#histbookchat based on the author's 2/2nd Battalion AIF experience of the Atape/Wewak campaign of 44/45 this really is a superb book

A slim volume but a fascinating study of the performance of 3 Australian Battalions under the stresses of jungle warfare on Bougainville. #hisbookchat

#histbookchat using cabinet papers in the Australian National Archives the author examines key points of the Australian war effort. As with all David Horner's books it's a good read.

#histbookchat A memoir from a member of the Australian Army Service Corps, Peter's book is beautifully written with an eye for army life.

On to the final Battalion of the 21st Brigade the 2/27th. #histbookchat

#histbookchat After completing the 30th Brigade histories it's off to the 21st Brigade. Kicking off the 2/14th Battalion. Dipping into the accompanying Men of the 2/14th adds a new dimension to the battalion history.

#histbookchat After reading the superb 39th Battalion book it's on to the much maligned 55/53rd battalion of the 30th Brigade. Love the inscription

Book haul! A slim volume I've been chasing for ages, a Brune monster and a whole new US Pacific reading theatre opened.

Time to start an in-depth look at the 30th Brigade. Hastily formed to defend Port Moresby in early 42. First up the 39th Battalion.

Oldest church in Lincoln? The cathedral? No, St Mary le Wigford. A clue is the Roman grave marker built into the tower with a later Saxon dedication carved above the Latin inscription.

Another super Philip Bradley book and fascinating to follow Peter Ryan's patrol from the Japanese point of view. 'fear drive my feet ' is one of my favourite books, got me digging out my wartime New Guinea maps to follow the route. #histbookchat

First book of the year and a departure from Australian military history. Government Patrol officer and PNG explorer Jack Hides. #histbookchat

#histbookchat . With the short battle of Temor over the war for survival as prisoners begins. As the men of the 2/40th a shattered into dispersed groups all over the Far East the author pieces their story together.

#histbookchat back on the POW reading. The Tasmanian 2/40th put up an outstanding 3 day defence of Temor before disappearing into the hands of the Japanese. Peter followed the story of their experience.

#histbookchat bit of a departure from my FEPOW reading. I've followed Rod's journey with his book and I'm overjoyed to get a copy. It's a fantastic tale of an Aussie soldier.

#histbookchat. The little known story of the 600 RAF and R.A officers and men who ended up at Sandakan in Borneo. As the name suggests it ends badly

August 1944 A Lancaster from 467 squadron RAAF based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. Alongside the nose art the crew have written their names at the position they occupy.

When Stan bit Winston. August 1942. Western desert. During an inspection by Winston Churchill private Stan Collins of the 2/23rd Battalion salutes smartly and asked “ how about a cigar sir?" A smiling Winston duly obliged Stan.

A UK find! Not often I'm that lucky with Australian battalion histories.

Produced to mark the 60th anniversary of the battle of the Somme this documentary captures a quiet different battlefield than that existing today. Presented by Leo Mckern youtube.com/watch?v=e8Ve...

Super work by the international Bomber command Centre. BBC News - Thousands of forgotten bomber crews recognised www.bbc.com/news/article...

2 memorials in Dunholm church

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I'm getting too old to be bullying kneeler stones into position

November 1942 Kokoda - Oivi Papua. After surviving initial capture by Australian troops the look of relief on one of the Japanese prisoners as he smokes an enemy cigarette is obvious, the other not so.

November 1942. Kokoda. With the capture of the airfield the supply of vital equipment is no longer reliant on the 7 day cross mountain line of Papuan native carriers.

A cold dog walk this morning with the Red Arrows

Rising sun plaques carved by a Lebanese monk in Syria to mark the competition of the Tripoli to Hiefa railway by Australian engineers in 1942. Some great work there by Brussels trained sculptor Na,Amthallah

Great set of photos showing Australian stonemasons at work in Syria. The presence of the guard with fixed bayonet indicates word of stonemasons knocking off early has got round

Old foes. Syria 1941. Sergeant Edward Picton DCM MM former 7th Light Horse, captured by the Turks in WW1 chats with a Syrian engine driver and former Turkish POW of the Australians in the same war.

A May 1916 trench map. Not as lively as other areas of the western front and regarded as a nursery sector but still plenty going on in the way of mine warfare

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Syria March 1942. Private Skipworth carves a plaque to commemorate victory in the recent successful Allied operations against Vichy french forces.

youtube.com/watch?v=VgNv... Australian and Allied prisoners of the Japanese tell the truth about a Japanese propaganda film they were forced to "Star" in. A remarkable film introduced by Brigadier Arthur Blackburn V.C.

Another glorious morning at Normanby le wold working on a 14 century church,at 162m the highest point in Lincolnshire.

Enjoyed the reading trip to Arnhem but back to Australia military history #histbookchat

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Really enjoyed Al’s in-depth look at 24 hours in the battle and recommend anyone to read it. @histbookchat

The final book of Ray Parkin's Japanese Pow trilogy. The survivors of the railway are shipped to the mines of Japan.

After an epic escape attempt Ray and his fellow HMAS Perth survivors are captured. Into the Smother covers their time with Dunlop force on the Burma railway

#histbookchat reading the first of Ray Parkins Japanese Pow trilogy. A fantastic book that leaves me wanting to learn more of HMAS Perth and her remarkable skipper Hec Waller.

This week's LAUGH OR FLY episode is UP THE ARRAS, 1917 a charming evocation of the stresses of Bloody April and facing the Flying Circus! It is not for the fainthearted that's for sure! Please share! Thanks! open.spotify.com/episode/7xFa...

A couple on the go at the moment. Peter's book brings the men of the 2/14th battalion to life. The early fights in Tobruk are vividly described in the superb 2/12th battalion history. #histbookchat

#HistBookChat following on from @petemonks.bsky.social Australian 9th Division at Alamein book. The Divisions first action against the Japanese in New Guinea after returning home.

#HistBookChat. Reading this fantastic account of a man who served in in the Independent Company /commandos in New Guinea and Bougainville. Also the subject of one of the coolest charcoal drawings ever.

#HistBookChat my book this week the worms eye view of a man in the 9th Battalion on Bougainville. A campaign the men began to see as unnecessary and which lead to morale and discipline issues.

My read this week, the story of the 2/5th Australian infantry battalion as told by an officer who served throughout the war with them. One of the few battalions to fight all the kings enemies Italians, Germans, vichy French and Japanese. #HistBookChat

Braga's biography of Arthur Allen didn't disappoint a fascinating honest study of the politics of the AIF which ultimately doomed him. #HistBookChat

Today's #HistBookChat is the 30th Battalion history. Some great photos and contributions. No glamorous battles just long hard patrolling in the south West Pacific.

Chuffed to find this battalion history in the UK, the 58/59th didn't enter the fight till 43 but saw some tough fights in New Guinea and Bougainville. #HistBookChat