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Len Johnson was the Operations Officer 6RAR-NZ (Anzac) Battalion during Operation LAVARACK in Vietnam in 1969. He graduated from RMC Duntroon in 1955 and served in Malaya, England, Vietnam and the United States of America where he graduated from the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College. He commanded 4RAR and 2/4RAR and resigned from the Army in 1975. He is the author of a number of books, including: The History of 6RAR-NZ (ANZAC) Battalion, Volume Two, 1967 to 1970 and Love Letters from a …
Abstract Operation LAVARACK was an ambushing and reconnaissance-in-force operation conducted by the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment – New Zealand (Anzac) in Area of Operations (AO) Vincent in Phuoc Tuy Province from 30 May to 1 July 1969. During thirty- two days of continuous patrolling and ambushing, 6RAR-NZ defeated in battle two main force regiments and a district company, captured and destroyed hundreds of enemy bunkers, disrupted the Viet Cong administrative system in Phuoc Tuy Province …
Tony Cunneen is the Senior Studies Coordinator and teaches English and History at St Pius X College Chatswood. He has written two books, Beecroft and Cheltenham in World War One and Suburban Boys at War, as well as numerous articles on history, education and travel. He is currently researching the experiences of the New South Wales legal profession in the First World War as a project for the Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History. … Tony …
Abstract This article outlines the massacre of the 18th Battalion at Gallipoli in August 1914 and argues that the soldiers of that unit were needlessly lost as a result of being sent unprepared into battle and that their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Chapman was made a scapegoat for the debacle. The article refers to a number of eyewitness accounts of the battle and provides a rare glimpse into the behind the scenes interactions of those officers responsible for the operation. There was still …
Colonel Darren Kerr is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon. An Australian Intelligence Corps officer, he has seen operational service in Timor-Leste and Iraq, and will soon deploy to Afghanistan. He has also served as Defence Adviser to Pakistan and Afghanistan. He is currently the Director of Studies at the College for Defence and Strategic Studies. … Darren …
Bardia: Myth, reality and the heirs of ANZAC Written by: Craig Stockings, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2009, ISBN: 1921410256, 496 Pages. Abstract On 3 January 1941, Australian soldiers led an assault against the Italian colonial fortress town of Bardia. Two days later, after fifty-five hours of heavy fighting, the position fell to the Australians in a resounding victory. At a cost of 130 killed and 326 wounded, the Australians captured around 40,000 Italian prisoners and large quantities of arms and equipment. …
Dr Hugh Smith lectured in politics and military affairs at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and then at the Australian Defence Force Academy until his retirement in 2004. He is the author of numerous articles on armed forces and society and a book on the military and political ideas of Clausewitz. His most recent publication (with Nick Jans) on Australia’s reserve forces appears in Armed Forces & Society. … Hugh …
Calling Out the Troops: The Australian military and civil unrest: the legal and constitutional issues Written by: Michael Head, Federation Press, Sydney, 2009, ISBN: 9781862877092, 254pp Abstract This review essay examines the arguments of a new book on the use of the ADF to deal with civil unrest within Australia. Several arguments are set out which point to a growing capacity and inclination on the part of governments to use the ADF for such purposes. Various factors that constrain such use are …
