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Wartime Magazine (Summer 2003) - Papua battle reflections - Australia's Boer War - Minelaying cats - Bismarck Sea battle

Featured articles:

• The ‘other man’  by Anthony Staunton. A question remains over the participants in an inspiring action in France where two Victoria Crosses were awarded during the First World War.
• Buna, Gona and Sanananda. Compiled by Ian Hodges and Daniel Oakman.
  A photo-essay by Memorial historians for the 60th anniversary of these crucial campaigns.
• Missionary Martyrs by Tony Matthews. Betrayed by Papuan villagers they believed to be friendly, two young women met violent deaths.
• Australia’s Boer War by Craig Wilcox. Extracts from Craig’s new book; and The killing of Jan Dolley.
• The birth of regiments: Sudan 1885 by Ken Wright. Colonial allegiance to the empire led to the first contingent of soldiers leaving Australian shores to defend British interests.
• The battle of Magdhaba by Ian Hodges. A courageous ANZAC mounted unit won a decisive battle and signalled the end of desert fighting.
• Unique record of war against terrorism by Claire Baddeley. Official artist Peter Churcher’s compelling on-the-spot images make an outstanding contribution to the Memorial’s collection.
• Reflections of a war artist by Peter Churcher.
• Death due to friendly fire by Ashley Ekins. The life and death of WO2 Jack Kirby in Vietnam.
• Minelaying Cats by David Vincent. Catalina flying boats were the workhorses of the Pacific war.
• Cats on the Swan by Brad Manera.
• Dear Miss Chomley... by Nola Anderson. A meticulous administrator made life a little better for Australian prisoners of the Germans during the First and Second World Wars.
• The battle of Bismarck Sea by Robert Nichols. US and Australian air power destroys an entire convoy sending an unprecedented message to Japan .
• To the bitter end by Damien Fenton. HMAS Australia was a last minute replacement in a frustrating battle against the French in 1940.
• ‘Our little Imbros cottage’ by Peter Stanley. The house in which Charles Bean wrote some of his most important Gallipoli dispatches survives on the Turkish island of Imbros still survives.
• The ‘worst day’ under fire by Sergeant D. R. Baker. This letter sent to Vera Johns was written in hospital in Malta on 5^th May 1915, and describes the ANZAC landing on 25 April 1915.
• Murder at Sutton Veny by Peter Burness. The claim that “no Australian soldier was executed during the First World War” overlooks the little-known story of Verney Asser.

Details: Magazine, published 2003.

Format: Soft cover, illustrations, 72 pages.

Dimensions: 29.7 cm (h) x 20.2 cm (w) 0.5 cm (d) / 210 grams.