Rear Admiral Sir Brian Stewart Murray
…Defence to be a member of the Services Integration Committee which commenced the long process which would eventually bring the three Services together into the Australian Defence Force. Murray was…
Call for Papers – Hard Fought: Australia in the Mediterranean Theatre 1940-1945
Military History & Heritage Victoria Inc. 4th Biennial Two-Day Conference – Hard Fought: Australia in the Mediterranean Theatre 1940-1945 9-10 April 2022, Waverley RSL, Melbourne. This conference will examine the…
Masters of War: The AIF in France 1918
…about one-eleventh of the overall British armies. Over the winter of 1917-18 the five Australian divisions were reorganised into an Australian Corps, initially commanded by General William Birdwood, but eventually…
Gellibrand Point Battery, Williamstown – 1854-1860
…The parapet will be seven feet high, eighteen feet wide at the summit, and twenty-six feet wide at the base, giving its exterior slope a fall of nearly fourteen inches…
The Last Cruise of a German Raider – The Destruction of SMS Emden by Wes Olsen – Book Review
Olson tells of the destruction of SMS Emden – not simply the tale of a naval battle. It is also a very good read! Seaforth Publishing, Barnesly UK 2018 Hardback…
Clash of the Gods of War: Australian Artillery and the Firepower Lessons of the Great War – Book Review
…support from the artillery located in another sector of Anzac took a day to reach the relevant commander. There was a ‘lack of an overarching corps artillery command and control…
How Wars End – Virtual Conference
…East, with particular focus on the Israel-Palestine conflict. He primarily discusses the application and utility of force in terms of military power and ultimatums, the business of war, and its…
Book review – Why We Lost:
…religious groups within both countries. Bolger recognises that this type of post-combat/ counter-insurgency/reconstruction/ stabilisation/nation-building actions are complex, difficult and expensive, and require a long-term commitment in support of a legitimate…
