Sabretache articles from June 2002

Sabretache archives from June 2002

No VC for Rankin?(Victoria Cross)
June 1, 2002... The Royal Australian Navy has never won a Victoria Cross. Why this is so is a curious matter. Valour is the quality in battle for which the Cross is awarded, and the lack of VCs seems more to do with convoluted bureaucracy than a dearth of this...

Four Victoria Cross obituaries: four Victoria Cross recipients passed away between November 2001 and February 2002.
June 1, 2002... Sir Roden Cutler VC AK KCMG KCVO CBE Lieutenant, 2/5th Australian Field Regiment, 7th Australian Division 19 June to 6 July 1941, at Merdjayoun-Damour area, Lebanon. CITATION: For most conspicuous and sustained gallantry during the...

Major Thomas Wingate: an early Australian reservist.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... At Noble Numismatics Auction in Sydney on 22nd March 1996 an interesting family group of medals was of offered for sale at Lot 4663. The group consisted of a Naval General Service Medal 1793 without clasps engraved to "Geo. Thos. Wingate,...

The British Garrison in Australia 1788-1841: conditions of service--officers.
June 1, 2002... Appointment and Promotion `No Person is considered eligible to hold a commission in the Army, until he has attained the Age of Sixteen Years'. This condition was one of the first reforms instituted by the Duke of York on his appointment as...

An Annotated Index, for military historians, to Volume 14, (1940-1980, Di-Kel) of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.(Bibliography)
June 1, 2002... This annotated index continues my "An Annotated Index, for military historians, to Volumes 7-12, (1891-1939) of the Australian Dictionary of Biography" which appeared in Sabretache Volume 32, No. 1, January/March 1991 and "An Annotated Index...

Around the Water Cart.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Interested in the Gurkhas? See www.army.mod.uk/army/organise/infan/gurkha the Royal Gurkha Rifles web site at (Icon, Sydney Morning Herald, 19-10 June 2001). The Royal Australian Army Pay Corps (RAAPC) Historical Collection is housed at...

A Guide to Military Temperance Medals.
June 1, 2002... by David A Harris 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inch format, colour covers and centrepiece. Publication date: December 2001. Also on the publisher's web site: www.stewartbooks.com Price: 10 [pounds sterling], $25 CAN or $16 US per copy which includes postage...

Bates, Thomas J, Jean Brisset and Eric Lummis, Normandy: the Search for Sidney.
June 1, 2002... Bates Books, PO Box 5023, Berkely CA 94705-0023, USA, 2000. Hard cover with dust jacket, 201 pp, 160 plus b & w drawings, photos, maps, 22 x 29 cm. US$30.00 plus post & pack. This is a remarkable book for two reasons--its format and the...

Lord, Cliff, and Julian Tennant, Anzac Elite: the Airborne and Special Forces Insignia of Australia and New Zealand.
June 1, 2002... IPL Books, 2000. Distributed by IPL Transpress, 26 Ascot St, Wellington 6000, NZ, and John Reed Book Distributors, Unit 4F, 9-13 Winbourne Rd, Brookvale, NSW 2100. Hard Cover, 160 PP, over 600 colour illustrations. NZ$69.95, A$59.95, plus p&p....

The Greenhill Dictionary of Guns and Gunmakers.
June 1, 2002... by John Walter. Published by Greenhill Books, London and Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania, 2001. ISBN 1-85367-392-7. hard cover with dust jacket, 20 x 25 cm, 576 pp, hundreds of b & w photos and drawings. Price 35 [pounds sterling] plus post &...

Modern Military Rifles.
June 1, 2002... John Walter. Published by Greenhill Books, London, and Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania, 2001. ISBN 1-85367-462-1. Hard cover, landscape format, 21 x 15 cm, 144 pp, 150 plus b & w photos and drawings. Price 14 95 [pounds sterling] + pack and post....

.303 Lewis Machine Gun.
June 1, 2002... by Ian Skennerton. Published by Ian D Skennerton, PO Box 80, Labrador 4215, Australia, 2001. ISBN 0-949749-42-7. Paperback, 48 pp, 50-plus b & w drawings and photos, 210 x 274 mm. Price $9 95 plus post and pack. If you ever had any...

Special Service Lee Enfields: Commando and Auto Models.
June 1, 2002... by Ian Skennerton. Published by Ian D Skennerton, PO Box 80, Labrador 4215, Australia, 2001. ISBN 0-949749-37-0. Paperback, 48 pp, 50 plus b & w drawings and photos, 210 x 274 mm. Price $9 95 plus post and pack. This remarkable...

7.62 mm L1 and C1 F A.L. Rifles.
June 1, 2002... by Ian Skennerton. Published by Ian D Skennerton, PO Box 80, Labrador 4215, Australia, 2001. ISBN 0-949749-29-X. Paperback, 48 pp, 38 b & w photos and drawings, 210 x 274 mm. Price $9 95 plus post and pack. This book is No 12 in the...

The Broad Arrow: British and Empire Factory Production, Proof, Inspection, Armourers Unit and Issue Markings.
June 1, 2002... by Ian D Skennerton. Published by Ian D Skennerton, PO Box 80, Labrador 4215, Australia, 2001. ISBN 0-949749-43-5. Paperback, 140 pp, numerous photos, drawings, and reproductions of marks and symbols, 21 x 29 cm. Price $9 95 plus post and pack....

The K98k Rifle: Propaganda Series, vol.1.
June 1, 2002... by G de Vries and B J Martens. Published by Special Interest Publications BV, Po Box 282, 6800 A G Amhem, The Netherlands and Ironside International Publishers Inc., Dept BG, PO Box 55 Alexandria VA 22313-6111 USA, 2000. ISBN90-805583-1-1. Hard...

Anzac Elite: The Airborne and Special Forces Insignia of Australia and New Zealand.
June 1, 2002... by Cliff Lord and Julian Tennant. Published by IPL Books, PO Box 10-215 Wellington, New Zealand and 57 Sir Thomas Mitchell Drive, Davidson, NSW 2085 Australia, 2000. Distributed by IPI, Transpress, 26 Ascot St, Wellington 6000, New Zealand and...

German Handguns: The Complete Book of the Pistols and Revolvers of Germany, 1869 to the Present.
June 1, 2002... by Ian B Hogg. Published by Greenhill Books, London and Stackpole Books Pennsylvania. ISBN 1-85367-461-3, Hard cover with dust jacket, 20 cm x 25 cm, 319 pp, approx 300 b & w illustrations (mostly photographs). Price 30 [pounds sterling] plus...

The army medical service of the imperial and royal (k.u.k.) 14th Infantry Regiment during World War I (a unit of the Austro-Hungarian Army). (Members Notices).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Member Jean Main has translated into English the experiences of this Regiment's medical service during the Great War. These experiences had been recorded in the early 1930s by the Regiment's last Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Leopold Strauss. ...

New book shooting awards and prize medals to Australian military forces. (Members Notices).
June 1, 2002... This first edition book, limited to 500 copies, spans the period from 1860 to 2000. It is an important reference work for military and family history researchers because of the number of lists of award recipients. It is also important because...

MHSA Biennial Conference 2002: The 2002 Seminar.
June 1, 2002... Labour Day Long Weekend 5-7 October 2002 Canberra The next Society Biennial Conference entitled The 2002 Seminar will again be hosted by the ACT Branch, and will have a primary focus on how Australian military history of the last century...

MHSA branch office bearers.(Brief Article)(Directory)
June 1, 2002... MHSA Branch Office Bearers ACT President Col Simpson 4th Monday of the Vice-President Brad Manera month Feb to Nov at Secretary/Treasurer Kristen Alexander 7.30 pm ...