The Bahia Castillo affair – 1919
During research for ‘An Industrial Invasion’, I came across the story of about 6000 Australian civilian men who volunteered to go and work in British factories during WWI an effort […]
A “Special” Halifax Bomber Crew
On the night of 27/28 April 1944, flying from the secret RAF Tempsford Airfield in England a Mark V-LL356 NFU Halifax bomber of No. 138 ‘Special Duties’ (SD) Squadron carrying […]
The Real Sullivans
Surely you remember the television series The Sullivans? If you do you may not realize that the name was based on two real life characters. A close look at Dave […]
Black Men in the Victorian Naval Forces
The Victorian Navy came into being in 1855 when Her Majesty’s Colonial Ship (HMCS) Victoria was manned for the delivery voyage to Australia. This article just scratches the surface of […]
The Other Charge at the Nek
The aftermath of the Turkish attack on the 3rd Light Horse Brigade positions at Russell’s Top, Gallipoli, 29th -30th June 1915. The Turkish assault on the 3rd LH Brigade positions […]
Major Noel William Hall, OAM, ED (1913-2010)
Noel William Hall was born on the 25th November 1913, in Hawthorn, Victoria. His birth date was expected to be on Christmas Day earning him the first name of Noel […]
And only one came home
Odds are that you have heard of Simpson and his donkey. And maybe you know that pigeons were used extensively to transport messages in World War I.
First Use of Poison Gas In Modern Warfare
Of course the use of poison gas in warfare had been proscribed under the Hague Convention of 1905, and Germany as well as all the other WW1 combatants had signed […]
