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Michael Tyquin
Highlands to Deserts is the story of a small Australian Army engineering unit determined to use more than bricks and bridges to make a difference, not only to Australian Army…
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What happened to soldiers who suffered psychologically in the First World War? Here, this long-ignored aspect of Australian military history is closely and compassionately examined and linked with so-called shell…
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Forgotten Men is the long overdue account of the significant contribution to the Australian Army of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps in two world wars. One of the army’s smallest…
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When Australia entered the First World War in 1914, the Army Medical Services (AMS) had only recently been brought together after the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901. Like…
To be successful, a modern army needs logistical support to survive - to arm, feed, transport, and care for its soldiers. As history shows us the maintenance of health in…
The involvement of an Australian colonial military force in Britains Egyptian campaigns between 1883 and 1885 was very short, extending for only five months overall, including the pre-deployment phase. Consequently…
'Debil' is a sci-fi/ horror story set in outback Australia in the 1930s. A crack city detective is sent to help the local police solve a series of mysterious disappearances…
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"A war scarred veteran finds himself and saves another lost soul in the process." Lost and Found is a story about the experiences of a traumatised Afghanistan army veteran Greg…
In an action of outstanding gallantry during the Boer War, Neville Howse rode out to an injured man, dressed his wound, and carried the man on his back to safety…
