Wartime Magazine Issue 3
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Winter 1998
- From the Director
A message from the director of the Australian War Memorial - "G for George" by John White.
A survivor, this Lancaster bomber lives on - "G for George" and the Third Victory Loan tour by Michael Nelmes.
The last flight of "George" - to Canberra and the Memorial - Where Lancasters fly by David Crotty.
An aircraft curator visits restoration projects in Great Britain - Observing in South Lebanon by Peter Londey.
Australian United Nation observers in the Middle East - The black day of the German army by Ross McMullin.
The events of 8 August, 1918 crushed any hopes of a German victory - Remembering the Australians in France, 1918 by Richard Reid.
Graves all over northen France mark the course of the last allied offensive - Education section by Graham Clewes.
What are battalions, brigades and divisions? - Education section by Jo Pillinger.
How far can you trust primary sources? - Bonjour Mardermwazell! by James Curan.
Diggers discover gay Paree, 1918 - The missing Lone Pine VC by R.C.H Courtney.
The seventh Australian Victoria Cross won at Lone Pine - where is it? - I Australian Corps Ski Company by Russell Parkin.
A short-lived AIF ski school in the Lebanese mountains, 1941 - Seventeen men by W.H Connell.
Who were the men in this photograph? - Pip, Squeak and Wilfred by R.C.H Courtney.
A story from the trenches of France - Able seamen Harrison by Genevieve Thompson.
A diary of the Phillipines invasion - Dropping a line by Magda Keaney.
Louis Kahan's "V-mail portraits" - Hellfire Pass by Robert Pounds.
Australian POW labour on the Burma-Thailand railway - Plus regular features, including Reflections, Mail Call, and book reviews.