Sabretache articles from September 2005

Sabretache archives from September 2005

Editorial.
September 1, 2005... Most members will receive this issue early October due to problems with the editor's computer. I will not bore you with the details but while most of my files were backed up I lost all me e-mail and contact details. Could all members who have...

2006 MHSA Conference.
September 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 2006. The...

The British Garrison in Australia 1788-1841: the mutiny of the 80th regiment at Norfolk Island.
September 1, 2005... The recorded histories of Norfolk Island during its time as a secondary penal settlement usually give detailed accounts of the convict uprisings of 1834 and 1846 (the 'cooking pot' mutiny) and the executions which followed them, but little is...

Compulsory military training (CMT) in Australia prior to the first world war.
September 1, 2005... Compulsory military training (CMT) was made law by the Defence Acts of 1909 and 1910 and took effect on 1 July 1911. It was the end result of continuous debate regarding the national defence of Australia. With the exception of a few, most...

The 1916 AIF mutiny.
September 1, 2005... On Monday, 14 February 1916, about 5000 AIF troops refused to accept the introduction of a new training manual and marched out of their Light Horse training base at Casula, 35 kilometres southwest of Sydney. They headed to nearby Liverpool...

The secret war 1914-1918 part one--the land war.
September 1, 2005... Espionage in war is as old as history. The Israelites under Joshua inserted spies into Jericho to reconnoitre before their attack. The Assyrians created an entire section of government devoted to intelligence. In all his campaigns, Alexander of...

British Free Corps (BFC): traitors to the King.
September 1, 2005... The British Free Corps of the Waffen SS was a small and little known unit of volunteers recruited from Commonwealth prisoners of war (POWs) from prisoner of war camps in German controlled Europe. This paper will examine the origins of this unit...

Medal of Honor for Iraq.
September 1, 2005... The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, March 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of Congress the Medal of Honor to Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith United States Army For conspicuous gallantry...

Victoria Cross statistics.
September 1, 2005... VICTORIA CROSS STATISTICS 1854-1904 1914-1919 1919-1935 Royal Navy 39 44 Royal Marines 4 5 British Army 345 ...

Around the water cart.(armed forces)
September 1, 2005... Joe says: Remember pen and ink? An extract from British Commonwealth Force, Korea, General Routine Orders No 145 of 7 September 1953: 225. Stationery--Use of Ball Pointed Pens. (a) Ball-pointed pens are provided only for those engaged...

Anthony Staunton. Victoria Cross--Australia's Finest and the Battles They Fought.(New Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Anthony Staunton. Victoria Cross--Australia's Finest and the Battles They Fought, pbk, ISBN 1740662881, illustrated with over 100 photos, 357 pages, $34.95 Now updated to also include all our George Cross winners, VC has been considered a...

Bruce Davies and Gary McKay. The men who persevered. The AATTV--the most highly decorated Australian unit of the Vietnam War.(New Books)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
September 1, 2005... Bruce Davies and Gary McKay. The men who persevered. The AATTV--the most highly decorated Australian unit of the Vietnam War, Allen & Unwin Australia, 1st edition 2005. pbk, ISBN 1741144256 b&w plates. 418 pp. $35.00 A history of the...

Jenny Macleod (Editor) Gallipoli: making history.(New Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Jenny Macleod (Editor) Gallipoli: making history published by Frank Cass in 2004, ISBN:0714654620, 208 pages, 60.00 [pounds sterling] This book traces the disparities in the memory of Gallipoli that are evident in the countries that...

Jim Haynes. Cobbers--Stories of Gallipoli 1915.(New Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Jim Haynes. Cobbers--Stories of Gallipoli 1915, pbk, ABC Books, 2005, 384 pp. $29.95 Cobbers is a collection of stories covering an extraordinary range of perspectives about an experience that is now part of our national psyche. There are...

James Hurst. Game to the Last, The Eleventh Australian Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... James Hurst. Game to the Last, The Eleventh Australian Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli, ISBN: 0195553314, 2005, 376 pages, $59.95 Perth born but Canberra resident James Hurst has written an exceptional story of the 11th Australian Infantry...

Lt-Col Charles S. Mollison (Retd). Long Tan and Beyond: Alpha Company 6 RAR in Vietnam 1966-67.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Lt-Col Charles S. Mollison (Retd). Long Tan and Beyond: Alpha Company 6 RAR in Vietnam 1966-67, Cobb's Crossing Publications, PO Box 82, Woombye, QLD; ISBN 0-9757507-1-2. Price: hard-cover $44.00, card-cover $33.00; 427 pages of good quality...

Peter Cochrane Tobruk 1941.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Peter Cochrane Tobruk 1941. ABC Books, 2005, Hard cover dust wrapper 116 pp. RRP $49.95 This well-illustrated portrayal of the siege of Tobruk uses photos from the Australian War Memorial's collection to provide an intense view of everyday...

Elena Govor. Russian Anzacs in Australian History.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Elena Govor. Russian Anzacs in Australian History, UNSW Press, 2005, 286 pp., illus, in b/w. Elena Govor has given voice in her most recent book to a part of Australian cultural history that until now has been largely unknown. Govor...

Rick Landers (Editor). British Commonwealth Web Equipment 1871-1944: Reprints of All Major British Commonwealth Load Carrying Equipment Instructions 1871-1944.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Rick Landers (Editor). British Commonwealth Web Equipment 1871-1944: Reprints of All Major British Commonwealth Load Carrying Equipment Instructions 1871-1944, Landers Publishing, PO Box 3082, Dural NSW 2158, (02) 9651 2645, ISBN 1-876713-14-3....

Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson. The Somme.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson. The Somme, UNSW Press, 0868409774, May 2005, 352 pp., hbk, 234x156mm: $49.95 The tragedy of the first day of the Somme, 1 July 1916, the bloodiest 24 hours in the history of the British Army, has had an...