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