“Savige Legacy” presentation by Roland Perry
…with the plight of ex-servicemen and established Legacy to assist them. Legacy soon morphed into a charitable organisation to support widows and orphans. Between the wars he also served in…
…with the plight of ex-servicemen and established Legacy to assist them. Legacy soon morphed into a charitable organisation to support widows and orphans. Between the wars he also served in…
…values suggest they would have had much in common. They were book-end representatives of Australia’s finest generations that endured and overcame more adversities than others, including world wars and depressions….
…declared. Hidden behind the big conflict between the Allies and the Axis were “dozens of other, more local wars, which had different flavours and different motivations in each country and…
…too vigorously), but a completely objective assessment remains elusive. Like most wars, the participants can similarly feel both elated at their perceived tactical successes and saddened by the death or…
…the ages. Why do humans fight wars? Is it even possible to tame the impulse? Is this “lethal custom” innate, or culturally determined? How might we change? War is essential…
…of kerosene, the Australians cut niches into the sides of their trenches to escape the mud. Jack was lucky to escape death when his trench caved in on him and…
…the extent of Jewish participation in the Australian forces in the World Wars, but both have been mere listings and devalued by many errors. The listing of those Jewish soldiers,…
…March 1921. This was despite the fact that he was not the sole Australian airman holding Lieutenant-Colonel’s rank at the war’s end. However, he was the most senior of the…