Sabretache articles from September 2004

Sabretache archives from September 2004

From former MHSA Federal Secretary Clem Sargent.(Military Historical Society of Australia)(Editorial)
September 1, 2004... For some time I have been aware of criticism of our journal Sabretache, coming from some Branches of the Society, mainly that it is 'too academic', articles are 'not of interest', 'too long' and need to be 'more readable'. As a long term...

"Cleaning the augean stables." The Morotai Mutiny?
September 1, 2004... The Commissioner: The aim of your action was the improved situation. Group Captain Arthur: Yes. The Commissioner: To clean up the Augean Stables. Group Captain Arthur: Yes. (Commissioner to the Inquiry, John Vincent William...

Nakano agents and the Japanese forces in New Guinea, 1942-1945.
September 1, 2004... Even sixty years after the event, we know little of the undercover war in New Guinea. (1) Clandestine, unconventional activities of the Japanese who fought a long and occasionally inspired attack on the Allies have been even less publicised....

Correction to September 2003 edition.
September 1, 2004... The footnotes in the article 'Wilmansrust: The Battlefield Trials of the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles' by Max Chamberlain in the September 2003 edition of Sabretache were incorrectly printed as 3 to 20 instead of 1 to 18. The locality map for...

The action at Brakpan.(Boer War, 1899-1902)
September 1, 2004... I The Australian units in the Boer War were on operations in all nine provinces of the present-day South Africa, as well as in Zimbabwe. I have been unravelling their tracks across this enormous battlefield and analysing their actions, in...

A Crimean war medal with Australian provenance.
September 1, 2004... State Records, the public records office ('the archives') of South Australia, is the repository of all official records of the State and within its holdings, among the thousands of documents of governance and bureaucracy, are found the...

Ireland honours VC recipient.(Victoria Cross )(Obituary)
September 1, 2004... On 7 August 2004, for the first time since Independence in 1921, an Irish Government Minister dedicated the grave of a British Army soldier. Irish Minister for Defence Michael Smith joined British Ambassador to Ireland Stuart Eldon to unveil a...

Stolen Victoria Cross recovered.(Victoria Cross Noticeboard)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The Victoria Cross awarded to Ukrainian born Canadian soldier Corporal Filip Konowal that disappeared from the Canadian War Museum about 30 years ago was back on public display in Ottawa on Monday, 23 August 2004. Its whereabouts in those 30...

Obituary--Frank Naughton GC.(Victoria Cross Noticeboard)(George Cross)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 1, 2004... Frank Naughton GC, died on Friday 18 June 2004 aged 89. He had originally been awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal (EGM) for saving a fellow soldier from drowning while serving with the Royal Tank Corps in India in 1936. When the George Cross...

Civilian VCs.(Victoria Cross Noticeboard)(Vice Commodore)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Civilians can receive the VC in the rare case where they are directly under the command of the Defence Force. Officially there have only been 5 civilian awards, four in the Indian Mutiny and one in Afghanistan in 1879. The two posthumous WWI...

Around the water cart.
September 1, 2004... More about the rank of WO3 in the British Army. Thanks to the following who provided information: Richard Murison gave several examples from personal knowledge of holders of this rank in WWII in Highland Regiments and confirmed that the...

John Bellamy. Showers on Thursday.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... John Bellamy. Showers on Thursday, Maygog Publishing, Tasmania, 2004, pbk, 246pp,. ISBN: 0-9750548-3-X, $24.95 Nowadays, historians and commentators in the United States are increasingly referring to those who served in the Allied Forces in...

Ian Skennerton. 7.62 mm L42A1 Sniper, L39A1, 2A and Lee-Enfield Conversions.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Ian Skennerton. 7.62 mm L42A1 Sniper, L39A1, 2A and Lee-Enfield Conversions, Arms & Militaria Press, PO Box 80, Labrador Qld 4215, pbk, 48 pp,. 2004, ISBN 0-949749-48-6, $11.00. see www.skennerton.com. The subtitle of this informative...

Ian Skennerton and Brian Labudda. Australian SMLE variations: Factory production, parts identification lists, conversion notes, disassembly parts drawings bayonets and accessories.
September 1, 2004... Ian Skennerton and Brian Labudda. Australian SMLE variations: Factory production, parts identification lists, conversion notes, disassembly parts drawings bayonets and accessories Arms & Militaria Press, PO Box 80, Labrador Qld 4215, pbk, 48...

Alan K. Russell and W J Hennessey Battletanks.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Alan K. Russell and W J Hennessey Battletanks. Greenhill Books, London and Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania, 2003, ISBN 1-85367-562-8, Hbk, 160 pp., 14.99 [pounds sterling] For anyone trying to keep up with the latest front line tanks of...

Alan Gill. Interrupted Journeys: Young Refugees from Hitler's Third Reich.(New Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Alan Gill. Interrupted Journeys: Young Refugees from Hitler's Third Reich, Simon & Schuster, Pbk, 2004, ISBN 0731812298, $34.95 As the dark storm clouds of World War 2 threatened to engulf Europe a small number of German and Austrian...

Hew Strachan. The First World War.(New Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Hew Strachan. The First World War, Simon & Schuster, Hbk, 2003, ISBN 0743239598, $49.95 Hew Strachan, the Chichele Professor of History of War and Fellow of All Souls College at Oxford University has produced a one-volume work aimed for...

Ian Kuring. Redcoats to Cams: a history of the Australian Infantry 1788-2001.(New Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Ian Kuring. Redcoats to Cams: A history of the Australian Infantry 1788-2001, War Book Shop, 13 Veronica Place, Loftus NSW 2232, 02-9542-6771, 560 p., 2004, $49.00 see www.warbooks.com.au This long-needed book covers the gradual development...

Max Arthur, Symbol of Courage.(New Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Max Arthur, Symbol of Courage, Sidgwick & Jackson, hbk, 2004, 25.00 [pounds sterling] The Victoria Cross can only be awarded for 'most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion...

Brian Walpole. My war: an Australian commando in New Guinea and Borneo 1943-1945.(New Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Brian Walpole. My war: An Australian commando in New Guinea and Borneo 1943-1945, ABC Books, 2004, ISBN 0 7333 1463 5, pbk, $29.95. My war is the gripping, true story of one soldier's war in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. It is arguably...