Wartime 98 - Autumn 2022

wartime issue 98

The First World War

Featured articles: 

  • The little boy and the Hun by Thomas J. Rogers. Australian propaganda posters reveal an imperial view of the First World War.
  • Keeping them flying by Meghan Adams. Air Mechanics of the Australian Flying Corps played an essential part in early military aviation.
  • Victory and defeat by Nick Lloyd. Remembering the Western Front, 1914-18.
  • "My tanks were not to blame" by Meleah Hampton. The first battle of Bullecourt showed how one man could change everything.
  • Coalition warmaking by Meighen McCrae. The allies’ Entente Cordiale built military might against Germany in the First World War.
  • Kangaroos by the Pyramids by Duncan Beard. Diggers stationed in Egypt during the First and Second World Wars earned a reputation for trouble.
  • Rosenthal the man by Tim Kemm. Architect, musician, soldier, hero – he was “rare among brass hats”.
  • Life in the line by Rose Dryzek. Soldiers of 1RAR in Korea learned how to cope under extremely adverse conditions.
  • Plus regular features including Reflections, Collection Insights, In the Picture, Behind the Scenes, book reviews and Last Post.

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In this issue

Private Henry Horneman - Korea

Life in the Line

Soldiers of 1RAR in Korea

By Rose Dryzek

Korean War 1950 - 1953
A German stretcher bearer carrying a patient to an Aid Post.

A very rare stretcher

On a pallet at the Memorial’s Treloar Technology Centre is a very rare stretcher. 

By Emily Hyles

First World War 1914 - 1918
Film still of bayonet training in Australia Prepared

Australia Prepared

In 1916, the government sponsored war documentaries to be screened around Australia.

By Sarah Kershaw

First World War 1914 - 1918