Contents

Reflections Steve Gower
The Director of the Australian War Memorial's comment

Letters to the editor

Patriotic diva Julie Padanyi-Ryan
Dame Nellie Melba's fundraising efforts

60th anniversary of the Australian War Memorial
Pictorial essay

The loss of the AE1 Ben Evans
Probing the mystery surrounding Australia's first submarine

Raid on Gaba Tepe James Hurst
Attacking a Gallipoli stronghold

The crack shot of the ANZACs Robert Courtney
Snipers on Gallipoli

In the footsteps of the ANZACs Steve Parsons
A journalist and his son travel to Gallipoli

The Fenian escape Brad Manera
Irish convicts escape in the US whaler Catalpa

The sinking of HMAS Sydney
Three experts comment on the ongoing controversy

Faces of Australian peacekeeping Peter Londey
A new AWM travelling exhibition

Toby's brief war Chris Coulthard-Clark
In search of the story of a soldier killed in Korea

Painting the war Chris Coulthard-Clark & Jacqueline Strecker
War art from the Canadian War Museum and the Australian War Memorial

Ordeal at Porton Donald Lawie
Australians on Bougainville in 1945

Still missing Jacki Reeson
Rabaul, 1942

Operation Manna Dianne Rutherford
Bomber commands drops food to the Dutch

Interceptor swan song Ben Evans
Meteors and MiGs in air combat over North Korea

Tank action in Vietnam Mike Cecil
The Memorial's Centurion tank in Vietnam

Defending Crete Ric Pelvin
Naval action in 1941

Australian War Memorial news

Reviews

Despatches