Across the Miles
The Wallers Discover America by Road John and Sue Waller have recently returned from yet another magnificent road trip across the USA. The great advantage of travelling across America is that you will often find yourself a little overwhelmed by [¡K]
Normandy 9000
Peace Day and The Fallen Project In the month past, British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss accompanied by numerous volunteers, took to the beaches of Normandy with rakes and stencils in hand to etch 9,000 silhouettes representing fallen people [¡K]
Update on Gallipoli 2015 Ballot
Ballot Open at Midnight Tonight The ballot for places at Gallipoli on Anzac Day 2015 will open tonight at midnight, 15 November 2013 and close at midnight, 31 January 2014. This will allow plenty of time for interested Australians to [¡K]
The Battle of Maryang San, Korean War
October marks the sixty-second anniversary of a battle in Korea, described in the official Australian history of the conflict as “probably the greatest single feat of the Australian Army during the Korean War. The action was fought by the Third [¡K]
Gallipoli 2015 Ballot Update
As the Gallipoli Centenary draws closer, it is important for our tour participants and those thinking of travelling to Gallipoli to better prepare themselves for what will be once-in-a-lifetime commemoration event. The following is a short overview of the Australian [¡K]
The Capture of German New Guinea – 1914
Last September, when discussing the loss of the AE1, we mentioned the expedition to capture the German New Guinea territory in 1914. We return now to look at this, the first Australian force deployment of World War 1, in more [¡K]
Rewarding, Inspirational, Emotive
There are many reasons to visit the Western Front In recent years there has been a significant growth in the number of people wanting to visit the battlefield sites of the Western Front in Belgium and France. Much of the [¡K]
The Western Front
Aaron Pegram Takes You on a Personal Pilgrimage This year Aaron Pegram, who is currently the Australian War Memorial’s WW1 Military Historian, took a fantastic group of battlefield enthusiasts to the Western Front to retrace the path of the AIF [¡K]
The Attack at Lone Pine
A year ago we considered the overall plan for the August Offensive at Gallipoli in 1915. That overview came with the promise to return to the individual actions of the offensive and this month, as we draw closer to the [¡K]
Raising the Team
This month we come forward in time and take a look at an Australian unit that became both the longest-serving and most highly decorated of the war in Vietnam. The Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) was the first Australian [¡K]
