Sabretache articles from March 2000

Sabretache archives from March 2000

Commemoration of Sergeant Lewis McGee VC.
March 1, 2000... For nearly eighty years, the grave of 456 Sergeant Lewis McGee of the 40th (Tasmanian) Battalion who was killed in action on 12 October 1917 showed that he had died a day later. Australian publications recorded that he was killed on the 12th...

Rupert Lowe, 4th Victorian Mounted Rifles.
March 1, 2000... The following is an extract from the memoirs of Rupert Lowe, a gentleman who lived for many years in my hometown of Geelong in Victoria. Rupert Lowe served in the South African War 1899-1902 with the 4th Victorian Mounted Rifles Contingent as a...

The Anzacs' Drum Major--Will Darwin.
March 1, 2000... I `met' William Darwin initially on the pages of the Everylady's Journal of 6 February 1918. It was the story he told of the little black cat he had rescued and cared for in the trenches in France and managed to bring back to Melbourne when he...

Australian and Canadian colour patches of World War 1--a comparison.
March 1, 2000... There is a tendency in Australia to regard the colour patch system of the First World War Australian Imperial Force as unique. While such patriotic devotion is laudable it is not entirely correct. The AIF's great Dominion counterpart in the...

The sailor on the Sydney Cenotaph.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... In `Around the Water Cart', Sabretache, December 1999, mention is made of the figures of the soldier and sailor on the Cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney. Details are given of the soldier model, Corporal William Darby, AIF, but the name only is...

The Boer War; Army, Nation and Empire. (Book Review).
March 1, 2000... Peter Dennis and Jeffrey Grey, The Boer War; Army, Nation and Empire -- proceedings of the 1999 Chief of Army/Australian War Memorial Military History Conference, Army History Unit, 2000 This volume contains the papers delivered at the...

Army History Unit Publications.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The Second Fifty Years: The Australian Army 1947-1997 -- Proceedings of the 1997 Chief of Army's History Conference (while stocks last) $10.00 1918: Defining Victory -- Proceedings of the 1998 Chief of Army Military History Conference...

Around the Water Cart.
March 1, 2000... A one-day seminar `Australians in the Korean War -- 50 Years On' will be conducted by the Royal United Services Institute of Victoria at Victoria Barracks, Melbourne on Saturday 8 April 2000. Speakers include MAJGEN Jim Hughes AO DSO MC (ret)...

New Zealand Brigade's first attempt to take Chunuk Bair, 7 August 1915. (Members' Notices).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... I have commissioned a painting by Allan Waite, a well known Australian military artist, depicting New Zealand Brigade's first attempt to take Chunuk Bair on 7 August 1915. If I am able to cover my print costs on the basis of a quantity of...

MHSA Biennial Conference 2000.(Military Historical Society of Australia)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... The 2000 Seminar Queen's Birthday Weekend 13 to 15 June 2000 Canberra The MHSA 2000 Seminar will be hosted by the ACT Branch, and in the Centenary year will have a primary focus on the centenary of the war in South Africa, and the 100 year...