SABRETACHE

The Journal of the Military Historical Society of Australia
June 2008 Contents

 

5          The midshipman who changed the course of the Gallipoli Campaign

            John Meyers

 

8          Medical history in WW1 Archives

            Geoffrey Miller

 

9          Mounted troops at the Battle of Beersheba

            Roslyn King Pike Shepherd

 

21        Hugo Throssell’s conversion to socialism

            Peter Hopper

 

25        The ‘Jap Track’: The Japanese route to Wau, January 1943

            Philip Bradley

 

31        Mosquitoes bite at night

            Ken Wright

 

37        From Morseby to Normandy: The Story of HMS Bulolo

            Rohan Goyne

 

40          An historical account of the Ceylon Defence Force (1881-1949)

            Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe

 

45                First VC recipients to serve in Australia

            Anthony Staunton

 

49                Around the water cart

            Joe Furphy

 

53        New releases

 

57        Book Reviews

 

61                US Medal of Honor for Iraq

            Anthony Staunton

 

Society Notices

 

  4        Society mailing list by Peter Evans

30        Members requests for assistance

64        Society membership subscriptions for 2008-2009

64        Research enquiries

64        Society’s website links page

64        Sabretache Contributions

 

 

Published by authority of the Federal Council of the Military Historical Society of Australia.