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Casualties of war.(Russian Anzacs in Australian History)(Well Done, Those Men: Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran)(Book Review)

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| November 01, 2005 | Morgan, Patrick | COPYRIGHT 2005 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Russian Anzacs in Australian History, by Elena Govor; UNSW Press, 2005, $36.00.

Well Done, Those Men: Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran, by Barry Heard; Scribe Publications, 2005, $29.95.

THESE BOORS have in common that their subjects fought for Australia in wars overseas, but when they returned they were neglected by the country that sent them, and found it hard to adjust to life afterwards.

Newspapers recently featured the case of a British-born Australian who fought in our forces during the Second World War. He had a British passport, which in those days was sufficient to live here. After the war he returned to live in Britain, but on wishing to ...

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