Stories of the Dat Do Dogs is an exhibition by Jack McLain using wet plate photography and featuring portraits of 50 Vietnam veterans and nurses.
Radji Beach on Bangka Island is peaceful and beautiful. But it is also the scene of the largest-ever loss of Australian servicewomen in a single event.
Radji Beach on Indonesia’s Bangka Island is beautiful. But it is also the scene of the largest-ever loss of Australian servicewomen in a single event.
Anyone considering a career in the armed forces should learn an old school motto,Honor non Honores - seek honour above rewards.
The document in Kerry Stokes’ hand cast a shadow over Ben Roberts-Smith. Precisely what the media mogul hoped to achieve by approaching one of Australia’s most influential military men in 2017 is unclear,but it was the start of a campaign.
Our memorials should be unafraid to tell Australians the unvarnished truth:that one of our greatest war heroes is also one of our greatest war criminals.
A statue in his home town of Tallangatta has been unveiled to Sandy,the only horse to return to Australia from World War I service.
The Centaur’s white hull was adorned with large red crosses. Yet in the hours before dawn,the ship of mercy was stalked by a Japanese submarine.
Despite a proliferation of cameras,our tradition of sending an official artist to capture conflict endures because,as one notes:“The point is not to do an accurate drawing of an aircraft carrier”.
Putting names to faces in photos of Australian soldiers who served as peacekeepers or went to war is crucial if their service is to be honoured,say veterans and historians.
It may have taken 10 years to become apparent,but the National Gallery of Australia is now bearing the costs of the ridiculously named “efficiency dividend”.