Where Soldiers Lie – The Quest to find Australia’s War Dead by Ian McPhedran
Where Soldiers Lie is not a guidebook to Commonwealth War Graves where our soldiers are buried and commemorated.
Law in War – Freedom and restriction in Australia during the Great War by Catherine Bond – Book Review
The author Catherine Bond is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney.
The Note Through the Wire – A WWII prisoner of war, a resistance heroine, and their incredible true story by Doug Gold – Book Review
After enlisting in 1940, Bruce Murray, an unhappily married 24-year-old, was posted to the 25th Battalion, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
The Long Search for Peace Observer Missions and Beyond, 1947–2006 [The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations Vol 1 by Peter Londey, Rhys Crawley and David Horner – Book Review
The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations is a six-volume project under the general editorship of Professor David Horner, published by Cambridge University Press and covers […]
Captain Ross Smith and Bristol Fighter B1229
This is an account of the wartime flying by Captain Ross Smith and Bristol Fighter B1229.
Book Review: D-Day New Guinea D-Day New Guinea by Phillip Bradley – Book Review
Days before and after the launch of Operation Overlord on 6 June 1944, D-Day, around 13,100 American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and some 7,900 British counterparts […]
Surviving the Great War: Australian Prisoners of War on the Western Front, 1916-18 by Aaron Pegram – Book Review
From a population of less than five million in 1914, 416,953 Australians volunteered for overseas service in the Australian Imperial Force and 331,781 actually departed these shores.
Australian Patrol Boats
Patrol boats are small vessels largely used for coastal defence and policing, being fast and maneuverable and lightly armed.
