Military History Section Staff Biographies

Aaron Pegram

Aaron Pegram works in the Military History Section as the Editorial Assistant for the Memorial’s magazine, Wartime. Previously he was a curator at the National Museum of Australia before joining the Memorial’s Photographs section in December 2007. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from Charles Sturt University, and at the Australian National University is currently writing a PhD thesis on Australian prisoners in German captivity during the First World War.

Selected publications

“The spirit of the bayonet”, Wartime, 47, 2009

“A shot in the dark”, Wartime, 47, 2009

Review of Aussie Soldier: Prisoner of war, ed. Dennie Neave and Craig Smith, Wartime, 47, 2009

“The arms of black melancholy”, Wartime, 46, 2009

Review of In action with the SAS, by David Horner with Neil Thomas, Wartime, 46, 2009

Review of The war behind the wire, ed. Michael Caulfield, Wartime, 45, 2009

“Australia’s Fromelles prisoners”, Wartime, 44, 2008

“McDougall’s stand at Dernancourt”, Wartime, 42, 2008

“German offensive tactics”, Wartime, 42, 2008

Conferences and seminars

“In the bag: Australian prisoners in German captivity during the First World War, 1916–1918”, Constructing the Past, Australian Historical Association Conference, University of the Sunshine Coast, 30 June – 3 July 2009

“The bounds of silence: The capture of Australian prisoners on the Western Front, 1916–1918”, Research School of Humanities first year students conference, Australian National University, 25 – 26 August 2008

“Polygon wood: battlefield, mythical place, site of mourning”, paper delivered to the Australian Society of Archivists, National Museum of Australia, 13 November 2007

“Men from Snowy River: a First World War recruitment march”, paper delivered at the 90th anniversary commemorations of the Men from Snowy River recruitment march, Delegate Town Hall, 16 January 2006