Recently added articles from Sabretache:
2008 Biennial Conference Perth, Western Australia the count down begins.
Sep 01, 2006; Hamilton, Paul ... Well, with the excellent South Australian Conference now behind us it is time to start thinking about the next conference in 2008 in Perth, WA. I know, I know, it is ages away right? Yes and no. The conference team is being assembled as we speak with lots of great ideas to ...
With Horse and Morse in Mesopotamia: the history of a unit history.
Sep 01, 2006; Skrebels, Paul ... Late in 1927 there appeared an addition to the steadily growing list of Australian army unit histories of the Great War, called With Horse and Morse in Mesopotamia: The Story of Anzacs in Asia. Despite its almost playful title, the work was reviewed earnestly and very favourably. F.M ....
Songs of the Second World War.(Julia Howe's works)
Sep 01, 2006; Gunn, Gail ... Let's start with a lady called Julia Howe who in 1861 wrote new words to a 19th century American camp meeting song; <Pre> Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored, He has loosed the ...
Origins and development royal Australian Army Dental Corps.
Sep 01, 2006; Kuusk, Sven ... Military medical services in some form or other have always existed in Australia. During the Boer War many troops became incapacitated due to dental disease, could not chew their food and had to be evacuated: an Army that cannot bite cannot fight. The British Army's answer to this problem ...
A South Australian treasure: the VC to Sergeant Major John Grieve.(Victoria Cross)
Sep 01, 2006; Staunton, Anthony ... 150 years ago on 29 January 1856, Queen Victoria signed a Royal Warrant instituting a new naval and military decoration for gallantry, the Victoria Cross. The new medal was for both officers and men who had served "in the presence of the enemy and shall then have performed some signal act ...
GRG 26/5/4 a remarkable photographic collection.(Australian Imperial Force )
Sep 01, 2006; Harris, Anthony F. ... 'GRG26/5/4' is a collection of photographs of AIF personnel of the Great War held by State Records of South Australia--the government archives. The reference translates simply as 'GRG'--Government Record Group; '26'--the index number allocated to the State Library holdings in State ...
David Alan Fraser: 1920-2006.(Obituary)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Notice of the passing of Alan Fraser appeared in the June issue of Sabretache and it was appropriate that the same issue should carry his last article for the Journal--The Last Strike, the account of his participation in the last RAAF action against the Japanese in New Guinea on 15 August ...
The Shout Victoria Cross sale.(Captain Alfred John Shout )
Sep 01, 2006; Staunton, Anthony ... The Victoria Cross, Military Cross and other medals awarded Captain Alfred John Shout of the 1st Australian Infantry Battalion were sold at auction by Bonhams & Goodman in Sydney on Monday, 24 July 2006. His elderly grandson was the seller. The hammer price was $1 million, a word record ...
Around the Water Cart.(Hugh Thompson Jr., US military helicopter pilot, Rear Admiral Sir David Scott )
Sep 01, 2006; Furphy, Joe ... Hugh Thompson Jnr, a former US military helicopter pilot, had died, aged 62. On 16 March 1968, Thompson and his crew came upon US troops killing civilians at the village of My Lai in Vietnam. He put his helicopter down between the soldiers and villagers, ordering his men to shoot their ...
Peter Nolan. Possums and Bird Dogs: Australian Army Aviation's 161 Reconnaissance Flight in South Vietnam.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Peter Nolan. Possums and bird dogs: Australian Army Aviation's 161 Reconnaissance Flight in South Vietnam, Allen & Unwin Australia, ISBN: 9781741146356, paperback, 272 p., illustrations, $35.00 Peter Nolan who served as a RAAF technicians with 161 Recce Flight in Vietnam in ...
Peter Dornan. The Last Man Standing: Herb Ashby and the Battle of El Alamein.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Peter Dornan. The Last Man Standing: Herb Ashby and the Battle of El Alamein, Allen & Unwin, ISBN: 9781741149890, paperback, 248 p., $26.95 Peter Dornan tells the story of the Battle of El Alamein through the eyes of Herb Ashby of the 2/48th Battalion, who at eighteen years of ...
Garrie Hutchinson. Pilgrimage: A traveller's Guide to Australian Battlefields.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Garrie Hutchinson. Pilgrimage: A traveller's guide to Australian battlefields, Black Inc, ISBN: 1863953876, www.blackincbooks.com, $44.95. A comprehensive and accessible guide to Australian battlefields, past and present. In a time when more and more Australians travel to ...
Robert Macklin. Jacka VC: Australian Hero.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Robert Macklin. Jacka VC: Australian hero, Allen & Unwin, ISBN: 9781741148305, paperback, $29.95 The remarkable life story of Albert Jacka--a tree Australian war hero--the first Australian to be awarded a VC at Gallipoli who later became prominent in local government in ...
Anthony Beever. Battle for Spain.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Anthony Beever. Battle for Spain, & Nicolson, 7 July 2006, $49.95 Weidenfeld Drawing on masses of newly discovered archive material from Spain, Russia and Germany, Anthony Beever presents a substantially re-written history that will stand out as the definitive account. The ...
Kristen Alexander. Clive Caldwell Air Ace.(Book review)
Sep 01, 2006; Pelvin, Ric ... Kristen Alexander. Clive Caldwell Air Ace, Crows Nest, Allen and Unwin, 2006. paperbound, vi +298 pages, maps, photographs, index. Kristen Alexander has written a fine biography of Clive Caldwell, who was Australia's leading fighter ace of World War II. With his flying and ...
Peter Edgar. To Fillers-Bretonneux: With Brigadier-General William Glasgow, DSO, and the 13th Australian Infantry Brigade.(Book review)
Sep 01, 2006; Staunton, Anthony ... Peter Edgar. To Fillers-Bretonneux: With Brigadier-General William Glasgow, DSO, and the 13th Australian Infantry Brigade, Australian Military History Publications and the Army History Unit, Loftus NSW, 2006, ISBN 1876439467, hardcover and dust jacket, 284 pp, $45. Peter Edgar ...
Oceans of Love: Narrelle--An Australian Nurse in World War I.(Book review)
Sep 01, 2006; Alexander, Kristen ... Oceans of Love. Narrelle--An Australian Nurse in World War I. ABC Books July 2006 Card covers 272 pp, illustrated. RRP $29.95 Before discuss I book I really enjoyed, I will get this out of my system. Design and feel are all very well when putting together a book that will ...
The Diamond Dakota Mystery.(Book review)
Sep 01, 2006; Alexander, Kristen ... The Diamond Dakota Mystery. Allen & Unwin August 2006 Card covers 222 pp., illustrated. RRP $26.95 <Pre> ... one of the most curious episodes in Australian history--the shooting down of a plane on the remote north coast of Western Australia during WWII; and the ...
Ian D Skennerton. .30 Browning Model 1919A4 Machine Gun: Parts Identification Lists, .30 13a3 and 13a4 Notes, Exploded Parts Drawings, Armourers Instructions, Accessories and Ancillaries.(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2006; Wigzell, Syd ... Ian D Skennerton. .30 Browning model 1919A4 machine gun: parts identification lists, .30 13a3 & 13a4 notes, exploded parts drawings, armourers instructions, accessories & ancillaries, Ian Skennerton (http://www.skennerton.com/) ISBN 0-949749-32-X, paperback, 48 pp, 90 plus photos and b&w ...
Alejandro M. de Quesada. Uniforms of the German Soldier: An Illustrated History from World War II to the Present Day.(Book review)
Sep 01, 2006; Wigzell, Syd ... Alejandro M. de Quesada. Uniforms of the German soldier: An illustrated history from World War II to the present day, Greenhill Books, London, 2006, (www.greenhillbooks.com), ISBN 1-85367-679-9, hardcover with dust jacket, 224 pp, hundreds of b&w photos plus 55 colour photos, 258 x 190 mm, ...
