Sabretache articles from December 2002

Sabretache archives from December 2002

The Army Museum of Western Australia twenty-five years on.
December 1, 2002... This year (2002) marks the twenty-fifth anniversary, of the founding of the Army Museum of Western Australia. This article covers the history and development of the museum from its establishment in 1977 in the 19th Century building `Dilhorn'...

New Zealand's Armed Constabulary and its Australian context, 1867-72.
December 1, 2002... Introduction This is another article designed to explore an aspect of New Zealand's military history, which in turn sheds light on the significance and presence of Australian born or derived personnel within the ranks of this colony's...

Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies was established at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, in 1982. Initially known as the Australian Studies Centre and funded by the Australian Government with...

Alec William Campbell `the last sentinel of Gallipoli'.
December 1, 2002... The last entry in the roll of honour for Gallipoli was finally made on Thursday, 16 May 2002, when Alec Campbell, the last Anzac and last surviving participant of the Gallipoli campaign, died of pneumonia, aged 103. With his loss Gallipoli...

Peaceful penetration: 1918.(Australian actions on the Western front)
December 1, 2002... General Monash declared `the success of peaceful penetration as evidence of the serious demoralization which our aggressive attitude in the period had wrought among the German forces opposed to the Australians'. A situation which prepared the...

Obituary.(Len Barton)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
December 1, 2002... Len Barton 1918-2002 Len Barton, a long time member of the New South Wales Historical Society died on 16 October 2002 aged 84. During World War II serving with the RAAF he was awarded the United States Soldier's Medal. The award was for...

The British Garrison in Australia 1788-1841: conditions of service-wives and children.
December 1, 2002... Clem Sargent Although the wives and children of soldiers were not subject to military discipline they formed a significant part of the regimental family and this was recognised in the Regulations and Orders which stipulated the conditions...

39th Dorsetshire Regiment 1826-1832.
December 1, 2002... Green Linnets; Sankey's Horse Background 1702 Raised as Coote's Regiment. 1707-1732 Spain, Minorca, Gibraltar. 1732-1754 England, Ireland, service as Marines. 1751 Designated 39th...

Around the water cart.(assorted information about Australian military)
December 1, 2002... G'day. Gather round. Fill yet water bottles. Back? `Course I'm back. Dead? Nah, that's just another furphy; old soldiers never die. Fade away? Well, I have lost a bitter weight. Oh, one thing and another. What's new? Nothing much. What've...

New books.(POWs in Japanese Camps: An annotated bibliography, Books in English 1939-1999; In the Anzac Spirit: The Fourth Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/NZ (Anzac) South Vietnam 1968 to 1969)(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... David Milne. POWs in Japanese Camps: An annotated bibliography, Books in English 1939-1999, The Jungle Room, PO Box 308, East Melbourne 3002, 2002, 273 pages, David Milne served with the 2/9th Field Ambulance, 22nd brigade, 8th Australian...

Simply Hell Let Loose.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... (Department of Veterans' Affairs): ABC Books Australia 2002 $29.95. Card covers, 236pp, b&w photos. As part of the Centenary of Federation commemorations, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, in collaboration with ABC Radio, launched The...

Graeme Hosken: Digging for Diggers. A guide to researching an Australian soldier of the Great War 1914-1918.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (QLD) Incorporated 2002 $24.95. Folio card covers 71 pp b&w photos. `Digging for Diggers' is designed for students and the first time researcher. It is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to finding,...

Rick Landers. Grenade: British and Commonwealth hand and rifle grenades.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Landers Publishing, PO Box 3082, Dural, NSW 2158 Australia, 2002 ISBN 1-876713-05-4 Hard cover with dust jacket, 300 pp., hundreds of b & w photos and drawings, 2 colour plates, 22 x 29 cm, Price A$99.00, posted to Australian addresses. Outside...

Ian V Hogg. German Secret Weapons of the Second World War: The Missiles, Rockets, Weapons and New Technology of the Third Reich.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Greenhill Books, London and Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania, 2002. ISBN 1-85367-510-5. paperback, 223 pp., over 80 b&w drawings and illustrations, 16 x 23 cm. UK price 10.95 [pounds sterling]. This title, by the late Ian Hogg, is another...

Leroy Thompson. Combat Shotguns.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Greenhill Books, London and Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania, 2002. ISBN 1-85367-515-6. hardcover, 142 pp., 90+ b&w photographs, landscape format, 22 x 16 cm. Price 14.95 [pounds sterling], plus p&p. Yet another memorable title from Greenhill...

Frederick Wilkinson Those entrusted with arms: A history of the police, customs and private use of weapons in Britain.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Greenhill Books, London and Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania, and Royal Armouries, Leeds, 2002. ISBN 1-85367-523-7. Hard cover with dust jacket, 294 pp., 120 plus b & w illustrations, mostly photographs, 18 x 26 cm. 19.95 [pounds sterling] plus...