Wartime Issue 22
2003
Contents
Reflections Steve Gower
The Director of the Australian War Memorial's comment
Briefing
Mail Call
War without boundaries Peter Londey
As the world changes and becomes
even more dangerous, Australians have been fighting in a new kind of
war.
The Hook Brad Manera
Fifty years ago the last Australian action of the Korean War was fought.
Pozières hell Peter Burness
The tragic story of Captain David Twining.
ANZAC Day VC at Villers-Bretonneux Brad Manera
Two awards for bravery in a courageous counter-attack on 25 April 1918.
Bare Back Mike Cecil
An old warhorse finds a home at the Memorial.
Death in the minefield Ashley Ekins
Australia’s biggest blunder of the Vietnam War, the “barrier minefield”,
resulted in distressing casualties.
FSB role in ‘mini-Tet’ Chris Clark
The largest regimental-scale action involving Australians since the Second
World War was staged in May 1968.
A born horseman Humphrey McQueen
Tom Roberts’s portrait of Sergeant Fraser of the
NSW Mounted Rifles.
At the tip of the javelin Ian Hodges
Only the best were hand-picked for the Dam Busters aircrew and among them were
several Australians.
Geoffrey Mainwaring – war artist Lee Kinsella
One of Australia’s most prolific official war
artists of the Second World War.
HMAS Vendetta’s return to Australia after the fall of Singapore.
Arnall’s folly Chris
Clark
After an ill-fated bayonet charge, Australians resorted to subterranean warfare
at Gallipoli.
The first shot Colin Jones
Australia’s first shot of the Great War was fired
against a German ship in Port Philip bay.
The missing bodies Tom Lewis
Wild claims of thousands killed during the first Japanese raids on Darwin debunked.
Silt Spur – anatomy of a demonstration James Hurst
Action on Gallipoli.
Eyewitness: HMAS Australia to the rescue Mackenzie Gregory
An Australian sailor recalls the rescue of a downed Sunderland flying boat
in the North Atlantic.
Australian War Memorial news
Reviews
Despatches
Newsletter of the Australian War Memorial ANZAC
Foundation
Military Intelligence
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