Sabretache articles from June 2003

Sabretache archives from June 2003

Mission 101--the Operational Centres: the hidden Australian involvement in Ethiopia--WW2 and the formation of the Special Operations Executive, "SOE".
June 1, 2003... Preface Mission 101 started its days as a covert operation planned by Britain's Military Intelligence community MI(R). The Mission was designed to open a second front in North Africa by inciting rebellion against the Italian occupiers of...

Operation 'Potshot'--Exmouth Gulf 1942-44.
June 1, 2003... Introduction The impact of the United States entry into the Pacific war was more noticeable on the east coast of Australia than elsewhere. However, residents of Western Australia were concerned about the threat of a Japanese incursion,...

Society members honoured.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Clem Sargent 9 June 2003--Queen's Birthday Honours Medal of the Order of Australia For service to the community, particularly through the Military Historical Society of Australia. Paul Anthony Rosenzweig...

Armstrong's protected barbette mechanical loading system for South Australia.
June 1, 2003... In 1997 I had the pleasure of reconstructing the carriage and platform for one of the two existing 10 inch 20 ton RML (Rifled Muzzleloading) Armstrong guns at Fort Glanville, South Australia (SA). (1) In 2001 the mechanical loading system was...

Member requests.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Sabretache back issues Ron Kirk is seeking back copies of Sabretache--before Vol. VII, No.3, Jan 1965. He will cover any postage costs. Contact Ron Kirk at 18 Osborne Court, Hawthorn Vic 3122 or phone 03 9819 3527. World War I...

An Australian perspective on the English invasions of the Rio de la Plata in 1806 and 1807 (1).
June 1, 2003... On 13 September 1806 Prime Minister William Grenville and his ministers in London received a despatch from Brigadier-General William Carr Beresford in Buenos Aires informing them of the capture of that city on the preceding 27 June by the small...

The British garrison in Australia 1788-1841: military supervision of convict work gangs. Part 2: the great roads.
June 1, 2003... The Great North Road Although a settlement had been established at Newcastle by sea in 1810 and development had grown along the Hunter River to Wallis Plains (now Maitland) by 1818, the land barrier between the Hawkesbury and Hunter Rivers...

Amendments/Errata.
June 1, 2003... Convict Work Gangs: The British Garrison in Australia 1788-1841 Military Supervision of Convict Work Gangs. Part I Sabretache, Vol XLIV No 1, March 2003, pp. 31-42 1. The plans of stockades mentioned on pages 38/39 were not shown due to...

Ian Wood. Transvaal: The Boer War 1899-1982, Goulburn and District Volunteers.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... March 2002 Ian Wood 38 Bainton Cres Melba ACT 2615 One of the most valuable contributions to mark the centenary of the Boer war has been the small shelf of varied publications from diligent researchers tapping into the columns of small...

Ross McMullin. Pompey Elliott.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Scribe Publications, 2002.718pp. Maps, charts of formations and commanders, photographs. $45.00 Revered by the men he led, admired for his tactical skill, a stern disciplinarian and a legendary 'character' who inspired his men to...

George Franki & Clyde Slatyer. Mad Harry: Australia's Most Decorated Soldier.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Simon & Schuster Kangaroo Press ISBN 0731811887 paperback $29.95 Henry William 'Harry' Murray VC CMG DSO DCM is Australia's highest decorated soldier. Murray with the VC, two DSOs and the DCM was the only Australian VC recipient other than...

John Walter. The World's Elite Forces Small Arms and Accessories.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Greenhill Books, London, 2002. ISBN 1-85367-496-6 Hard cover, landscape format, 22 x 15 cm, 144 pp, 117 b & w photos and line drawings 14.95 [pounds sterling] + p&p. One never knows what Greenhill Books will publish next in their Military...

Identification Handbook of British Grenades: 1900-1960 (Numerical Series).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... by Rick Landers. Published by Landers Publishing, PO Box 3082, Dural, NSW 2158, Australia. ISBN 1-876713-13-5. Paperback, 48 p, 110 b & w illustrations, 21 x 27 cm. Price $11.00. To order, phone Landers Publishing on 02 9651 2645. This...

Letters to the editor.
June 1, 2003... Laying up of Colours In the March 2003 edition of Sabretache, Neville Foldi expressed concern about the laying up of Colours in a museum. He opined that Colours, once consecrated, should only by laid up in a church but welcomed other...