Sabretache articles

Recent articles from Sabretache

Editorial.
December 1, 2006... 2006 has been a busy year with the Society biennial conference at Easter and relaunch of the Society website at the new address www.mhsa.org.au I urge members to regularly check the website which is being further developed. Work is proceeding on the more user friendly index but there are...

2008 Biennial Conference Perth, Western Australia the count down begins.
December 1, 2006... 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 ensure that...

Australia's logistical and commissariat support in the New Zealand wars, 1863-66.
December 1, 2006... The year 1863 marks the high-water mark in Australian military involvement across the Tasman. The events of 1863, though less so in 1864 (particularly when looking at reactions to the second military settler recruiting mission), were supported by majority public sentiment in Australia, as...

The donkey vote: a VC for Simpson--the case against.(does John Simpson Kirkpatrick deserve a Victoria Cross?)(Viewpoint essay)
December 1, 2006... The story of the AIF abounds with myths. One of the most persistent of those myths is that connected with the purported recommendation for a Victoria Cross (VC) for Private John Simpson (Kirkpatrick) of the 3rd Field Ambulance, the so-called 'Man With the Donkey', and the supposed reason for...

Was the last strike before or after the end of the war?(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2006... In his article The Last Strike in the June 2006 issue of Sabretache, the late Alan Fraser, a pilot with 7 Squadron, RAAF, wrote of the last strike by the RAAF in WW2.7 Squadron, together with 8 and 100 Squadrons and all flying Beauforts, formed No 71 Wing. On what proved to be the last day of...