Wartime Magazine Issue 21

01 January 2003

Summer 2003

PAPUA: 60th Anniversary Reflections

Reflections by Steve Gower.
The Director of the Australian War Memorial's comment
The ‘other man’ by Anthony Staunton.
Mystery surrounds the award of two Victoria Crosses during the First World War.
Reflections on bloody Papua battle compiled by Ian Hodges and Daniel Oakman.
Photo-essay on the 60th anniversary of the crucial Buna, Gona and Sanananda campaigns.
Missionary victims in Papua by Tony Matthews.
The brutal death of two women missionaries in 1942.
Australia’s Boer War by Craig Wilcox.
Extracts from an important new book: On the veld; and The killing of Jan Dolley.
The birth of regiments: Sudan 1885 by Ken Wright.
Colonial allegiance to the empire led to the first contingent of soldiers leaving Australian shores to defend British interests.
The battle of Magdhaba by Ian Hodges.
A courageous ANZAC mounted unit won a decisive battle and signalled the end of desert fighting.
Images from the war against terrorism by Claire Baddeley.
Official artist Peter Churcher’s compelling on-the-spot images make an outstanding contribution to the Memorial’s collection.
Death due to friendly fire by Ashley Ekins.
The life and death of WO2 Jack Kirby.
Minelaying in Cats by David Vincent.
Ungainly Catalina flying boats and amphibians that were widely used during the Second World War served Australia well.
Cats on the Swan by Brad Manera.
Dear Miss Chomley by Nola Anderson.
Two First World War prisoner-of-war stories.
Bismarck Sea by Robert Nichols.
US and Australian air power destroys an entire convoy.
To the bitter end by Damien Fenton.
HMAS Australia’s introduction to combat – against the French in 1940.
‘Our little Imbros cottage’ by Peter Stanley.
Charles Bean’s cottage on the island of Imbros still survives.
Eyewitness: Sergeant D. R. Baker
A digger’s letter describing the landing at ANZAC Cove.
Murder at Sutton Veny by Peter Burness.
An Australian executed for murder during the First World War.
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