Using converted WW1 Army Grid Referencing Systems to identify locations where Australian soldiers fell Europedoi:10.1080/23729333.2021.1877890Trench MapsConformal transformationGoogle MapsTopographic maps (1:40,000) used by the British Army on the Western Front in World War 1 had a five-part Grid ...
The quality of manufacture of this ID disc and the dates suggest it was made deliberately as a souvenir by a skilled craftsman. The span of years allows the owner to gaze on this disc and cast his mind back to his time in army service. Patrick Donohoe enlisted into the AIF in 1915 at...
The quality of manufacture of this ID disc and the dates suggest it was made deliberately as a souvenir by a skilled craftsman. The span of years allows the owner to gaze on this disc and cast his mind back to his time in army service. Patrick Donohoe enlisted into the AIF in 1915 at...
However, the Australians had more to contend with than the ghosts of the Anzacs. For a start there was also poor leadership. Their CO had an outstanding WW1 and WW2 military record but from Gerster’s analysis, was not the right man for a different kind of job in such an unfamiliar pl...