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Ray Beattie – Image for a Dead Man
Death through absence. Vietnam veteran Ray Beattie's controversial 1980 painting "Image for a Dead Man" expresses a soldier's grief at the loss of comrades and a statement about the repercussions of war. Lest We Forget.
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A Bridge Too Far – Arnhem September 1944
On 17 September 1944, the Allies launched Operation MARKET GARDEN, the ill-fated attempt to create a 103km corridor through German...
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EDITORIAL: Australian Chief of Army’s directive re use of ‘death’ symbols
In early April 2018, the Chief of Army, Lt. Gen. Angus Campbell, a former Australian SAS officer, released a memo...
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The Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience. Perth 29 November – 11 December 2016
The Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience is a traveling exhibition that mainly tells the story of Australia’s involvement in the...
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Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance galleries
I’ve just returned from a weekend trip to Melbourne and on Sunday afternoon, just before heading to the airport I...
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Tirailleurs Tonkinois (Lintap) circa 1885.
This photograph, showing indigenous Indochinese infantrymen is number 16 in a series that was taken by one Dr Hocquard who...
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Information for the Vietnam war historian
I’ll add this to the links list, but for anybody interested in the conflict in Indochina, the Vietnam War Resource...