Wartime Magazine Issue 2

Autumn 1998

• From the Director   
  A message from the director of the Australian War Memorial
• The sinking of the Bartolomeo Colleoni    
  HMAS Sydney in action off the coast of Crete
• The unbelievable truth     
  The "Red Baron" controversy
• The life and death of John Hay    
  An Australian flyer who fell victim to the "Red Baron"
• Ancestors, guardians, guides    
  Bryan Westwood's ANZAC portraits
• The "shoot and scoot brigade"    
  Australian light trench mortar batteries, 1916-18
• Curtin and McArthur at war     
  How Australia lost control of the war effort to an American General
• A strange encounter at Owers' Corner     
  This painting of generals Allen and MacArthur is full of ambiguities
• Education section   
  On the experience of Australian children during wartime
• The battle of Villers-Bretonneux     
  One of the most notable feats of arms in Australia's military history
• In defence of military incompetence     
  Its place in history
• Caught in action    
  Denis Gibbons' Vietnam war photos
• A booby trap cartridge     
  Mystery cartridge identified as a "booby trap" component
• Plus regular features, including Reflections, Mail Call, and book reviews.