The Battle of the Lys – April 1918 by Colin Mattey – Book Review
In April 1918 Ludendorf’s Operation Georgette was smashing its way to the critical British railhead of Hazebrouck.
Painting War – A History of Australia’s First World War Art Scheme by Margaret Hutchinson – Book Review
During the First World War the Australian Government established an official war art scheme in 1917, sending artists to the front lines to create a visual record of the Australian […]
Our Great Hearted Men: The Australian Corps and the 100 Days by Peter Brune – Book Review
There have been several books that have focussed on the final First World War battles of the Australian Corps.
Codebreaking in Melbourne and Geelong during World War One
For several years the Monash Museum of Computing History has held walking tours of significant sites re the history of computing in central Melbourne.
ANZAC Sniper by Roland Perry – Book Review
This is an intriguing biography of a most unassuming, competent and compassionate self-made man whose contributions have lived on as a heritage for which Australians can be most grateful.
William ‘Billy’ Watson
William Thornton Watson was born on 10 November 1887 at Nelson, New Zealand, son of Tasmanian-born Robert Watson, blacksmith, and his Victorian wife Annie, née Harford.
Collins of the Sydney: a life of Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins by Anthony Macdougall – Book Review
Tony MacDougall has taken on the necessary but difficult task of researching and writing a biography of the first Australian officer to command the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Vice-Admiral John […]
Captain Edwards and the Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps – a German Spy?
Part Two
