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 […]
Bandsmen and stretcher-bearers: Why were bandsmen also stretcher-bearers?
To answer this question, information has been drawn from the writings of C. E. W. Bean, Tony Sillcock, a national serviceman who ended up becoming the Music Director (Lt.Col.) of the […]
Dr. Edward Warren Owen Perry, MBE, ED (Maj. Rtd.), BEc (Syd.), BA, MA, LittD (Melb.), FRSHV, Historian (1909-2010)
Warren Perry was of an era wherein he shared his Long March of Everyman with the outstanding figures of Australia’s military heritage. Born on 28 January 1909 at Brighton-le-Sands, Sydney, […]
The early muzzle-loaders in the Victorian Volunteer Forces
There was a proliferation of various types of rifles used by both the Volunteer Forces from 1860. We can eliminate a few of these from this review, namely the short-barrelled […]
The Politics affecting POW behind the second "Big Three" Conference at Yalta, 1945 and the Brides of Odessa
Based on the premise of Hitler’s imminent defeat, the agenda of the Yalta Conference of February 1945 was basically about the partition of post-war Europe, but that same tide confirmed […]
Hugh Louis Zephyr Downey (1861-1922)
Hugh Louis Zephyr Downey (1861-1922): NZ Field Artillery, NZ Armed Constabulary, 1st Victorian Regiment, Victorian Permanent Artillery, Victorian Rangers, Australian Instructional Staff Hugh Louis Zephyr Downey was born in Tasmania […]
