A night in the Year of the Monkey – Part 1
…defence command was decimated during the enemy assault. This patrol comprised a full Section (No. 11 Section) of ten sappers from 3 Troop of the 1st Field Squadron Royal Australian…
Royal United Services Institute, Victoria, Library
The important news for the library is the appearance of our catalogue on-line. As previously advised to our members, the entire catalogue is now searchable at: www.thecollectingbug.com/rusivictoria/ The masthead of…
Negotiating tensions – Examining how Australia has gone to war
…field on which Horner is unquestionably the pre-eminent authority. The books that established his reputation include Crisis of Command (1978), High Command (1982), The Commanders (1984), and Australian Higher Command…
The Chalkies 1966-1973
…website by Frank Cordingley which continues today: www.nashospng.com. Those initiatives gave some of us an opportunity to rediscover the time we’d spent in the Army in PNG as fresh-faced 20-somethings….
“In the Bag”: Prisoners of War 1915 – 1945 Conference
…of capture to camp life to eventually coming home only to feel like strangers in their own land. Life in the camps was boring and in most cases attention was…
The Ballarat Ranger Military Museum and Kirby DSO
…Captain Kirby returned to South Africa in command of a squadron of the 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. He was present at the operations in the Orange Free State, including…
MHHV Key Appointments
…company based in Melbourne, which for more than 27 years has met the travel needs of public companies, private companies and not-for-profit organizations alike. Peter has a keen interest in…
Radio Girl – The story of the extraordinary Mrs Mac, pioneering engineer and wartime legend By David Dufty – Book Review
…Hotel) for her electrical contracting business as The Wireless Shop, specialising in radio and electrical parts. This was to become the epicentre of Sydney’s amateur wireless community. Her interest in…
