Sabretache articles from March 2006

Sabretache archives from March 2006

Editorial.(Editorial)
March 1, 2006... As Editor of Sabretache I wish to join his family, the Victorian Branch and the rest of the Society in mourning the death of Society Life Member Barry Videon. Barry had over 50 articles published in Sabretache between 1958 and 1987. His last...

Porton: one beach too far--Bougainville 1945.
March 1, 2006... "We dropped rounds wherever we wanted... the Japs couldn't get near us." At a sprightly 80 years of age, David Frey Spark's eyes glistened as he relived the response to his calls for fire support covering the withdrawal from the...

Anzac Day.
March 1, 2006... In answering the question "Is Anzac Day central to Australian conceptions of national identity?" the short answer is undoubtedly yes; however to explain why, it is necessary to explore the entire notion of what the Australian national identity...

Maurice Vincent Buckley VC.(Obituary)
March 1, 2006... The January edition of the Cematorian notes the 85th anniversary of the death of Maurice Vincent Buckley VC the first Australian Victoria Cross recipient to pass away on return to Australia. The Cematorian is produced by the Brighton...

Knyvett Brothers: in the Boer War and First World War.
March 1, 2006... Members of the Military Historical Society of Australia who are interested in our Boer War involvement would be familiar with the above photo of members of the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (5th QIB) taken somewhere on the Veldt in South...

The search for Lt Col F.W. Bell VC: Part 2.
March 1, 2006... A chance contact in May 2005 put me in touch with Anthony Staunton, the current Editor of Sabretache, the journal that had published my original account of the search for Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Bell VC in 1997. (3) It was...

Gunner history: A Message from the RAA Representative.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Colonel Commandant--Major General Tim Ford, AO (Retd) The RAA Regimental Committee meeting on 26 October 2005 at the School of Artillery, Puckapunyal accepted the first report from their Historical Sub-Committee (HSC) which was formed on 19...

Timothy O'Hea VC.(The Singular Journey of O'Hea's Cross)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Elizabeth Reid. The Singular Journey of O'Hea's Cross, soft cover, 142 p., $C24.95 plus $C8 p&p see www.oheascross.com, Leamcon Press, Box 19, Yale BC VOK 2SO, Canada. One Of my first memories is as a 2 year old, dressed au natural,...

Viva la muerte!--A brief history of the Spanish foreign legion.
March 1, 2006... In October 1975 King Hassan II of Morocco engineered a popular movement aimed at ousting the Spanish colonial power from Spanish Morocco and incorporating the colony into the Kingdom of Morocco. The world watched tensely as King Hassan's...

Obituary--Neville Stanley Foldi 1930-2005.(Obituary)
March 1, 2006... "Nev" Foldi, who died in Canberra on 22 November 2005, was the longest serving member of the Federal Council of the Military Historical Society of Australia. He had been a Council member from 1978 to 2002. He was Sydney born and educated at...

Obituary--Kenneth George Laycock 1921-2006.(Obituary)
March 1, 2006... Ken Laycock, a long-serving member of the MHSA died on 12 January 2006. He had lived most of his life in Canberra and was a member of the ACT Branch for over 30 years. Ken's interest in military history was both studious and personal. Ken...

Obituary--Albert Raphael Guthrie 1927-2005.(Obituary)
March 1, 2006... The Victorian Branch of the Military Historical Society of Australia is saddened to report the passing of long time member Albert Raphael Guthrie in Melbourne on 8 December 2005. Gus as he was widely known had been a strong supporter of the...

Around the Water Cart.(Editorial)
March 1, 2006... Some sneaky person has obtained my photograph driving the Water Cart, and I understand the Editor intends to publish it at the front of my contribution to this issue. I hasten to say that it was taken after I was "demobbed", so I am wearing my...

150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross.(Bravest of the Brave: The Story of the Victoria Cross)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... John Glanfield. Bravest of the Brave: The Story of the Victoria Cross, Sutton publishing, hardback, ISBN 0750936959, 182 pp, 14.99 [pounds sterling]. A number of books have been published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the...

Peter Nielsen. North Queensland at war (day by day): Volume 1, Naval and merchant shipping movements (1939-1942).(New Releases)
March 1, 2006... Peter Nielsen. North Queensland at war (day by day): Volume 1, Naval and merchant shipping movements (1939-1942) 306 pages, Available from Nielsen publishing, PO Box 7226, Garbutt BC, Townsville Qld 4814 or fax 07 4056 5499, phone 07 4056 5400,...

Brian Bond and Kyoichi Tachikawa (Editors). British and Japanese Military Leadership in the Far Eastern War, 1941-45.(New Releases)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Brian Bond and Kyoichi Tachikawa (Editors). British and Japanese Military Leadership in the Far Eastern War, 1941-45, Frank Cass, ISBN 0714656593, 192 pages, 65.00 [pounds sterling] Some sixty years after the Far Eastern War ended, this...

David Wilson. The Brotherhood of Airmen.(New Releases)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... David Wilson. The Brotherhood of Airmen, Allen & Unwin, pb, ISBN: 1741143330, $35.00. The Brotherhood of Airmen is a complete history of the Royal Australian Air Force in action for anyone with an interest in aviation, the air force, or...

J.P. (Jim) Walshe, Splinter's story ... And We Were Young.(New Releases)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... J.P. (Jim) Walshe, Splinter's story... and we were young, Literary Productions, Sydney, originally published 1989, new edition 2005, revised 2005, ISBN 0646452371, 96 p., phone (02) 9528-0444, fax (02) 9528 4445, $19.95. Five vivid...

Kristen Alexander. Clive Caldwell Air Ace.(COMING SOON)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Kristen Alexander. Clive Caldwell air ace, Allen & Unwin Clive Caldwell was officially attributed with 27 1/2 victories and became Australia's highest scoring fighter pilot in World War II. In addition, he became an ace in both the Middle...

Neville Browning. The 52nd Battalion AIF, The history of the 52nd Battalion AIF 1916-1918.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Neville Browning. The 52nd Battalion AIF, The history of the 52nd Battalion AIF 1916-1918, 2005, hardback, 352 p., ISBN 0958067430, Available from Neville Browning, 8 Clune Court, Huntingdale WA 6110, skip@starwon.com.au, $60 plus $10 p&p ...

Carolyn Newman (editor). Legacies of our Fathers.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Carolyn Newman (editor). Legacies of our fathers, Lothian Books, October 2005, Card covers I 236 pp., RRP $29.95. In recent years, many former prisoners of the Japanese have written of their experiences in horror circumstances. These...

Geoffrey Parker (editor). The Cambridge History of Warfare.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Geoffrey Parker (editor). The Cambridge history of warfare, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521618959, 528 pages, $49.95 Geoffrey Parker is the Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History at the Ohio State University and the author or editor of...

Leroy Thompson. Secret Techniques of the Elite Forces: How to Train and Fight like the Elite and Special Operations Forces of the World.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Leroy Thompson. Secret techniques of the elite forces: How to train and fight like the elite and special operations forces of the world, Greenhill Books, London and Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania, 2005. ISBN 1-85367-652-7. pb, 207 pp., 60-plus b...

Ian D Skennerton. 7.62 x 39 mm SKS Carbine.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Ian D Skennerton. 7.62 x 39 mm SKS Carbine, Arms and Militaria Press, PO Box 80, Labrador, Qld 4215, 2004, ISBN 0-949749-61-3, pb, 36 pp., 50 plus b & w illustrations, $US5.00 or $A7.70 plus p&p. This interesting slim, but informative, book...