Sabretache articles from September 2002

Sabretache archives from September 2002

"Caught the cycling craze" AIF Cyclist units 1916-1919.(Australian Infantry Forces)
September 1, 2002... "'Twas Mulga Bill from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze." A.B. "Banjo" Patterson--"Mulga Bill's Bicycle" In the New Year of 1916, the Australian units in Egypt, recently withdrawn from the chaos and horror of the Gallipoli...

New Zealand's Colonial Defence Force (Cavalry) and its Australian Context, 1863-66.
September 1, 2002... This article is not designed to be a comprehensive history of New Zealand's Colonial Defence Force (CDF), but rather to provide an exploration into the history of a Corps rarely dealt with, and in this process shed light upon the significance...

Doctor of letters--Major Warren Perry.(University of Melbourne)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... The Society expresses its congratulations to Honorary Member and former MHSA Federal President Major Warren Perry MBE ED who earlier this year was awarded, by examination, the degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Melbourne. Major...

The British garrison in Australia 1788-1841: conditions of service soldiers.
September 1, 2002... It is unfortunate that the commonly accepted assessment of the British soldier in the period of transportation to New South Wales should have been formed on the widely quoted description by the Duke of Wellington that his soldiers were ` the...

57th West Middlesex Regiment 1825-1832.(Chronology)
September 1, 2002... 57TH WEST MIDDLESEX REGIMENT 1825-1832 The Die Hards Background 1756 Raised as 59th Regiment. 1757 Renumbered 57th. 1756-1775 Gibraltar, Minorca, Ireland....

In New South Wales.(British Army, 1825-1832)(Chronology)
September 1, 2002... In New South Wales 22 February 1825 First detachment reaches Port Jackson. 8 February 1826 HQ detachment reaches Port Jackson. March 1826 57th relieves 40th at Norfolk Island. September 1826 57th relieves 3rd at...

Obituary--Ronald Selwyn Garland MC.(Obituary)
September 1, 2002... MHSA member Ron Garland who was born on 18 November 1921 died on 18 June 2002. In 1944 he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry with the 2/3rd Independent Company. The following year he became one of only 15 Australians awarded a bar to...

MHSA Biennial Conference 2002.
September 1, 2002... The 2002 Seminar Labour Day Long Weekend Saturday 5-Sunday 6 October 2002 Canberra RSL Club, 13 Moore Street, Canberra The MHSA 2002 Seminar with the theme `Australian Military History--Lessons from the 20th Century for a new...

The Blue & White Diamond: The Unit History of the 28th Battalion, 1915-1919.(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... by Neville Browning available from the author 1 Giralia Parkway Ballajura WA 6066 $70.00 (p&p incl) The Blue & White Diamond is the history of the 28th Australian Infantry Battalion from its formation in 1915 at Blackboy Hill in Western...