The Western Front Diaries of Charles Bean edited by Peter Burness – Book Review
Charles Bean plays the one of the chief roles in Australian understanding of the First World War.
Our Corner of the Somme Australia at Villers-Bretonneux by Romain Fathi – Book Review
This is a doctoral work that examines every aspect of the ‘Australian – French connection’ that is Villers-Bretonneux’.
Australia’s first spies: the remarkable story of Australia’s intelligence operations, 1901-45 by John Fahey – Book Review
This impressively researched book deals with the origins and development of Australia’s intelligence services from Federation to 1945.
A Guide to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission by Peter Francis (Ed) – Book Review
While most of us are aware that the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) cares for the graves of Australian and other servicemen and women, few are likely to be fully […]
Australians on the Western Front 1918 – Volume 2 Spearheading the Great British Offensive by David W Cameron – Book Review
After reading (and reviewing) David Cameron’s Australians on the Western Front 1918 Vol 1, my expectations of Vol 2 were more than realized.
Captive ANZACS: Australian POWs of the Ottomans during the First World War by Kate Ariotti – Book Review
The experience of Australian prisoners of war captured in the Great War has been far less written about than those of the Second World War.
“The Victoria Cross: Australia Remembers” Presented by Michael Madden
To set the scene, Michael began with a short video of interviews of family members of VC recipients taken while he was researching the book.
Aftermath: Australia after the Great War. MHHV Conference 6 April 2019
The conference of around 45 attendees was opened by convenor Lieutenant Colonel Michael Buckridge followed by the welcome by Major General Jim Barry.
