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The inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to saving others - from the critically acclaimed, bestselling author ...
Bruce Buckham was captain of one of the finest Lancaster crews in World War II. The Australians were famous for their exploits in the air ...
In 2010 Tim commenced as a tour guide with the Rottnest Volunteer Guides Association. In the course of his duties he discovered aspects of Western ...
Desert Diggers: Writings from a War Zone 'Somewhere in the Middle East' 1940-1942 draws upon hundreds of soldiers' letters in a fresh and captivating narrative ...
Jack Kennedy (Sydney), Stuart Walch (Hobart), Dick Glyde (Perth), Ken Holland (Sydney), Pat Hughes (Cooma and Sydney), Bill Millington (Adelaide), John Crossman (Newcastle) and Des ...
Japanese troops seized and brutally occupied New Guinea's capital, Lae, for 18 months - until 16 September 1943. That day Australian soldiers retook the town ...
HMAS Sydney was the pride of the fleet during the Second World War. A light cruiser and one of Australia's main combat vessels.
On ...
With the Australian troops crossing of the Kumusi River in mid-November 1942, after pushing the Japanese back along the Kokoda Track to the north coast ...
Hal Colebatch's new book, Australia's Secret War, tells the shocking, true, but until now largely suppressed and hidden story of the war waged ...
One of the finest soldiers and most courageous leaders I have ever known. - Lt Doug McClean, D Coy, 39th Battalion
If you have trekked Kokoda ...
With the Australian troops crossing of the Kumusi River in mid-November, after pushing the Japanese back along the Kokoda Track, the time had come to ...
Young Australian teacher Bruce Dowding arrived in Paris in 1938, planning only to improve his understanding of French language and culture. Secret Agent, Unsung Hero ...
We used our knees and our rifle butts and our blades. For a while we stopped being ordinary blokes and became blood-lusted creatures.
March, 1941 ...
A Coastwatcher's work is ... to sit in hiding like a spider, right in the web of the enemy, unseen and unheard. We became the ...
The Independent Companies and Commandos were a unique form of sub-unit within the Australian army during the Second World War. They were units composed of ...