Sabretache articles from March 2005

Sabretache archives from March 2005

Editorial.(Editorial)
March 1, 2005... MHSA Biennial Conference 2004 The 2004 Society Biennial Conference was hosted by the Albury-Wodonga Branch on the NSW Labour Day Long Weekend, 2 to 4 October 2004. A very successful weekend was held with a number of excellent papers...

2006 MHSA Conference.
March 1, 2005... Adelaide, South Australia Easter Weekend, 15-17 April 2006 REGISTRATION OF INTEREST (Speakers/Presentations) The South Australian Branch will be hosting the Military Historical Society of Australia's Biennial Conference for...

Voyages to the war: the AIF at sea.
March 1, 2005... We had nine weeks on the water. We came round by Cape Town and had a good time at the Cape amongst the blacks. The people there gave us a great time while we were ashore. We were only ashore two days and the second day were quarantined for...

The evolution of an AIF battalion: the 7th Battalion at the Battles of Krithia (8 May 1915) and Lihons (10 August 1918).
March 1, 2005... To describe the battalions that landed at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, as enthusiastic amateurs, led by a few veterans of the Boer War and by citizen soldiers inexperienced in the art of modern war, is probably an apt description. After some...

1804 Private John Carroll VC: St Yves, Belgium (Battle of Messines) 7-11 June 1917.(Biography)
March 1, 2005... Twenty years ago I examined the evidence regarding the location of the hamlet where Private John Carroll, 33rd (NSW) Battalion was awarded the Victoria Cross. I concluded that the hamlet was not in France as many references frequently cite but...

Poetry as a primary source.
March 1, 2005... Like the Storm that's in the making When the rumbling thunder runs And the hills and valleys tremble THAT'S THE THUNDER OF THE GUNS. When the aiming posts are planted And the firing order comes, Then the layers...

Photo album.
March 1, 2005... Earlier year I was approached by the DVA to assist in identifying a photo album found at Norwood--Morialta High School by the School Principal among material about to be thrown out as part of the school refurbishment program. The album had been...

The day the planes "all fell into the sea": Darwin Raid 54-2 May 1943.
March 1, 2005... Any mention of Spitfires at Darwin usually brings the sort of stupid response, "Oh yes, didn't they get the hell beaten out of them by the Japs" or "they all fell into the sea out of petrol or something." (1) This is about the measure of...

Normandy 60 years on: myths and legends.
March 1, 2005... To those interested in military history that have read seriously on the D Day landings and the subsequent Normandy campaign, will be quite aware of the controversies surrounding the campaign. Were the British and Canadians supposed to break out...

Military records and your State archives.
March 1, 2005... The purpose of this paper is to try to make members aware of the types of military records they may find in their State archives offices and to give some examples that exist within South Australia. It is also hoped that these few notes might...

Victoria Cross Noticeboard.
March 1, 2005... Indian Mutiny VC sells for 130,000 [pounds sterling] The Victoria Cross awarded to Lance-Corporal Robert Kells, part of the Brian Ritchie collection of HEIC and British gallantry medals, was sold at auction on 2 March 2005 by Dix Noonan...

Inventing Anzac--the Digger and National Mythology.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... "Inventing Anzac--The Digger and National Mythology," Graham Seal, UQP, 2004 Most Australians would be surprised to learn that there were no Diggers at Gallipoli and that Anzac Day only grew slowly into the great spectacle it is today....

United States War Department. Handbook on Japanese military forces.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... United States War Department. Handbook on Japanese military forces. (Introduction by David Isby; afterword by Jeffrey Ethell), Baton Rouge, Louisiana State UP, 1995 (reprint of 1944 ed.), ISBN 0807120138, 403 pp., illus, in colour and b/w,...

MHSA branch office bearers.
March 1, 2005... MHSA Branch Office Bearers ACT President Col Simpson 4th Monday of Vice-President Brad Manera the month Secretary/Treasurer Feb to Nov at ...