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Author : Keith Joy Barrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)
Download or read book The Diary of an Australian Soldier written by Keith Joy Barrett and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Owen Ayton
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1925774236
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (257 download)
Download or read book Hell of a Time written by Philip Owen Ayton and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the last undiscovered personal accounts of an Australian soldier fighting to survive WWI
Author : David Goody
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648822806
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (228 download)
Download or read book Lismore to El Alamein written by David Goody and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consolidates the diaries of Thomas William Cure NX15442, an Australian soldier from northern New South Wales. They cover the period from his embarkation in Sydney on 30 August 1940, service in the Middle East and North Africa including the siege of Tobruk and the battles of El Alamein, and his return home on 2 March 1943. The strength of the diaries lies in them being contemporaneous, unfiltered by later experiences and the vagaries of human memory. The transcript of the diaries is as they were written; raw, uncensored and unedited. They portray that during one of the darkest periods in Australian history, 'keeping calm and carrying on' was the best way an individual could deal with a situation of this magnitude. It is as relevant today as it was during the Second World War.
Author : Keith Joy Barrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)
Download or read book The Diary of an Australian Soldier, Captain K.J. Barrett written by Keith Joy Barrett and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : K[eith] J.. Barrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (493 download)
Download or read book The Diary of an Australian Soldier written by K[eith] J.. Barrett and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amanda Laugesen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317173023
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book 'Boredom is the Enemy' written by Amanda Laugesen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War is often characterised as one percent terror, 99 per cent boredom. Whilst much ink has been spilt on the one per cent, relatively little work has been directed toward the other 99 per cent of a soldier's time. As such, this book will be welcomed by those seeking a fuller understanding of what makes soldiers endure war, and how they cope with prolonged periods of inaction. It explores the issue of military boredom and investigates how soldiers spent their time when not engaged in battle, work or training through a study of their creative, imaginative and intellectual lives. It examines the efforts of military authorities to provide solutions to military boredom (and the problem of discipline and morale) through the provisioning of entertainment and education, but more importantly explores the ways in which soldiers responded to such efforts, arguing that soldiers used entertainment and education in ways that suited them. The focus in the book is on Australians and their experiences, primarily during the First World War, but with subsequent chapters taking the story through the Second World War to the Vietnam War. This focus on a single national group allows questions to be raised about what might (or might not) be exceptional about the experiences of a particular national group, and the ways national identity can shape an individual's relationship and engagement with education and entertainment. It can also suggest the continuities and changes in these experiences through the course of three wars. The story of Australians at war illuminates a much broader story of the experience of war and people's responses to war in the twentieth century.
Author : Mark Johnston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521523233
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (232 download)
Download or read book At the Front Line written by Mark Johnston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the Front Line draws on a plethora of letters, diaries and documents written by over 300 Australian soldiers in the field to present a picture of the hardships and triumphs of their wartime experience. Mark Johnston analyses the suffering of front-line soldiers caused not only by the opposing force, but also by the conditions imposed by their own army. The book details the physical and psychological pressures of life at the front and shows how soldiers survived or surrendered to unbearable environments, fear, boredom and the constant threat of impending death. The myths of mateship and equanimity are brought under scrutiny. Much hostility can be explained by competition between ranks and the perceived hostility of superiors. The author investigates the immense strain that led to many breakdowns and the characteristic forebearance that saw so many others through.
Author : Paul Ham
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 0730400581
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Captain Bullen's War written by Paul Ham and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2010-01-31 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarity of M*A*S*H meets the satire of Catch 22 in one distinctive Australian voice. 'We need to send our survey party there!' (pointing to map) 'But Colonel, we cain't do it. that's the most insecure area in the whole country!' 'Insecure? Goddamn it! the greatest concentration of American troops in the country is there!' 'Yes Colonel, and have you considered why the greatest concentration of American troops is right there?' CAPtAIN BULLEN'S WAR combines the irreverent humour of M*A*S*H with the sharp satire of Catch 22 in portraying one man's extraordinary experiences of the war in Vietnam in 1968, the bloodiest year of the conflict. the difference is that neither Captain John Bullen nor his experiences are fictional. Nor was he a reluctant soldier. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and a career soldier in the Australian Army, Bullen commanded the vital map-producing section of the Australian task Force at Nui Dat. Alert to the possibility of humour in the bleakest circumstances, he decided to chronicle the events around him. What emerges is one of the most darkly funny and lacerating accounts of the Vietnam War ever written. Strewn with wonderful character sketches and hilarious anecdotes, CAPtAIN BULLEN'S WAR is more than just one man's insightful account of the absurdity of war. He perceives with unsparing clarity the nature and enormity of the conflict around him. A thoughtful, decent man, Bullen's is a voice of sanity in a world gone mad.
Author : Mark Johnston
Publisher : NewSouth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1742245226
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Derrick VC in his own words written by Mark Johnston and published by NewSouth Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom 'Diver' Derrick VC DCM was Australia's most famous fighting soldier of World War II. Derrick fought in five campaigns, won the highest medals for bravery, and died of wounds sustained while leading his men in the war's last stages. His career reached its climax on the jungle-clad heights of Sattelberg in New Guinea, where he won the Victoria Cross by spearheading the capture of seemingly impregnable Japanese defences. The diaries Derrick kept throughout his campaigns, from Tobruk to Tarakan, are among the most important writings by any Australian soldier. Those diaries and all his other known wartime correspondence and interviews are published here for the first time in their entirety. 'Diver' had only a rudimentary education, but his intelligence, humour, ambition and fighting outlook shine through his words. Edited and annotated by Mark Johnston, one of Australia's leading authorities on World War II, this book provides unprecedented insights into the mind and the remarkable career of one of Australia's most decorated and renowned servicemen. 'Australia's leading World War II historian reveals Australia's most intriguing Victoria Cross winner – an enticing and informative pairing!' — Professor Peter Stanley 'Brilliantly researched – a wonderful, enlightening insight into the life of Australia's most remarkable frontline soldier of World War II.' — Professor David Horner 'Few historians would be better suited to writing about the soldiers' battles, weapons and equipment during the Second World War than Mark Johnston. Over the past decade he has become the leading historian on the experience of Australian soldiers during the war.' — Karl James, Wartime Magazine
Author : Jonathan King
Publisher : Scribe Publications
ISBN 13 : 1922070912
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Gallipoli Diaries written by Jonathan King and published by Scribe Publications. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gallipoli, for the average australian, is the most famous battle that our volunteer soldiers ever fought, because it was our first entry as a nation into the war, and our people were keen to prove themselves. It would be, however, a long time before the families back home, and the nation as a whole, heard of the terrible conditions on the peninsula and the waste of life that took place there. Although Gallipoli was a crushing defeat, it was, and still is, celebrated as a victory. In this updated commemorative edition, published 100 years after the 25 April 1915 landing, the Gallipoli story is told day by day, using the words of the diggers, drivers, soldiers, and war correspondents at the front-line. War historian Jonathan King has gathered together an unequalled series of extracts from letters and diaries, written by hundreds of Anzacs at Gallipoli, accounting for every one of the 240 days of the eight-month campaign — and even identifying the actual days of the week. Reading the men’s own words, including misspellings and mistakes, we share in the soldiers’ experiences. These Australians, of exceptional calibre and good cheer, each wrote for different reasons, although many made light of their hardships. It is all here — the fear, the frustration, and the boredom, as they scrounged for bully beef; went mad from the flies, the lice, and the stench of the unburied dead; swapped cigarettes with enemy Turks; dodged shrapnel while swimming at the beach; celebrated birthdays; sheltered from rain and shivered in snow; and waited for action while praying for deliverance. Although generals, historians, and war scholars have had their stories told many times, it is only now, when we read the private words of the men at the front-line, that we can glimpse what Gallipoli was really like.
Author : Thomas William Victor Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (939 download)
Download or read book An ANZAC's War Diary written by Thomas William Victor Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of war is seen through the eyes of a young Australian soldier, Vic Richardson. In his diary we have graphic accounts of trench warfare, enemy shelling and the impact of German gas and the Allied tanks. The author also describes leave in Paris and recuperation in Europe. The war against mud, rain, frost, snow, rats and lice are all described in detail.
Author : Bill Gammage
Publisher : Melbourne University
ISBN 13 : 9780522854947
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (549 download)
Download or read book The Broken Years written by Bill Gammage and published by Melbourne University. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated edition first published by Penguin Books, 1990.
Author : David Millie
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813143276
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Team 19 in Vietnam written by David Millie and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Australian Army veteran offers a rare glimpse into the multi-national operations of the Vietnam War in this vivid and thoroughly researched memoir. In Team 19 in Vietnam, David Millie offers an insightful account of his twelve-month tour with the renowned Australian Army Training Team Vietnam in Quang Tri Province—a crucial tactical site along the demilitarized zone that was North Vietnam's gateway to the south. This firsthand narrative vividly demonstrates the importance of the region and the substantial number of forces engaged there. Drawing from published and unpublished military documents, his personal diary, and the letters he wrote while deployed, Millie introduces readers to the daily routines, actions, and disappointments of a field staff officer. Millie also discusses his interactions with province senior advisor Colonel Harley F. Mooney and Major John Shalikashvili, who would later become chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. Few Australian accounts of the Vietnam War exist, and Millie offers a fresh perspective on the year after the Tet offensive. He contends that responsibility for the catastrophe inflicted on Vietnamese civilians is shared by an international community that failed to act effectively in the face of a crisis.
Author : Darren Paech
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781539813460
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (134 download)
Download or read book Adelaide to Alamein written by Darren Paech and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1940, following the Nazi invasion of France, Ivor Paech, an ordinary primary school teacher from South Australia, enlisted in the Second AIF - the all-volunteer fighting component of the Australian Army in World War II. The unit he was assigned to would become Australia's most highly decorated infantry battalion of the conflict - the 2/48th Infantry Battalion. Ivor served in the front lines in North Africa during the Siege of Tobruk, both battles of Alamein, and bore witness to some of the most violent fighting undertaken by Australian soldiers during the war. This is Ivor's story, compiled by his grandson who is a former Army officer, based on the diary he kept during the conflict, background research and interviews with surviving members of the unit.
Author : Wes Hennessey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781760291853
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (918 download)
Download or read book H The Diary of a Modern Warrior written by Wes Hennessey and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Wilson
Publisher : Lothian Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9780734411914
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (119 download)
Download or read book My Mother's Eyes written by Mark Wilson and published by Lothian Children's Books. This book was released on 2011-03-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fifteen-year-old Australian farm boy lies about his age to enlist to war and is caught up in the horrors of World War I in Egypt and on the Western Front, where 5,500 Australian troops were lost in two days at Fromelles alone. This boy s story in this unique, stirring picture book is based on true stories of the twenty-three teenage soldiers one only fourteen who fought with the Australian army in World War I, as recorded at the Australian War Memorial (their names among a list of 60,000 Australian soldiers killed in that war). The author s grandfather was a boy soldier who, unlike the hero of the book, did survive to return home. Told in the boy s own simple language and with extracts from his letters home, the story is extremely moving and evocative of the real tragedy of that worst of all wars. More information and teachers' guide available at www.mymotherseyes.com.au
Author : Effie Karageorgos
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147258581X
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Australian Soldiers in South Africa and Vietnam written by Effie Karageorgos and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South African and Vietnam Wars provoked dramatically different reactions in Australians, from pro-British jingoism on the eve of Federation, to the anti-war protest movements of the 1960s. In contrast, the letters and diaries of Australian soldiers written while on the South African and Vietnam battlefields reveal that their reactions to the war they were fighting were surprisingly unlike those on the home fronts from which they came. Australian Soldiers in South Africa and Vietnam follows these combat men from enlistment to the war front and analyses their words alongside theories of soldiering to demonstrate the transformation of soldiers as a response to developments in military procedure, as well as changing civilian opinion. In this way, the book illustrates the strength of a soldier's link to their home front lives.
