Wartime magazine issue 41

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Wartime Magazine (Summer 2008) - Conflicts 1945 to today - Australia's Asian wars - Desert campaign

Featured articles:

• Australia's other Asian Wars by Karl James. Australians have been serving in south-east Asia for over a decade before the Vietnam War.
• Suffer little children by Nigel Steel. Above all other conflicts, Korea is said to be the “forgotten war”, and the most forgotten are the civilians.
• One “Nasho's” war by Elizabeth Stewart. Despite the anguish, Richard Barry viewed national service as a privilege.
• Impressions of Peacekeeping by Ian Hodges. A new exhibit commemorates the thousands of Australians who have worked to bring safety to some of the most dangerous places on earth.
• A model gift by Steve Bullard. An innocent request had a prolonged sequel. The gift of relics from Japanese heavy cruiser Ibuki.
• Hugh and Harry by Norman H. Young. An act of kindness in 1942 forged a link with a father who died for his country
• The desert campaign by Peter Burness. Throughout the First World War the Australian Light Horse was central to British successes in the Sinai and in Palestine and Syria.
• Conspicuous gallantry by David Stewart. In the heroic charge of the Australian Light Horse against Beersheba, Major James Lawson led the way.
• Eloquent silence by Elizabeth Williamson. A simple idea began the tradition of two minutes silence, that honours the sacrifices of war.
• Bridging the divide by Josephine Kildea. Many Australian families relied on Miss Mary Elizabth Chomley, a remarkable woman, to stay in touch with their sons, husbands and fathers held prisoners of war during the First World Wars.
• With grateful thanks... by Joanne Smedley. Persistent work adds personalities to rare photographs
• Taking it on the road by Sven Knudsen. For ten years the Memorial has been taking the National Collection to Australians far and wide.
• Who was the man with the donkey? by Emily Robertson. A recent sale has re-ignited a decades old debate about the famous painting, The man with the donkey.

 

Details: Magazine, published 2008.

Format: Soft cover, illustrations, 72 pages.

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