Recently added articles from Sabretache:
Editorial.
Dec 01, 2006; ... 2006 has been a busy year with the Society biennial conference at Easter and relaunch of the Society website at the new address www.mhsa.org.au I urge members to regularly check the website which is being further developed. Work is proceeding on the more user friendly index but there are ...
2008 Biennial Conference Perth, Western Australia the count down begins.
Dec 01, 2006; ... Well, with the excellent South Australian Conference now behind us it is time to start thinking about the next conference in 2008 in Perth, WA. I know, I know, it is ages away right? Yes and no. The conference team is being assembled as we speak with lots of great ideas to ...
Australia's logistical and commissariat support in the New Zealand wars, 1863-66.
Dec 01, 2006; ... The year 1863 marks the high-water mark in Australian military involvement across the Tasman. The events of 1863, though less so in 1864 (particularly when looking at reactions to the second military settler recruiting mission), were supported by majority public sentiment in Australia, as ...
The donkey vote: a VC for Simpson--the case against.(does John Simpson Kirkpatrick deserve a Victoria Cross?)(Viewpoint essay)
Dec 01, 2006; ... The story of the AIF abounds with myths. One of the most persistent of those myths is that connected with the purported recommendation for a Victoria Cross (VC) for Private John Simpson (Kirkpatrick) of the 3rd Field Ambulance, the so-called 'Man With the Donkey', and the supposed reason ...
Was the last strike before or after the end of the war?(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2006; ... In his article The Last Strike in the June 2006 issue of Sabretache, the late Alan Fraser, a pilot with 7 Squadron, RAAF, wrote of the last strike by the RAAF in WW2.7 Squadron, together with 8 and 100 Squadrons and all flying Beauforts, formed No 71 Wing. On what proved to be the last day ...
60th anniversary VP day air pageant and ceremony, Canberra 2005.
Dec 01, 2006; ... Canberra, the national capital, was the centre of Australian VP Day 60th Anniversary commemorations over the weekend of Saturday 13 August to Monday 15 August. The key feature of this once-in-a-lifetime event was the rolling air pageant of historic and serving military aircraft over each ...
Superintendent Henry Joseph (Bunny) Storer.(Obituary)(Military Historical Society of Australia)(Obituary)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2006; ... It is with great sadness that the Victorian Branch of the Military Historical Society of Australia reports the passing of long time member Bunny Storer on Sunday 11 June 2006. Born 23rd May 1938 Bunny served with his beloved 58th Infantry Battalion in the Citizen Military Forces ...
The Arctic Emblem.
Dec 01, 2006 ... UK Veterans Agency http://www.veteransagency.mod.uk/medals/artic.html Service in the Arctic during the Second World War was recognised by the award of campaign stars at the end of the war. The criteria for the Atlantic Star include service with the convoys to North ...
Around the water cart.
Dec 01, 2006; ... The 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme--the bloodiest engagement of WWI--was commemorated in northern France on 2 July this year. A crowd of 10,000 massed at the British War Memorial at Thiepval. On the first day of the conflict, 1 July 1916, nearly 20,000 British soldiers were ...
Tobruk: a criticism.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Tobruk is the Libyan port made famous during the Second World War through its capture and later defence by the 2nd Australian Imperial Force. It is also the title of the 'best selling' book that Peter FitzSimons has written about those events a book that prompts this article. (1) ...
Peter Nolan. Possums and Bird Dogs: Australian Army Aviation's 161 Reconnaissance Flight in South Vietnam.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Peter Nolan. Possums and Bird Dogs: Australian Army Aviation's 161 Reconnaissance Flight in South Vietnam, Allen & Unwin, August 2006, $35.00. Back when I first visited the Australian War Memorial, about two decades ago, the Vietnam War was shown in a small, cramped gallery ...
Antony Beevor. The Battle for Spain the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Antony Beevor. The Battle for Spain The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939, 2006, Weidenfeld and [ Nicolson, 526 pages, 50 b&w photographs, 12 maps, bibliography, notes, sources, index. Picking up a new book on the Spanish Civil War these days is usually an exercise in 'here we go ...
Peter Dornan. The Last Man Standing: Herb Ashby and the Battle of El Alamein.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Peter Dornan. The Last Man Standing: Herb Ashby and the Battle of El Alamein, Allen & Unwin, ISBN: 9781741149890, paperback, 248 p., $26.95 Peter Dornan's latest work tells the story of Herby Ashby, a South Australian soldier in the 2/48th Battalion who fought through the siege ...
Albert Palazzo. Battle of Crete e-book plus Battle of Crete and Combat Mission--Africa Corps.(E-book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Albert Palazzo. Battle of Crete e-book plus Battle of Crete and Combat Mission--Africa Corps game, 2005, Army History Unit for distribution to authorised Army personnel Wearing my hat as editor rather than reviewer I hesitated to publish a review of the Battle of Crete because ...
Robert Macklin. Jacka VC: Australian Hero.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Robert Macklin. Jacka VC: Australian hero, Allen & Unwin, ISBN: 9781741148305, paperback, $29.95 Most with an interest in military history would instantly pick Albert Jacka as Australia's greatest war hero. He was thrice decorated for gallantry at Gallipoli and on the Western ...
Harry Willey. Scone's Fallen Anzacs.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Harry Willey. Scone's Fallen Anzacs, 2005 revised 2006, ISBN : 0-9758264-0-9, perfect bound, includes over 200 b/w photographs, bibliography, index, table of contents, 214 p., $29.95 plus $10 postage. From Harry Willey, PO Box 551, SCONE NSW 2337 (Cheques to Harry Willey) ...
Don Dennis. The Guns of Muschu.(Brief article)(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Don Dennis. The guns of Muschu, 2006, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978 1 74114 878 7, paperback, 264 pages, $29.95. On the night of 11 April 1945, eight Australians from Z Special Unit landed on Muschu Island which commanded the approaches to Wewak Harbour. The mission was to reconnoitre ...
John Walter. The Rifle Story: An Illustrated History from 1756 to the Present Day.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... John Walter. The Rifle Story: An illustrated history from 1756 to the present day, Greenhill Books, London, 2006. ISBN 1-85367-690-X, Hard cover with dust jacket, 304 pp., 146 b & w photos and line drawings, UK19.99 [pounds sterling] plus p&p. To those who know anything about ...
Nigel West. At Her Majesty's Secret Service: The Chiefs of Britain's Intelligence Agency, M16.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Nigel West. At Her Majesty's Secret Service: The Chiefs of Britain's Intelligence Agency, M16, Greenhill Books, London, 2006., ISBN 1-85367-702-7, hard cover with dust jacket, 296 pp., 21 b & w photos plus 1 b & w map, 17 x 24 cm, UK20 [pounds sterling] plus p&p. When the noted ...
Henry Probert. Bomber Harris: His Life and Times.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2006; ... Henry Probert. Bomber Harris: His life and times, Greenhill Books, London, 2006. ISBN 1-85367-691-8, paperback, 432 pp., 71 b&w photographs, maps and charts, 13 x 20 cm, UK8.99 [pounds sterling] plus p&p. This objective, but sensitive, biography by Air Commodore Henry Probert ...