval Heroes – Tom Lewis – Book Review
In the last three decades the Royal Australian Navy has moved from naming its ships and boats after Australian cities and towns and used them to honour its members who […]
Taking the Lead The Royal Australian Air Force 1972 – 1996 by Mark Lax Newport – Book Review
This is the third volume in a series of official histories of the RAAF.
Honour Denied Teddy Sheean – A Tasmanian Hero by Tom Lewis – Book Review
Tom Lewis has painstakingly documented three outstanding acts of heroism by members of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War.
Men of ANGAU – A History of the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit by Lieutenant Colonel Neil C. Smith, AM Retd
ANGAU – the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit, or ‘Angow’ as it was commonly referred to, was the largest and most diverse Australian Military Force unit in World War Two.
Radio Girl – The story of the extraordinary Mrs Mac, pioneering engineer and wartime legend By David Dufty – Book Review
This little known story grabbed David Dufty’s attention from the moment he discovered Mrs Mac aka Florence Violet McKenzie (nee Wallace) during his research for an earlier book The Secret […]
