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D-Day Experiences of an RN Commando
Our speaker is Commander Jim Speed DSC RAN Ret. 70 years ago, Jim Speed was a young Sub/Lt Commando on Sword Beach Red. The Commandos job was to land on the beach prior to the landing craft and assist the unloading of troops by holding the landing craft staying ‚Äòbows on the beach‚Äô. Thus it […]
Merz Lecture 2014 – RAAF Iroquois in Vietnam
The lecture will be presented by a panel of five speaker, each speaker‚Äôs presentations will be about 15 minutes, and after all speakers have completed their presentation the floor will be open for questions. Master of Ceremonies: Tony Wheal Opening address: Colin Fee - Friends of the RAAF Museum, President Presentations: Pilot: WGCDR Nick Leray-Meyer […]
The Australian Red Cross in the Great War – Last days
to be opened on Friday 8 August at 5 pm. This will be followed by the annual Augustus Wolskel Memorial Lecture to be delivered by Dr Bart Ziino, entitled: ‚ÄòAt Home with the War: The Great War in Victorian Private Life‚Äô, commencing at 6.15. Welcome by Prof Don Garden, President of the RHSV. Cost: Member […]
Soldier Boys: The Militarisation of Australian and New Zealand Schools for World War 1 by Max Waugh
To be launched by Assoc. Prof Don Garden FRHSV, President of the RHSV. Time: 5.15 (Drill Hall – Drinks & Book Launch). To be followed by panel discussion: Schoolboy Conscripts and Khaki Criminals: sidelights to the Militarisation of Australia. Speakers: Dr Maxwell Waugh & Russell Robinson. Time: 6.00pm (Speakers’ Room)
The Australian Heraldry Society present: British Heraldry of The Great War
Mr David Vines White, Somerset Herald, College of Arms, London, will discuss the representation of the First World War in the armorial bearings granted to various military and naval commanders, armament manufacturers and others.The lecture will be illustrated using records of the College of Arms with examples set in the context of older English heraldic […]
Tim Smith: Military Heritage – From Victoria to the Turkish Dardanelles
Victorians are invited to an informative evening of local and international military heritage news, as the Royal Historical Society of Victoria welcomes the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria, Tim Smith.To be held on Tuesday 19 May at 5.45pm, Tim will discuss the work being done to protect and celebrate military heritage sites, both here in […]
The 2014 John Duigan Memorial Lecture
The John Duigan Memorial Lecture is held annually by the Aviation Historical Society of Australia to commemorate the first flight, by John Robertson Duigan on 16th July 1910, of an aeroplane designed and built in Australia, and to discuss other significant events in the history of Australian aviation. Steve Campbell-Wright is the author of the […]
The Blamey Oration – 2015
The Blamey Oration perpetuates the memory of¬† Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, Australia‚Äôs highest ranking serviceman, who was commander-in-chief concurrently of the Australian Military Forces and the Allied Land Forces, South-West Pacific Area, from 1942 to 1945 when Australia‚Äôs security was directly threatened by Japan. The Royal United Services […]
The Defence Reserves Association 2015 National Conference
This conference ‚ÄúADF Total Force ‚Äì Fact or Fiction?‚Äù will be held on Saturday 22 August 2015 at the Novotel Sydney Brighton Beach, Cnr Grand Parade and Princess Street, Brighton Le Sands NSW 2216. It is a tri-service all ranks Conference that will be opened by His Excellency, General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC […]
Super 8 Soldiers
Servicemen with their Super 8 movie cameras captured moments of their tour of duty in the Vietnam War 1967/1968.¬† SBS compiled a fascinating documentary using this footage. Super 8 Soldiers Peter Stainthorpe along with Rowan Marsh were among those handful of veterans who captured images of their story. Peter will be presenting the story behind […]
Battlefronts
The Victorian Symphony Orchestra joins forces with rock singer-songwriter Lachie Bryce in a Gallipoli-inspired charity concert to support Australians living with depression. Battlefronts will follow the journey of Australians in World War I through symphonic realisations of songs from Bryce's album¬†Rising Sons. The songs will be paired with orchestral classics that reflect the emotions experienced […]
John Monash – Celebrating his Legacy on the 150th Anniversary of his Birth
Sir John Monash GCMG KCB VDJohn Monash, compassionate leader, cared in war and peace for his men who came from every state and territory of Australia. He planned and won the innovative Battle of Hamel and then in the highly successful Battle of Amiens on 8 Aug 1918 (0808), the Australians turned the tide of […]
