‘The Scrap Iron Flotilla’ presentation with Mike Carlton
When war broke out in the Northern Hemisphere in 1939, the British called upon their Australian allies for support.
The series of insightful and in-depth military history presentations by noted speakers. The presentations are held online via Zoom.com from 6.45PM for a 7PM start.
It is necessary that all audience members pre-book their ticket so that we can organise the appropriate online facility.
Seminar Speaker Program Logistics. The MHHV seminar speaker series will run between 7.00 – 8.00 pm.
Entry & Catering. The online seminar speaker series will attract an entry fee $5 for MHHV members, veterans, concession card holders and students while all other guests will be $10 to cover all costs
For more information on the MHHV Speaker series please contact:
MHHV Secretary: Jason McGregor on 0419 256 681 or email info@mhhv.org.au
Speaker Series Coordinator: Brent Taylor on email info@mhhv.org.au
Mutineers: Presented by Robert Hadler – Video
Mutineers is a true story of the heroes and villains who sparked the biggest controversy in the annals of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) when they led a mutiny on […]
Video – Eleven Bats: A Story of Combat, Cricket and the SAS – Speaker: Harry Moffitt
Anthony ‘Harry’ Moffitt spent more than twenty years in the SAS. His decades of service and his multiple tours in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan made him one of the […]
Summary – ‘Semut: Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo.’ presented by Prof Christine Helliwell
Prof Helliwell opened her excellent presentation to an audience of 39 explaining about the secret Allied operations to take back Sarawak from the occupying Japanese in 1945.
Summary – ‘Special Missions in Persia and Russia, 1917-1919: Colonel Earnest Latchford MBE, MC.’
Mark Latchford opened his excellent presentation to an audience of 26 explaining that he inherited his grandfather’s (Ern) trunk of several hundred letters written to his fiancé during WWI.
Summary – ‘Niche Wars: Australia in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2001-2014’ Speaker: Professor John Blaxland
Professor Blaxland opened his presentation to an audience of 31 explaining that the presentation and book about Niche Wars was the result of a conference run by MHHV in Brisbane.
‘Australia’s Vietnam: Myth vs History’ – Dr Mark Dapin
In opening, Dr Dapin quipped, to an audience of 30, that his father fought the Korean War from the Sherwood Forest and then from Germany while doing UK national service […]
‘Battle on 42nd Street: War in Crete and the Anzacs’ bloody last stand’ – Speaker: Dr Peter Monteath
In addressing an audience of 25, Dr Monteath explained how he had written his book largely through the eyes of several high-profile participants, particularly Johnny Peck of the Australian 2/7th […]
