Wartime Magazine Issue 25

Summer 2004

Battle of Berlin

• Reflections by Steve Gower.  
  The Director of the Australian War Memorial's comment
• Mine menace by Elizabeth Stewart.  
  Despite losing limbs and eyesight, two Vietnam veterans became an inspiration to others.
• The unknown Australian soldier by Ashley Ekins.  
  One man we will never know represents the sacrifice of 102,000 Australians.
• Women in wartime by Anne-Marie Condé.  
  A pictorial essay.
• Brothers courageous by Sandy Clugston.  
  Following personal tragedy, the orphaned Parsons boys went on to give distinguished military service.
• The battle of Berlin by Daniel Oakman.  
  Bomber Command had long awaited the plan to attack the ‘Big City’ and when the time came there were many surprises.
• One Big Unit by Peter Stanley.  
  The mixed crews in Bomber Command did not diminish national loyalties.
• The protectors by Richard Pelvin.  
  Eight RAN corvettes played an important part in the invasion of Sicily.
• Sympathetic censor by Tony Cunneen.  
  Austin Fenton was an unusual watchdog. He helped correspondents get the story. 
• The war in Iraq by Joanne Smedley and Claire Baddeley.  
  Official artist Lewis Miller and official photographer David Dare Parker record the Australian contribution to the Second Gulf War.
• Valour in the Markham Valley by Brad Manera.  
  Private Richard Kelliher, court-martialled for cowardice, went on to win a VC.
• Forgotten hero by Max Chamberlain.  
  Walter David (“Karri”) Davies was a humble soldier whose satisfaction was serving the empire.
• The two Harry Freames by Chris Clark.  
  A remarkable father and son each served in a world war, and each suffered an unusual fate.
• First ANZAC heroes by Barry Clissold.  
  The men awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal on Gallipoli set a high standard of courage for a young nation in its first major engagement.
• Bean’s history by Peter Stanley.  
  The Australian official history of the First World War is now available on the internet.
• Eyewitness     
  Harry Wright’s letter from Gallipoli.
• Plus regular features, including book reviews, letters and Memorial news.

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