Hill 60 and the lost 18th: Aug. 27, 1915
Survivors of the 1st attack on Hill 60 were marshaled for a 2nd attempt, on August…
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Hill 60 and the lost 18th: Aug. 22, 1915
The 18th Battalion’s recruits from the Sydney area (including Mosman) were described by official war historian…
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Mosman man, mort pour la France
Ground by Douaumont Ossuary, near Vurdun. Photo by Taylor S-K (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Mort pour la…
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Remembering Major T.H. Redford, at The Nek
George W Lambert Cartoon for ‘The charge of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at the Nek’…
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From H.36.a.1.1 to N.10.b.0.5
These are orders for the 8th Australian Field Ambulance ahead of the attack on Fromelles in…
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Gallipoli 2015
This year the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Gallipoli commemorated the centenary of the landing there…
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Burning Bridges: ANZAC in hindsight, 100 years on
Charles E.W. Bean’s descriptions of events are invaluable as a primary source. He had a high…
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The death of a gallant and erudite soldier
Studio portrait of Major General Sir William Bridges KCB CMG. Photographer: Alice Mills, Melbourne. (AWM A02867)…
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Hitler’s Lost Spy: Mosman’s Nazi Spy
While this book isn’t about the First World War it is a fascinating story about espionage…