Wartime Magazine Issue 7
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Winter 1999
- A memoral to Australia's service nurses by Ita Buttrose.
For 100 years, Australia's service nurses have been caring for our fighting men - "One vast Australian cemetery": the battle for Pozières by G.D. Sheffield.
July and August 1916 left Pozières ridge "more densely sown with Australian sacrifice than any other place on earth" - "If I die, at any rate I will have tried" by Peter Londey.
A young Australian’s journey to the heart of modern warfare - "The strain of watching": the origins of the Pozières diorama by Anne-Marie Conde.
The battle of Pozières helped inspire the creation of the Australian War Memorial - and of a haunting diorama in our galleries - A token of remembrance for the local heroes of north Borneo by Richard Reid.
Remembering the people of North Borneo who helped prisoners of the Japanese - Ruling off the ledger: Memorial to victims of Sandakan death marches by Robert Pounds.
New Memorials at Sandakan and Ranau - A unique record of Sandakan prisoner-of-war camp by Richard Reid.
- A Waikato tour: Australia and New Zealand Wars, 1863-64 by Mark Whitmore.
The first overseas war in which Australians fought - Parliamentary inquiry reports on the loss of HMAS Sydney by Rick Pelvin.
- Know your warships! Part 2 by Richard Pelvin with G. Clewes and I. Hodges.
Education supplement - Plus regular features, including Reflections, Mail Call, and book reviews.