Captain Sydney Reynold Clement
…was quickly recognised and within three months on the 18th October 1914 he is promoted to Captain. He was given command of A Company 5th Battalion. Captain Sydney Reynold Clement…
Rowville’s Italian prisoners of war
…administration of the prisoner of war hostel, Rowville, Victoria, Mr Minogue, 15 July 1946. [9] ‘Louisa Angelina (Lena) Santospirito’, Italian Historical Society, available at <https://www.coasit.com.au/santospirito-collection-louisa-angelina-lena-santospirito>, accessed 8 October 2020. [10]…
Aftermath: Australia after the Great War. MHHV Conference 6 April 2019
…and others working for the Commission both in private practice, hospitals, limb factories, hostels and so on. Prime Minister Billy Hughes got behind the Commission but its real long-term champion…
Destroy and build: pacification in Phuoc Thuy, 1966-1972 by Thomas Richardson – Book Review
…popular support for the Front were more complex than simply poverty], even after five years of pacification, show[ing] how deeply entrenched pre-conceptions on the nature of the conflict were in…
Surviving the Great War: Australian Prisoners of War on the Western Front, 1916-18 by Aaron Pegram – Book Review
…remained in the camps. Pegram: ‘… the comfortable conditions in officers’ camps was a good enough incentive for prisoners to remain where they were … Good treatment and comfortable living…
VJ Day 75th Anniversary 15 August 2020
…the really interesting story and unfortunately anyone under 40 will probably only know the basic facts and that it had something to do with the dropping of two atomic bombs…
Australian Victories in France in 1918 by Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash – Book Review
…in technology. Unfortunately senior Allied military command was rooted in more traditional times and thinking with command of historically smaller forces and lower tech equipment. Commanders at the top were…
Stepping into a minefield: A life dedicated to landmine clearance around the world by Ian Mansfield – Book Review
…that journey. Mansfield was serving in the Australian Army when he was selected to command a team of Australian combat engineers to go to Pakistan to train Afghan refugees in…
