Duncan Beard

Editor, Military History Section, Australian War Memorial

Private William Joseph Punch was one of more than 1,000 Indigenous men who volunteered for the First AIF.

Words of War: Defining War and Australian History

War can be surprisingly difficult to define

By Rachel Caines

& Duncan Beard

Frontier Wars

He belonged to Wagga book cover

He belonged to Wagga

Ian Hodges

Reviewed by Duncan Beard

An RAAF convoy, transporting the V2 rocket through Sydney, September 1957.

Rocket Science for Australians

The Memorial’s V2 rocket and Meillerwagen trailer have many stories to tell

By Duncan Beard

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Chasing Shadows book cover

Chasing Shadows

Kristy Campion

Reviewed by Duncan Beard