Wartime Magazine Issue 19

02 June 2002

Winter 2002

Bravest of the Brave

Reflections by Steve Gower.
The Director of the Australian War Memorial's comment
The invasion that wasn't by Peter Stanley.
Fears of a Japanese invasion suited Australia's wartime government, but one was never planned.
The last kill by Brad Manera.
A brief air battle over the north-western Australian coast rated only one sentence in the nation's history.
In the event of my death… by Peter Burness.
The men of Bomber Command were saluted as the bravest of the brave. Twenty-year-old Colin Flockhart epitomised their courage.
A true leader by Ross McMullin.
Pompey Elliott was the most famous fighting general in the First AIF and after the war became a household name.
Nursing didn't end with the war by Ruth Rae.
Australian nurses in the First World War were forced to look after their own.
Agony after the sinking by Ian Hodges.
A new exhibition recounts a neglected episode in which HMAS Armidale's survivors battled an unrelenting and cruel sea.
Forgotten 'brilliance' by Ken Wright.
The story of the first tanks might have been somewhat different if an innovative Australian had not been overlooked.
The art of war by Laura Back.
Sir William Dargie returns to the Australian War Memorial.
One came home by Chris Coulthard-Clark.
The waler's tale touched a nation, but the facts are coloured by wistful fiction.
Heroes of the Han by Colin Jones.
An astute Australian commander was an inspiration to all.
News from the front by Jim Clarke.
Australian correspondents overcame many barriers to report war news.
The X-Men by Ray Worledge.
Australians were at the forefront of under-water attacks in the latter years of the Second World War.
Legacy of care by Alf Argent.
One man's dream helps thousands.
South Australia's Boxer connection by Robin Pennock.
Attacks on European embassies in Peking drew a spirited response from the far-flung colonies of the British Empire.
Eyewitness: Wounded on the Somme
Lance Corporal Robert Bennie recounts the horrors of winter in the trenches around Flers.
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