non-fictionA Memoir of Korea, Vietnam and Life Beyond the Battlefield

Booknon-fictionAustralia's Involvement in the Korean War

A bound volume of 96 pages featuring an image of an Australian soldier carrying an injured child on the cover. This publication includes 11 maps in colour as well as black and white and colour illustrations.A revised short history of the Australian Army beginning with Aboriginal resistance to settlement; through an examination of the service of colonial forces in the Sudan and Boer Wars; both World Wars, Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan. It contains a detailed section explaining the history and traditions of the Australian Army including patches, badges, the slouch hat and the Rising Sun badge.australian military, military history

combat report: punitive raids on iraq, somalia humanitarian relief effort, briefings: westland lynx, fuerza aerea venezolana, c-17 globemaster iii feature, mosaeroshow feature, focus aircraft: general dynamics f-111 (44 pages), variant briefing: dassault mirage iii/5/50 part 1, pacaf – usaf in korea and japan photo feature, air power analysis: hungary

briefings: raaf scherger: the last bare base, exercise pitch black 98, rsingaf helicopter training in australia, greek air force t-33s, chilean af at red flag, air power analysis update: argentina, dam-pam ’98 french army exercise feature, us airborne command and control systems, focus aircraft: lockheed martin f-16 block 40 and beyond (50 pages), variant briefing: mig-29 ‘fulcrum’, us army aviation in korea photo feature, air power analysis: bulgaria

Over 100,000 Australians have laid down their lives in the service of their coutry during the past 100 years. Conflicts including the two world wars, Korea and Vietnam have bee fought by young men from every state in the country. vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - participation, australian, australia - armed forces - history, first world war, second world war

Over 100,000 Australians have laid down their lives in the service of their coutry during the past 100 years. Conflicts including the two world wars, Korea and Vietnam have bee fought by young men from every state in the country. vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - participation, australian, australia - armed forces - history, first world war, second world war

fictionFrom Korea to Vietnam, on earth or up to the stars, in fighters or in spaceships, the comradeships and rivalries, the glories and the tragedies combine to make this an exhilarating novel of US Airforce life - a novel as glorious and glamerous as flight itselfvietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, us air force

Illustrated book with blue cover. Front cover has a coloured illustration by Vivian and Marjorie Mare of a nurse in uniform standing in front of a plane, the title is printed in blue and the author's name printed in white. Title and author's name are also printed in white on the spine. The back cover has a collage of black and white photographs of RAAF personnel including nurses. Limited edition of 1000 copies.non-fictionEstablished in July 1914, the Royal Australian Airforce Nursing Service (RAAFNS) personnel expanded from 45 in December 1940 to 616 in December 1945. Miss Margaret Irene Lang was appointed Matron-in -Chief and her staff's conditions in service were similar to those of the Australian Army Nursing Service. The nurses were originally attached to RAAF bases in Australia but later served in New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. With the Medical Air Evacuation Transport Unit (MAETU), established in 1944, nurses helped with aerial evacuation of casualties and were involved with the liberation of Prisoners of War from Singapore and other areas. The service was disbanded at the end of World War Two, but in 1948 a peace-time service was formed, and the RAAF nurses have served in the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War. They continue to care for the sick and injured at RAAF hospitals. Includes honours, awards and the nominal roll of RAAFNS 1940-1952.royal australian air force nursing service-history, world war 1939-1945-medical care-australia, military nursing-australia, nurses, nursing

Norman Tupper, refer Cat No 6860.Australian Military Forces Soldier's Pay Book No C668049 Yellow colour, stamped Cancelled.Army No: 5/1455 Surname: Tupper Christian Names: Norman Ouyen is written on bottom right corner.documents - army records, military history - army, passchendaele barracks trust

Index, ill, p.548.non-fictionComprehensive history of the Australian involvement in the Korean conflictkorean war 1950-1953 - australian involvement, korean war - commonwealth forces

Index, ill,maps, p.64non-fictionBrief history of the Korean warkorean war - commonwealth forces, korean war 1950-1953 - history

Index, ill, maps, p.128.non-fictionBrief review of the history of the Korean warkorean war 1950-1953 - history, korean war - commonwealth forces

The eighteen men are assembled at the Greek Returned Servicemen's League hall which was located in Russell Street, Melbourne. The honour board, erected in memory of Greek soldiers, features battle fields where the Greek army participated from 1821, the beginning of Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire, through to World War 2 and the Italian and German occupation of Greece. The man seated in front in an army uniform is an American serviceman. Seated fourth from the left is Spiros E. Raftopoulos who was president of the organisation from 1944 - 1968. Today the Hellenic RSL sub-Branch of Victoria represents and supports the Greek Australian veteran community. In 1978 the organisation joined the Returned and Services League of Australia. The Hellenic RSL sub-Branch commemorates all the Greek and Australian national days each year and proudly marches on Anzac Day in Melbourne, alongside veterans from the wars of Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan and earlier wars. On Anzac Day 2013 members of the IPS took part in the Anzac Day march for the first time. Greek national days are commemorated with wreath-laying ceremonies inside the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, at which the IPS participates.A black and white photograph of eighteen men seated and standing in front of an honour board, which has curtains on either side of it.

Index, ill, maps, p.476.non-fictionChronicles the Korean War with over 200 interviews of veterans, including the Chinese. korean war - history, cold war - history