GENERAL
This Part provides details of publications and other materials generated by individuals, telling their own or others’ factual stories without official backing to do so. They differ from Part 2 mainly on the basis that the individual author/s are responsible for their product, not the organisation from which they came or write about.
ADDISON, Ronald (Ron)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 01 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Addison (2 RAR and 3 RAR) who served in BCOF, Korea and Malaya. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1248
Anonymous – Our mob served: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories of war and defending Australia
Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 2019
ISBN: 9780855750718
Coloured images, notes, index; 396 pages.
Comprises a series of chapter stories of ATSI Service personnel, several of which were with an RAR battalion. All are identified in the book.
ANONYMOUS – Stories of Australians at War
ABC Books Australia, Sydney, 2002
ISBN: 0733310788
236 pages.
Contains short personal exploits from the Boer War to the First Gulf War, and Peacekeeping operations.
ARPAD, Bacskai (Paddy)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 05 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Arpad (1 RAR and SASR who served in Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2029
A Tribute to WO2 John William (Jack) Roughley
Point and Shoot Online
A short story of the career of Roughley who served with K Force in Japan and Korea, then 6 RAR and AATTV in Vietnam. Accessible at https://pointandshoot.online/tribute-to-wo2-john-william-jack-roughley/
BEALE, Pat DSO, MC – Operation Orders: The experiences of an Infantry Officer: Malaya, PNG, Vietnam 1963-1970
Australian Military History Publications, Loftus NSW, 2003
ISBN: 1876439513
Index, 141 pages.
Contains descriptions of service in Malaysia, including operations in Borneo with 3RAR during the period 1963-65. Also included is service in Papua New Guinea during 1967-69 and operations in Vietnam with the AATTV during 1970-71.
BEARD, Donald
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 02 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Beard, a Regimental Medical Officer (BCOF and 3 RAR) who saw operational service in Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1187
BEVAN, Scott – Battle Lines: Australian Artists at War
Random House Australia, Milson’s Point NSW, 2004
ISBN: 1740513290
Bibliography, paintings; 310 pages.
War artists from the Vietnam War through to the First Gulf War, Iraq and Timor including by an ex-RAR soldier who became a war artist.
BLAKE (Bludger) Murray
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Blake (3 RAR, 5 RAR and7 RAR) who saw operational service in Malaya and Borneo. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1850
BOVILL, Kevin
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 03 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Bovill (1 RNZIR and 2 RAR) who served in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. He served in both the NZ and Australian Army including SASR in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/543
BRADY, Kevin (Butch)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 58 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Brady (2 RAR and 6 RAR) who served in Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1458
BRAMMER, Graham G – Bat on! Chaps: the Bob Parker Story
Hesperian Press, Victoria Park WA, 2015
ISBN: 9780859056175
B & W photographs; 84 pages.
A biography which concentrates on the Parker’s service, having served in WW II first, in Korea with the RAR, and as a POW in a North Korean camp.
BRUMFIELD, Lou
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 56 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Brumfield (1 RAR and 3 RAR) in Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1833
BURGESS, Pat – Warco: Australian Reporters at War
William Heinemann Australia, Melbourne, 1986
ISBN: 0855610565
Index, Bibliography, Illustrated maps; 254 pages.
Addresses the period of the Vietnam War and beyond from a war correspondence’s perspective.
BURNARD, Raymond
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 48 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Burnard (3 RAR and AATTV) who served in Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1918
BURNS, John
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
37 mins 52 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Burns (1 RAR,) who served in Korea, Malaya and Borneo. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/634
BURROWS, Leslie
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 20 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Burrows (3 RAR) who served in Korea with the UK Army, then Malaya and Borneo with 3 RAR, then Vietnam with RAAC. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1624
BUTLER, David
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 41 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Butler (BCOF, 2 RAR and 3 RAR) who served in Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1034
CALIGARI, Barry
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 59 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Caligari (1 RAR, 3 RAR, 7 RAR, AATTV) who saw operational service in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2383
CALLENDER, Garth – After Blast: AN Australian Officer in Iraq and Afghanistan
Black Inc/Schwartz Publishing, Collingwood VIC, 2019
ISBN: 9781863957380
Colour photographs; 247 pages. Also in e-book format at ISBN 9781925203301
RAR Author’s story; WIA on his first tour of Iraq with SECDET V, returned for a second tour as 2IC of SECDET IX. These were followed by a tour of duty of Afghanistan. Parent units (RAR battalions) are mentioned.
CANNARD, Patricia and SHEPPARD, Monica (Editors) – The Digger’s Own Stories
The Third Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Corporation / Victory Press Printing, Bribie Island, 2009
ISBN: Vol 1 9780 9807020 0 2
ISBN: Vol 2 9780 9807020 1 9
Vol 1 – captioned photographs; 342 pages.
Vol 2 – list of authors; 348 pages.
Over 250 personal stories, letters, tributes and poems. Articles comprising
personal stories, extracted from 21 years of 3RAR journal (Old Faithful) from every conflict in which 3RAR has served from Korea to Afghanistan. 150 authors, including ironically, Chin Peng, the leader of the enemy during the Malayan Emergency 1948-60 and then the Communist Insurgency/Second Malaysian Emergency 1968-89, the latter of which involved all RAR battalions through the provision of Rifle Company Butterworth.
CAULFIELD, Michael (Editor) – Voices of War: Stories from the Australians at War Film Archive
Hodder Australia, 2006
ISBN 10: 0733620507
ISBN-13: 978-0733620508
Index, credits, 451 pages.
The stories of ordinary Australians caught up by circumstances, and by duty. Personal stories of participants in all wars from WW 1 to Somalia. 1, 2 & 7 RAR are mentioned.
CARR, Martin
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 41 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Carr (2/4 RAR and 3 RAR) who served in UN operations and Gulf War 1991. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2030
CLARK, LG and NIXON Marion – Bulldust Baffles Brains
Marion Nixon Pty Ltd, Crawley WA, 1992 (1st Edition, 1997 (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 0 606 11080 2
Cartoons by Paul Rigby; 152 pages.
A supported autobiography that includes time in Japan and then Korea (with 3 RAR), part of a lifelong story that includes service with the SASR in Vietnam.
CLARK, Charles & FREDERICK, Arthur – My Other Family: the life and times of a boy soldier
No publishing details
ISBN: Nil
Colour and black & white photographs; 113 pages.
Autobiography that starts with his birth and continues through his service in Australia, Korea and Vietnam with the RAR.
CLAYTON, Nigel – Australian Infantry
This book has the same content as KELLY, Simon – The Long Road To Rwanda
Nigel Clayton (self published), 2005
ISBN: 0 9757409 0 3
Glossary, 172 pages.
This compilation of short stories takes the reader on a journey through 16 years of service in the RA Inf/RAR. It includes peace time training and time on operations, from 1981 to 1996.
CLEGG, Noel (Cleggy)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40mins 59 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Clegg (1 RAR and 6 RAR) who saw operational service in Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1950
COBLEY, Colonel Philip (Tom) – The Final Tally 1969-2009
The London Press, London, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-905006-96-0
ISBN: 9781905006991 (pbk) – 384 pages
Index, 278 pages.
An autobiography of his military career spanning forty years from entry to RMC Duntroon in 1969 for service in the Australian Army and thereafter in the British Army. Chapter Four covers his service in the RAR during the period 1976 -1984.
CONNOLLY, Bram – The commando way: A special forces commander’s lessons for life, leadership and success
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2020
ISBN: 9781760528638
Illustrated, 243 pages.
Author served in 1 and 4 RAR and then 2nd Commando Regiment. Service in all three feature in this book which includes serve in Somalia, East Timor and Afghanistan.
CORRIGAN, Brian – In Harm’s Way
Pan MacMillian Australia, 2008
ISBN: 9781405038676
ISBN: 9781742624853 (e-book)
ISBN-10: 1405038675
Colour plates; 261 pages.
In late 2006 Brian Corrigan led an SAS team into Lebanon to retrieve the two small children of Melissa Hawach. In Harm’s Way is Brian’s story of what happened in Lebanon – their daring rescue mission and subsequent capture. Includes details of Corrigan’s background, and service with 3RAR and his two tours of East Timor prior to leaving the Australian Army. Several different ISBN identified.
COSGROVE, Peter General – My Story
Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd, 2006
ISBN: 0732283841
ISBN: 9780730445180
ISBN 10: 0730445186
Index, 468 pages.
General Cosgrove’s autobiography includes his service with 1RAR in Malaysia 1969; 9RAR and the 1st ATF Defence & Employment Platoon in Vietnam 1969-1970; 5/7 RAR, CO 1 RAR and later, command of HQ 1st Div/DJFHQ, and INTERFET in East Timor 1999-2000, then CGS and CDF.
COSGROVE, Sir Peter – You shouldn’t have joined … : a memoir
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2020
ISBN: 9781760878528
Illustrations; 440 pages.
Autobiography of General Sir Peter Cosgrove who served at every level of command in the RAR, and the ADF, retiring from service at the Governor-General.
COSGROVE, Sir Peter – You shouldn’t have joined … : a memoir (Second Edition)
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2021
ISBN: 9781761065019
Illustrations; 369 pages.
Second edition autobiography of General Sir Peter Cosgrove who served at every level of command in the RAR, and the ADF, retiring from service at the Governor-General.
COULTMAN-SMITH, Grant
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 59 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Coultman-Smith (6 RAR and 8 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam and Malaysia. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2056
CRUICKSHANK, James (Jim)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 54 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Cruickshank (1 RAR, 3RAR 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) who saw operational service in Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/770
CRUICKSHANK, James Arthur ‘Jim’ – In the Sun Down Under: Recollections and Memories
Self-published, Self-funded, 1977 (1st Edition), 2002 (2nd Edition)
ISBN: Nil
Hardbound volume held by family, copy 2nd Edition also in RARA Office.
A personal recollection of his service and family life in the British Royal Marines and the Australian Army with particular reference to his service with the RAR in Korea and Vietnam. Copy procurable through Registrar.
CULLINAN, Patrick – White Sherpas: Reaching the top in the Bicentennial Everest Expedition
Barrallier Books, West Geelong VIC, 2013
ISBN: 9780987414281
Illustrated, index; 362 pages.
An account of the preparation for and the 1988 conquest of Mount Everest by a group of Australians including the author who served in the RAR. Other RAR members and their battalions are mentioned in the book.
DALTON, Donald
UNSW, Canberra, online
38 mins 34 sec video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Dalton who served with 1 RAR and 5 RAR and the AATTV. Service was in Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1008
DEAN, Francis (Frank)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 33 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Dean (BCOF, 1 RAR) who served in Japan and Korea, and then Malaya. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1347
DEAN, Kevin ‘ Dasher’, OAM – We who serve
Inhouse publishing, Australia, 2020
ISBN: not identified
Illustrated, 83 pages.
An autobiography of Dean who served with 2 RAR at The Hook in Korea, and later in the Malayan Emergency also with 2 RAR. A founding member of the 2 RAR Association. Compiled and edited by Jackie FERRO.
DEFENCE WIDOWS SUPPORT GROUP ACT, (Compilers) – Here There and Away, Voices of the families of those who served
Big Sky Publishing Pty Ltd, Newport NSW, Australia
ISBN: 9781922132161 (pbk)
Bibliography; 297 pages.
A unique collection of heart- warming and entertaining stories from the families of ex-servicemen across the three branches of the ADF. The RAR is well represented.
DEPT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS – Simply Hell Let Loose: Stories of Australians at War
ABC Books – Australia, Sydney, 2002
ISBN: 0733310788
ISBN: 9780733310782
Book and braille editions; 236 pages.
Contains short personal exploits from the Boer War to the Gulf War, and Peacekeeping operations. One story is of a 2RAR sniper in Korea, Pte Cyril ‘Frenchy’ Ray.
DICKENS, Barry – Ordinary Heroes: Personal recollections of Australians at War
Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 1999
ISBN: 9781864981032
312 pages.
Records the author’s frank interviews with ordinary Australians who found themselves involved in the most nightmarish events of the twentieth century. An RAR South Vietnam veteran is interviewed. Several ISBNs.
DUNQUE, Ronald (Ron)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 48 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Dunque (3 RAR) who served in Korea and Malaya. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1987
DURANT, Stephan
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 57 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Durant (1 RAR and 2 RAR) who served in Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2348
EASTERBY, Tony
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 02 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Easterby (2 RAR and 4 RAR) who served in Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2182
ELLIS, Hubert (Hugh or Punchy)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 25 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Ellis (AATTV and the RAR) who served in BCOF Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2233
ESSEX-CLARK, John – Maverick Soldier: An Infantryman’s Story
Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1991
ISBN: 0522844537
Index; 237 pages.
The autobiography of an infantryman who rose to the rank of brigadier from private soldier during several post-WW II campaigns in the South African and Australian armies.
ESSEX-CLARK, John DSM – Hassett: Australian Leader
Australian Military History Publications, Loftus NSW, 2005
ISBN: 1876439653
Index, bibliography; 293 pages.
The biography of General Sir Francis Hassett includes detail of his command of 3RAR in Korea during 1951-52, especially the Battle of Maryang San in October 1951.
FAIRBROTHER, Barry
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 53 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Fairbrother (1 RAR and 4 RAR) who also served in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2210
FAULKNER, Andrew – Stone Cold: the extraordinary true story of Len Opie Australia’s Deadliest Soldier
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, 2016
ISBN: 9781742373782
Index; 320 pages.
Through three wars, Len Opie carved a reputation as one of the country’s greatest infantrymen. This book takes the reader into New Guinea and Borneo and some of the fiercest battles of World War II. It goes to the cold heart of Korea, where Len emerged from the ranks to fight in the Battles of Kapyong and Maryang San. And it drops the reader into the centre of the American counterinsurgency war in Vietnam with Len’s involvement in the CIA’s shadowy black ops program, Phoenix.
FIELD, Paul – Gimme Shelter: Stories of courage, endurance and survival from the frontline and back home
Echo Publishing, Richmond VIC, 2017
ISBN: 9781760404352
Images; 291 pages.
A compilation of twenty stories of men and women including Vietnam, East Timor and Afghanistan veterans, some with struggles in both war and thereafter having returned to everyday life after military (and other) service. Includes individuals who served with the RAR.
GANTZER, Vernon
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Gantzer (1 RAR) who saw operational service in Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2054
GEDDES, Ian
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 48 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Geddes (2 RAR) who served in BCOF, Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2431
GIBBONS, Margaret – 50th Anniversary The Royal Australian Regiment 1948-1998: Remember the Green Parrot
The RAR Association Queensland Branch, Brisbane, 1998
ISBN: Nil
67 pages.
Poems of events, activities and characters of the Regiment from its first 50 years.
GIBBONS, Margaret – The RAR’s National Memorial Walk
The RAR Association Queensland Branch, Brisbane, 2010
ISBN:Nil
30 pages.
A brief history of the Walk’s establishment and those who made it happen. Includes photographs and an Honour Roll.
GIBBONS, Margaret – March to Hoop-de-do
Self Published, Brisbane, 2012
ISBN: Nil
Colour photos, A4; 28 pages.
A book of 14 poems dedicated to soldiers who have served with 2RAR and other RAR battalions. Each poem is illustrated with a coloured photo and preceded with a short story which provides a poignant background to the poem.
GOUDIE, Kenneth (Ken)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 01 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Goudie (1 RAR and 2 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1156
GRANT, Willam (Mac)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 27 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Grant (3 RAR) who served in Korea and Malaya after WW II service. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/895
GREVILLE, Phillip (Phil)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 01 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Greville (1 RAR) who served in Korea and then in Vietnam (HQ). Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2455
GREY, Jeffrey – A Soldier’s Soldier: A Biography of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Daly, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge , 2013
ISBN 10: 1107031273
ISBN 13: 9781107031272
Index, References, 264 pages.
Daly was a renowned soldier and one of the most influential figures in Australia’s military history. As Chief of the General Staff during the Vietnam War, he oversaw a significant re-organisation of the Army during that war under political and resource restrictions.
GREY, Jeffrey – Australian brass: the career of Lieutenant General Sir Horace Robertson
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992
ISBN: 0521401577
Illustrations, index, bibliography 262 pages.
A biography of Robertson who, in the RAR’s time, commanded Australian forces in both Japan and Korea, including 1, 2 and 3 RAR.
HESELTINE, Harry (Editor) –The Shock of Battle: Occasional Paper No. 16
UNSW, Australian Defence Force Academy, Campbell ACT, no date
ISBN: 0731700880
Bib ID: 2616775
Bibliography; 182 pages.
Contains a series of papers on ‘battle shock;’ includes Vietnam and some RAR references.
HODGKINSON, Ivor (Blue)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
21 mins 25 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Hodgkinson (3 RAR and 5 RAR) who saw operational service in Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2561
HOLMES, Peter – Korea and Beyond: A Biography of Lieutenant Colonel Maurie Pears MC R Aust Inf
Peter Lloyd Holmes Publications, Reedy Creek QLD, 2018
ISBN 10: 0992363942
ISBN 13: 9780992363949
Index, Bibliography, B & W and colour photographs; 227 pages.
A biography of Australian Korean War hero and businessman based in Papua New Guinea and Australia, covering his military service in the RAR and post-Army life.
HUGHES, James
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 33 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Hughes (3 RAR and 4 RAR) who served in Korea, Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1109
HUMPHRIES, John
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 01 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Humphries (2 RAR, 7 RAR and 8 RAR) who served in Vietnam and East Timor. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1182
HUTCHINSON, Garrie – Eyewitness: Australians write from the front line
Black Inc, Australia, 2005
ISBN: 9782863951661
Index, photographs; 464 pages.
A series of stories written by veterans including RAR members. Interesting to compare what WW I and II veterans said compared to those from more recent deployments.
ISAKSSON, OH – Encounters in Asia: a soldier’s story
Centre for the Study of Australia-Asia Relations, Faculty of International Business and Politics, Griffith University, Brisbane,1997
ISBN: 0868577855
Bibliography; 65 page monograph.
Author served in Japan, Korea and Malaya in the RAR.
KAHN, Colin
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
39 mins 54 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Kahn (1 RAR and 5 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/713
KEECH, Anthony (Tony)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 29 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Keech (3 RAR and 7 RAR) who served in Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2523
KELLY, Simon – The Long Road To Rwanda
This book has the same content as CLAYTON, Nigel – Australian Infantry
Meni Publishing & Binding, Cranbrook Vic, 2006
ISBN: 978 0 9757409 7 2
Glossary; 244 pages.
This compilation of short stories takes the reader on a journey through 16 years of service in the RA Inf/RAR. It includes peace time training and time on operations from 1981 to 1996.
KENNY, Ross MM – Duty First Can Be Fun
Self-published; location and date published TBA
ISBN: Unknown
Includes coloured photos, 34 pages.
This is a self-depreciating humorous look at an impressive career which spanned over 30 years as he rose through the ranks from private to major and served in over a dozen different countries while doing so.
Kevin Wheatley
Wikipedia
General coverage of the military career of WO 2 Kevin ‘Dasher’ Wheatley, VC who was killed in action in Vietnam. Having also served in the Malayan Emergency, Wheatley served with 1, 2 and 3 RAR before his final posting to the AATTV. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Wheatley
KEYS, Sir William – Flowers in Winter: Defeating cancer – a Westerner’s Chinese journey
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1996
ISBN10: 1863738142
ISBN13: 9781863738149
Illustrated; 216 pages.
Author served in Korea with 3 RAR primarily as Adjutant, in 28th British Commonwealth Brigade, during which he was awarded the Military Cross. He later went on through ascending appointments in the RSL being awarded the KB, AC, OBE and several other awards.
LAFFIN, John – Digger: The Legend of the Australian Soldier
Cassell and Company, 1959,1960
ISBN: 0333414705
McMillan, 1986, 1990
ISBN: 0-7251 0594 1
Index, 296 pages.
The RAR and SASR are mentioned briefly, with individuals and place names in the Index. Multiple reprints exist with each edition having its unique value to the researcher.
LANGDON, Rob – The Seventh Circle: former Australian soldier’s extraordinary story of surviving seven years in Afghanistan’s most notorious prison
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2017
ISBN: 978 1 76029 640 7
304 pages.
An autobiography of a person who served in 1 RAR in the Solomon Islands and East Timor prior to leaving the army and working in the private security sector overseas including Iraq and then Afghanistan where the bulk of this story is set. Includes photographs of the author and other identifiable individuals.
LAVERTY, Barry (Bazza)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 01 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Laverty (3 RAR and 5 RAR) who saw operational service in Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1293
LENNOX, Gina – Forged by War: Australians in combat and back home
Melbourne University Press, Carlton VIC, 2005
ISBN: 0 522 851711
Notes, no index; 326 pp.
Australian veterans including General Peter Cosgrove and other RAR veterans and their families discuss war and how it has changed their lives, and the personal consequences of military service on family relationships.
LOGAN, George (Jock)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 22 secs
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Logan (2 RAR, 3 RAR, & AATTV) who served in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1079
LOWRY, Robert – The Last Knight, A Biography of General Sir Phillip Bennett AC, KBE, DSO
Big Sky Publishing, Newport NSW, 2011
ISBN: 9780980814040 (hbk)
Index, bibliography, 409 pages.
Bennett’s story is not only one of battles and heroic exploits, but also a story of the contest for ‘policy dominance’ between the civil servants and the military leadership, illustrating what was involved in forging the foundations of the Australian Defence Force. He was the last Knight to command the Australian Defence Force while serving.
LINDSAY, Patrick –The Spirit Of The Digger: Then and Now
Pan Macmillan Australia, Sydney, 2003
ISBN: 0732911818
Index; 324 pages.
Deals with the Australian soldier from the First Fleet to Afghanistan. Many personal experiences from members of the RAR included.
LINDSAY, Patrick – The Spirit of the Digger
Harper Collins, Sydney, 2011
ISBN: 978 0 7322 9275 (pbk)
Index, references; 320 pages.
This second edition, with the shorter name, also lists the 27 soldiers KIA in Afghanistan as at the time of publication, most of whom were, or had served in, the RAR.
MACKAY, Ian (Chuck, Big Mac)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 43 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Mackay (2 RAR, 6 RAR and AATTV) who served in Malaya, Vietnam and Afghanistan. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1501
MACKLIN, Robert with PALMER, Clint – SAS Insider
Hachette Australia, Sydney, 2015
ISBN: 9780733634598
Notes, 318 pages.
A story about Palmer, who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan with the SASR. Several of the RARs are mentioned, given that the RAR is the main source of the SASR. There is also a 2014 edition.
MARTIN, Lyle
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 41 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Martin (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea and Malaya. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1919
MALLETT, Ashley – The digger’s doctor: the fortunate life of Colonel Donald Beard AM, RFD, ED (Retd)
Wakefield Press, Kent Town (SA), 2014
Illustrated, index; 211 pages.
Beard served as a doctor in both Korea and Vietnam, treating members of the RAR. This book includes details of his experiences in treating wounded soldiers including those from the RARs at the time he deployed.
MANSFORD, George – The Spirit of Australia: A Collection of Short Stories and Verse
George Mansford, Gordonvale, 2016
ISBN: 978-0-646-91283-7
“Warrie” George provides immense insights to service in the RAR with this publication. Some specific and some general, these stories and poems address the camaraderie, mateship, sacrifice, humour and other sentiments with which everyone to have served in the RAR can immediately associate.
Mark Direen
Point and Shoot Online
A short story of the career of this 1 RAR and SASR soldier who served in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan including as a sniper in both. Accessible at https://pointandshoot.online/mark-direen/
McCULLOCH, Allyn
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 01 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features McCulloch (1 RAR, 3 RAR, 4 RAR and 9 RAR) who served in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1661
McKELVEY, Ben – The Commando: The Life and death of Cameron Baird, VC, MG
Hachette Australia, Sydney, 2017
ISBN: 9780733636493
Index, 2 Commando Honour Roll, 341 pages.
A biography of Cameron Baird who served in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan, The first two with 4 RAR before and during its conversion through 4 RAR (Cdo) to 2 Commando Regiment.
MEEHAN, Robert (Compiler) – RAR Buddies: “What a Bloody Laugh”
Zeus Publications, Burleigh QLD, 2013
ISBN: 978-1-92229-11-3 (pbk)
298 pages.
A wide-ranging collection of about 130 soldier stories from across most deployments in which RAR members have served. Highly insightful material which gives a soldier’s perspective of life in the Regiment. Language warning is provided by the author – he quotes some sources verbatim.
MEEHAN, Robert OAM (Compiler) – RAR Buddies: “Still Bloody Laughing”
Zeus Publications, Burleigh QLD, 2015
ISBN: 978-1-92229-63-2 (pbk)
380 pages.
A follow-on publication to the 2013 book by a similar name (see above). Another wide-ranging collection of about 200 soldier stories from across most deployments in which RAR members have served. Highly insightful material which gives a soldier’s perspective of life in the Regiment. Language warning is provided by the author – he quotes some sources verbatim.
MCFARLANE, Brian – We Band of Brothers
Brian W McFarlane, Bowral NSW, 2000
ISBN: 0646388495
Bibliographical references, index; 449 pages.
Covers the author’s early life, his time in school cadets, national service officer training and overseas service in Malaya, Papua New Guinea and South Vietnam.
MOFFITT, Anthony ‘Harry” – Eleven bats: a story of combat, cricket and the SAS
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2020
ISBN: 9781760877842
Illustrations; 384 pages.
Autobiography of a Special Forces soldier who served in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan for a total of 11 tours of duty. Mentions RARs in his book.
MORRISON, Alan
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 01secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Morrison (BCOF, 2 RAR and 9 RAR) who served in Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/669
MORRISON, Major Robert (RAAC) (Compiler)- The Warrior Poets: An Anthology: Poetry of The Australian Army 1901-2001
Australian Military History Publications, Loftus NSW, 2001
ISBN: 1876439149
(Index, bibliography; 435 pages. CD included.
Covers poetry from the BCOF through all campaigns and peacekeeping operations that the RAR participated in up to 2001.
MORRISON, MICHAEL (Midge, or Angry Ant)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 9 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Morrison (3 RAR an 4 RAR) who saw operational service in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1928
MUGGLETON, Thomas (Tom)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 35 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Muggleton (3 RAR and 5 RAR) who saw operational service in Japan and Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1687
NAUGHTON, Michael (The man)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
39 mins 30 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Naughton an RMO serving at times with RAR units in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1045
NEAVE, Denny – Aussie Soldier: Up Close and Personal
Big Sky Publishing, Wavell Heights QLD, 2008
ISBN: 9780980325119
Index, bibliography; 316 pages.
Mainly includes anecdotes from over 200 Australian soldiers covering all conflicts involving the RAR at the time of publication.
NEAVE, Denny (Editor) – SOLDIERS’ TALES
Big Sky Publishing, Wavell Heights QLD, 2008
ISBN: 9780980325133
Photos, 182 pages.
A collection of stories that are entertaining, emotional and humorous. The RAR is well represented.
NEAVE, Denny (Editor) – SOLDIERS’ TALES # 2
Big Sky Publishing, Wavell Heights QLD, 2012
ISBN: 9781921941795 (pbk)
Photos, 176 pages.
Soldier’s Tales # 2 is a further unique collection of personal accounts told by soldiers or relatives who have lived with their soldiers’ stories. The RAR is well represented.
NEAVE, Denny, TRAILL, Gordon and McCULLAGH, Catherine – Unconquered: Our Wounded Heroes
Big Sky Publishing, Newport NSW, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-925675-98-6
Index, illustrated, 264 pages.
This book is a personal and human account of the trauma of armed conflict and suffering that can continue long after battle is over. It highlights the power of the individual to overcome fear, wounds both mental and physical, and lifelong disability, inspiring others to cope with their own challenges. Mentions some RAR battalions and individuals.
NOLAN, Ronald (Ron)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 12 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Nolan (3 RAR) who saw operational service in BCOF, Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/739
OPIE, Leonard
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 27 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Opie (3 RAR and AATTV) who saw operational service in Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1103
PARRY, Winston (Bill)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 55 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Parry (2 RAR, 3 RAR, 8 RAR, AATTV) who served in Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1329
PARRY, Bill – A Walk thru Life
Self-published, Alderley QLD, 2001
ISBN: 09579513 0 2
193 pages.
Author’s story of his service in Malaya, Borneo, Vietnam and Malaysia. Supported by short stories and poems.
PARRY, Bill – We Were There in the RAR
Immaculate Heart Printhall, Baguio City Philippines, 2005
ISBN: 0957951329
289 pages.
True stories about the RAR’s commitments on active service and peace keeping missions from the Korean War to Iraq as at the time of publication.
PARRY, Bill – Battle Heroes and Humour in the RAR
New Baguio Offset Press, Philippines, 2007
ISBN: 0957951337
302 pages.
True stories, humour and poems from at home and abroad from Korea to Vietnam. It captures the ethos of life in the RAR.
PATTERSON, Rob – From Vietnam to Timor: misfit, missionary or mercenary
Australian Military History Publications, Loftus NSW, 2006
ISBN:9781876439644
Black and white illustrations, index: 171 pages.
Author served in Vietnam, retiring as a Major in 1989. Since then he has worked in Humanitarian Aid for both Care Australia and the United Nations. This work has taken him from Kurdistan, Bosnia, Croatia, Solomon Islands, PNG, and two periods in East Timor. RARs are mentioned.
PAYNE, Keith
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 54 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Payne (1 RAR and AATTV) who saw operational service in Korea, Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1695
PAYNE, Keith VC, AM – No one left behind
MacMillan, Sydney, 2021
ISBN: 9781760984700
Index; glossary; 432 pages.
Autobiography, including Payne’s military career that included operational deployments with the RAR to Korea, Malay and Vietnam (AATTV member), the latter in which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Also addresses his life beyond the Army. Foreword provided by Mark McDonald VC (Afghanistan).
PERKINS, Ronald (Ron)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 10 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Perkins (3 RAR and AATTV) who saw operational service in Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1271
PRASCEVIC, James – Returned Soldier: My Battles: Timor, Iraq, Afghanistan, Depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Melbourne Books, Melbourne, 2014
ISBN: 978-1-922129-41-3
16page colour section, 280 pages.
The author’s story of service with 1 RAR in three different operational environments and the personal battle he had with the consequences.
RAMAGE, Gary – The Shot
Harper Collins, Sydney, 2016
ISBN: 9781460751350
Illustrated, 304 pages. Contains 28 chapters and many photographs.
An autobiography. Ramage began his working life as an infantry soldier and has one of Australia’s best known war photographers covering soldiers in action in Somalia, Bougainville, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. Ramage explains how he became a professional photographer and how he has maintained his links to the military by photographing service people while embedded with troops. Through rocket attacks, firefights and funerals, from photographing mass graves in Kosovo to being in East Timor when Special Air Service troops were ambushed, from sleeping under the stars on patrol with Aussie soldiers in Afghanistan to helping out with CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on a wounded soldier on a medevac chopper, he has documented wars in which RAR and other soldiers have served.
ROBINSON, Godfrey – The decades of a Duntroon bastard
Neptune, Belmont VIC, 1980
ISBN: 9780909131517
Paintings, text, index; 272 pages.
Autobiography which refers to individuals who become RAR members later following graduation from Duntroon along with the author.
RODGERS, William (Bill)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 25 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Rodgers (AATTV and several RAR) who served in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam and either an RMO in battalions or the AATTV. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1125
ROTHWELL, Dale (Peter)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 41 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Rothwell (1 RAR, 2 RAR and AATTV) who served in Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1071
RUTKAY, Bernie (Editor) – You Couldn’t Stop Me: The Journey of Frank Mallard
Cartesian Services, xxx, 2019
ISBN: 098767334704
Electronic book.
A biography of a notable Aboriginal who enlisted and served in Malaya and Vietnam as a member of the RAR and then RAE. Mallard received seventeen medals/embellishments, dying in August 2019.
SADLER, Rex & HAYLLAR, Tom – In the Line of Fire
Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2006
ISBN: 9780330422475
Index, bliographical references; 358 pages.
Explores the nature of combat from the perspective of the men doing the actual fighting. Includes Korea and Vietnam.
SAVAGE, Roy – Roy (Doc) Savage’s Diaries
Self-published, 2004
ISBN: Not applicable
Accessible at: http://docsdiaries.tripod.com/index.htm
Multiple personal and generic photographs, presented in timeslots that make convenient reading.
A web-based diary of a soldier who served from 9 Feb 61 to 24 Nov 98. Service included that with 3 RAR and 7 RAR. Malaya, Malay-Thai border, Borneo and Vietnam.
SCHUNEMANN, Edward
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 23 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Schunemann (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1399
SCOTT, Francis Peter DSO, MID
Virtual War Memorial Australia
Biographical details of Scott. Includes an audio interview. Accessible at https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/378638
SCOTT, DSO (Colonel) F Peter – Crossing the Khyber Pass: a personal account of military service at the Staff College Quetta 1958 and Australian Defence Attaché in Pakistan and Afghanistan during 1973-1975
Peter Scott, Glenside SA, 2020
ISBN: 9780646825052
Illustrations, index, xxx pages.
Author’s experiences as the Defence Attaché in Pakistan and Afghanistan from 1973 to 1975. Colonel Scott (Retd) serves in 3 RAR in Korea and later commanded the same unit in Vietnam.
SCOTT, Ronald (Ron)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 26 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Scott (1 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea and Malaya. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/411
SHEPPARD, Walter (Wally)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
39 mins 12 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Sheppard (4 RAR and AATTV) who served in Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2415
SEELEY, Barry
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 24 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Seeley (2 RAR and 4 RAR) in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1398
SMITH, Harry – Long Tan – The start of a lifelong battle
Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2015, 2016
ISBN: 9781925275780
Photographs, Index; 352 pages.
This source, in two editions, recounts the battle for which there are other source histories, including from Smith himself. This source provides a coverage of his life including service with the RAR in Malaya and South Vietnam. This one includes the post-Vietnam struggle to achieve greater individual recognition for members of his company who were on the ground in the actual battle, a seminal outcome to occur in 2016. It provides a revealing insight into operational decision making including mistakes and blunders as well as the eventual victory albeit at a high cost in casualties on both sides, and being a “near-run” thing for D Coy 6 RAR, and in fact, the whole Australian force.
SMITH, Harry – The Battle for Long Tan – The Company Commanders Story
Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2019
ISBN: 9781922265050
Photographs, Index; 365 pages
This third edition is both retitled and a little longer, reflecting a modification to the 2015 and 2016 editions of the book by a different name. Smith recounts the Battle for Long Tan again as well as his life including service with the RAR in Malaya and South Vietnam. The book again includes the post-Vietnam struggle to achieve greater individual recognition for members of his company who were on the ground in the battle. Changes reflect a more recent revision of some of his views, as a company commander.
SNELLING, Ernest (Ernie)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
35 mins 07 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Snelling (2 RAR and AATTV) who served in Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/646
STEWART, James
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 39 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Stewart (3 RAR and AATTV) who saw operational service in Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1035
STONEBRIDGE, John, BM, OAM
RAR Foundation, online, 2013
Podcast, 2 hrs 34 mins.
One of the Soldiers 5 online podcasts. Pilot (and first episode of the podcasts. Host Richard TTT interviews Warrant Officer Class 1 John Stonebridge. Stonebridge recounts his most interesting and humorous stories as he recalls 40 years with the RAR. Accessible at https://www.buzzsprout.com/2128986/12189770-john-stonebridge
STRETTON, Alan – Soldier in a Storm
Collins Publishers Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1978
ISBN: 000216406X
320 pages.
Alan Stretton’s autobiography includes details of his service as CO 2 RAR in Malaya 1961-1963. Also includes 5/7 and 6 RAR’s assistance during the Cyclone Tracy recovery operations. This book is deliberately listed here (for longitudinal researchers) AND in last section of this PART (humanitarian and DACC operations).
TERENCE, Ace
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 33 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Terence (1 RAR, 3 RAR, 4 RAR and ARU) who served in Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2385
THOMSON, David
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 30 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Thomson (BCOF, 1 RAR) who served in Japan, Korea, Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2112
TIBROOK, Darcy
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 33 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Tilbrook (2 RAR and 4 RAR) who served in Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2354
TRAVERS, Kenneth (Lucky)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
39 mins 31 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Travers (1 RAR and 3 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1574
VEZGOFF, Jospeh (Joe)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 42 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Vezgoff (3 RAR and AATTV) who saw operational service in Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/671
WALLACE, Darryl
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 44 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Wallace (3 RAR) who served in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1414
WARNER, Denis – Not Always On Horseback: An Australian Correspondent At War And Peace In Asia 1961-1993
Allen & Unwin, St Leonards NSW, 1997
ISBN: 1864484675
Index, 266 pages.
Although the Regiment is only briefly mentioned it provides a detailed background in which the Australian forces operated post-WWII, providing perspective to the various deployments in which the RAR battalions participated.
WARNER, Denis – Not With Guns Alone
Hutchison Australia, Sydney, 1977
ISBN: 0091303206
Biographical references; 286 pages.
Some references to the RAR.
WEAVER, Alexander (Alec)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 24 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Weaver (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/380
WEBSTER, Sydney (Syd)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 59 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Webster (2 RAR and 9 RAR) in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1483
WELLS, Pamela – The tiger has many lives: the story of Rod Wells – POW survivor
Seven Pines Publishing, Harcourt Publishing, 2022.
ISBN: 9780995414495
Illustrated, maps, index; 304 pages.
Story of a World War II veteran who survived POW camp and then serves into the 1970s in several Corps. His story includes coverage of the Malayan Emergency 48-60 and the Communist Insurgency in Malaysia 68-89 during both of which RAR battalions served as units or sub-units. Some RAR are mentioned in his story.
WHITESIDE, Harry (H)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 39 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Whiteside (3 RAR, 7 RAR and SASR) who served in Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2417
YACOPETTI, Charles (Charlie)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 09 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Yacopetti (3 RAR) who served in Korea and Vietnam. He was a POW in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/578
JAPAN AND KOREA 1946-1953
BARTLETT, Norman (Editor) – With the Australians in Korea
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1954, 1959, 1960
BIB ID: 2187331
ISBN: none
Index, bibliography; 294 pages.
Story of Australia’s part in the Korean War told mostly
by the men who served as combatants or war correspondents. Several updates available.
BLANKLEY, Jack – A Going Around the Mulberry Trees: Korea 1952-53
Publisher TBA
ISBN: Unknown
Details
Personal memoir of a New Zealand-born Australian who served in Korea as an infantry signaller with 3RAR. Out of print and rare, but occasionally able to be located.
Bob O’Connor
State Library of Queensland, online, 2023
Two-part video interview plus transcript
An interview biography of O’Connor (3 RAR, Vietnam) recorded in camera during a State Library initiative title Vietnam50, Stories of service. Accessible at https://ourstory.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/45613
BREEN, Augustine
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 17 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Breen (1 RAR, 2 RAR,) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1907
BROWN, Colin
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 54 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Brown (1 RAR, 3 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1788
BRUNES, Keith
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 01 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Brunes who also served in Japan with BCOF, and then 3 RAR in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1003
CASHMAN, Ron
UNSW, Canberra, 2000
31 mins 46 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Cashman (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2556
CLUNE, Frank – Ashes of Hiroshima: A Post-War trip to Japan and China
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1950
BIB ID: 710425
ISBN: none
299 pages Bibliography, maps on lining paper
Personal narrative by the author of his trips to Japan and China during the Allied Occupation 1945-52 that included 1, 2 and 3 RAR in their former and current lives as battalions. Clune was a WW 1 sniper and made contact with our troops in Japan.
CONNELLY, Stanley (Slim)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 51 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Connelly (3 RAR) who saw operational service in BCOF and Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1216
COOPER, Brian
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 23 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Cooper (2 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1059
CROSBIE, Philip – Pencilling prisoner: the story of an Australian prisoner in Korea
The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1955
ASIN: B000TXRS62
Illustrated, index; 196 pages.
Story of an RAR soldier captured in Korea.
DATE, Lawrence (Fingers)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 21 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Date (2 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1561
DEY, Wictor
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Dey (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1005
DICKER, MC (Snow) – My Korean adventure – 1950
Self-published, Paddington NSW, 2001
ISBN: Nil
Illustrated; 12 pages.
Memoires of Dicker with 3 RAR in Korea 1950. Available from the AWM as AWM064018.
DOWNEY, Hugh (Bob)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
39 mins 35 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Downey (2 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/687
DUGGAN, Terence (Dixie)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 01 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Duggan (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea as well as WW II. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1050
EVANS, Louise – Passage to Pusan: The impact of war on the family left behind and a mother’s heroic journey find the war grave of her son
PB Publishing, Gisborne, Australia, 2015
ISBN 10: 0987191187
Photographs, Index; 220 pages.
This book tells the true story of Australian matriarch Thelma Healy and her 15,000 km solo journey to war-torn South Korea in 1961 to find the grave of her son Sergeant Vince Healy, who was killed in action on 7 March 1951 while fighting with 3 RAR in the Korean War a decade earlier. A compelling and personal view of the Korean War from a mother’s perspective.
FORBES, Patrick
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 37 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Forbes (2 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1542
FREEMAN, Roy (Skipper)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 57 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Freeman (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1783
GALLAWAY, Jack
UNSW, Canberra, 2000
5 mins 40 secs
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Galloway (2 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2577
GARRETT, Richard (Dick)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 02 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Garrett (2 RAR and 3 RAR) who served in K Force and Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1360
GERSTER, Robin – Travels in Atomic Sunshine, Australia and the Occupation of Japan
Scribe Publications Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2008
ISBN: 9781921215346 (hbk)
Index, notes, pictures; 327 pages.
For over six years, up to 20,000 Australian servicemen, of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force including their wives and children, participated in an historic experiment in nation-building in Japan dominated by the United States. This is regarded by many as the forerunner of today’s peacekeeping missions for Australian troops.
GORDON Harry – The Embarrassing Australian: The Story of An Aboriginal Warrior
Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1962. Second edition 1965
BIB ID: 2280405
ISBN: Nil
172 pages.
A tribute to Lieutenant Reginald Saunders, the first aboriginal to become an officer in the Australian Army. He served in the Middle East, Greece, Crete during WW II, and then in Korea with 3RAR as OC C Coy.
GREEN, Edward (Kay)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 36 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Green (K Force & 1 RAR,) who served in Japan and Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1668
GREEN, Olwyn – The Name’s Still Charlie
University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1993
ISBN: 0702224715
Bibliographical references, 302 pages.
Biography of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Green, an Australian hero of WWII and Korea. Covers his time with 41st Battalion (Militia) prior to WWII, the 2/11 Battalion during WWII, and then 3 RAR in Korea where he was KIA. Republished in 2010 by Australian Military History Publications: ISBN: 978-0-9805674-3-4, being a facsimile of the 1993 Edition.
GUILFOYLE, Des
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
15 mins 13 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Guilfoyle (1 RAR and 2 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2588
HARRIS, AM (Jack) – Seize the Day
Brolga Publishing, Melbourne, 2015
ISBN: 9781922175717
Maps, B & W photographs; 283 pages.
This story follows from Harris’ autobiography Only One River to Cross and deals with his time with the RAR in Korea. He returned to Korea following a wound received in 1950 and operated behind enemy lines gathering intelligence and assisting with ‘line crossing by refugees.
HASTINGS, Max – The Korean War
Pan Books Ltd, Sydney, 1988 (First published by Michael Joseph Ltd 1987)
ISBN: 071812068X
Index, bibliography; 476 pages.
Brief mention is made of the Regiment in the overall context of the conflict.
HATFIELD, Leslie (Keith)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 01 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Hatfield RAR) who served in Korea with 3 RAR and in a range of other places with other services with two nations. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2047
HIPPISLEY, Terrence (Hippo)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 39 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Hippisley (1 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/800
HOLDEN, Ernie R – Mates, Mortars and Minefields: with 2RAR in Korea 1953
Australian Military History Publications, Loftus NSW, 2006
ISBN 1876439629
Index; 264 pages.
Story of the author’s life including service in Korea in 1953 with 2RAR. Includes casualty figures and a name index.
HOLDEN, Ernie
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 32 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Holden (2 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1504
HOULEY, Keith
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Houley (2 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2183
KINNEAR, Roland
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 59 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Kinnear (1 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1621
LANG, George (Junior)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 44 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Lang (BCOF and 3 RAR) who saw operational service in Japan and Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/647
LEWIS, Stephen (Compiler) – Korea: The Undeclared War
The RAR Association SA Branch, Adelaide, 2008
ISBN: 9780646490137
Glossary, bibliography;172 pages.
A photograph homage that covers the war from the individual’s perspective.
MANNS, Brian – Missing in action
In Wartime (published by the Australian War Memorial), Issue 56, October 2011, pp 38-40.
Story of 44 Australians from the Korean War for whom graves or remains have not yet been located. Most were RAR members. Some photographs, and the details of all 44 are included.
MANSFORD, George (Snow)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 53 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Mansford (1 RAR, 2 RAR, AATTV) who served in Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1768
MARTIN, Lyle – Life story Sergeant Lyle Trevor Martin 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment: his history from Korea to Coraki and beyond
Self-published, Coraki (NSW) undated
ISBN: Nil
Illustrations, A4 bound, question and answer format; 106 pages.
An account of his time in uniform during the early days of the RAR.
MATHEWS, Jack – Memories of the best generation or my first 85 years
Hesperian Press, Victoria Park WA, 2013
ISBN: 9780859055567
B & W photographs; 38 pages.
An autobiography of the author’s life including time spent with 2 RAR in Korea, notably during the Battle of the Hook.
MATTHEWS, Bruce – Wild Knights in No Man’s Land: The Korean War recalled by an Australian Infantry Officer
IPL/Transpress, New Zealand, 2003
ISBN: 0-97515320-0-X
No index, colloquial references; 247 pages.
An ex-NZ infantry officer, who volunteered for served with 3RAR as a platoon
commander in 1953, provides an interesting perspective of his experiences.
McCOSKER, Harold (Lofty)
UNSW, Canberra, online
42 mins video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features McCosker who served with 65th Battalion in BCOF and the 1 RAR in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1036
Nambucca Valley Legacy (producers) – Waiting at the Clothesline
Southern Cross University, Nambucca QLD, 2009
ISBN: Nil
Black & white photographs; 122 pages.
Produced by the Legatees and staff of Nambucca Valley Legacy, this publication contains 36 stories from Australian widows of WW II and Korea, one of which was a 3 RAR soldier, Private SJ Meehan killed in action 28 May 53. Illustrates the impact on families when their soldier members are lost.
NEWELL, James
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 43 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Newell (BCOF and 3RAR) who saw operational service in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1038
O’DOWD, Ben
UNSW, Canberra, 2000
11 mins 54 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features O’Dowd (3 RAR and BCOF) who saw operational service in Japan and Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2586
O’DOWD, Ben – In Valiant Company: Diggers in battle – Korea, 1950-51
University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2000
ISBN: 0702231460
Index, biographical references; 212 pages.
O’Dowd, commander of A Company, 3RAR recounts the first 8 months of the Korean War, culminating in the Battle of Kapyong.
PARRY, Ray
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Parry (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1736
PEARS, Maurice
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 15 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Pears (BCOF, 1 RAR, 3 RAR) who served in Japan and Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2240
PEARS, M – Frozen Chosen
Siddhartha Publishing, Melbourne, 2021
ISBN 13:9781925707557
Illustrated, maps, index; 368 pages.
The experiences of 7 Platoon C Company 3 RAR in Korea as recorded by its platoon commander, the author. Frozen Chosen is also a record of the service of the Regiment. Their battles from the Apple Orchard to Kapyong, Maryang San, Samichon and The Hook were all fought over perilous and demanding terrain with intense inclement weather. It was also the first and the last time that the RAR fought together with all battalions (1, 2 and 3 RAR at the time). They suffered heavy casualties against a numerically superior enemy but in spite of that achieved major victories.
PEARS, Maurie – Land Battles Korea – The Royal Australian Regiment in Korea 1951-53
Stratagem Pty Ltd, 2015
ISBN: 978-9586589-0-4
Index.
A compilation of battle summaries by other writers, with an overview and general timelines of the war. Released in favour of 3 RAR’s 70th birthday in 2015.
PEARS, Maurie & KIRKLAND, Fred (Compilers) – Korea Remembered:
The RAN, ARA and RAAF in the Korean War of 1950-53
Department of Defence Australia, Canberra, 1998
ISBN: 0958658919
Hard cover, 394 pages. Reprinted 2002 in soft cover.
Personal stories of those involved in the conflict, including RAR prisoners of war.
PEMBROKE, Arthur (Bushy)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Pembroke (BCOF and 3 RAR) who served in Japan and Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/880
POOLEY, Henry (Harry)
UNSW, Canberra, online
38 mins 45 sec video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Pooley who served with 1 RAR in Korea. Accessible at
https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1020
PRENDERGAST, Joe
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Prendergast (3 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1114
RALSTON, Gavin (Toby)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 49 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Ralston (1 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/703
ROBERTS, Michael (Mike)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 01 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Roberts (2 RAR and 3 RAR) who served in Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1140
SAYER-JONES, Moya – Beyond the call: stories from veterans and their families
Department of Veterans Affairs, Canberra, 2009
ISBN: 9781877007347
Illustrated; 96 pages.
Stories by veterans and families, including of RAR members, in most deployments since World War II, including Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, Rwanda, Somalia, East Timor, Solomon Islands and Bougainville. Most are in connection with the handling of mental health issues some face.
SCOTT, DSO (Colonel) F Peter – The Forgotten War
Peter Scott, Glenside SA, 2020
ISBN: 9780646812861
Illustrated, maps, index; 169 pages.
Author’s own memories as a junior officer in post-war Japan with the British and Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), and then a platoon commander (and then intelligence officer) with 3 RAR in Korea. Includes images and vignettes of the men who fought in some of the worst battles of the Korean War, including the famous Battle of Maryang San, which was described by Professor Robert O’Neill (in his official history of the conflict) as “probably the greatest single feat of the Australian Army during the Korean War”. In the later chapters of the book, Scott compares the challenges faced by his CO in Korea, the legendary Frank Hassett, with those the author himself faced as CO of the same battalion twenty years later in South Vietnam.
SHARP, Derek G – My Year in the Forgotten War: Under the UN Flag
Self-published, Morisset NSW, 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9807671-9-3
Index; 164 pages.
Author served as 2IC of 1 RAR in Korea. This book was written in 1952-4 when his memory was strong, but not published until 2012. More a conventional story than a detailed history, the book’s interest and personal touch is enhanced further by its many photographs.
SHEEN, Ronald
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 01 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Sheen (3 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1056
SHELTON, Jeffrey
UNSW, Canberra, online
42 mins 28 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Shelton who also served with 66 Bn in Japan with BCOF, and then 3 RAR in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1012
SKENNAR, Michael
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 56 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Skennar (BCOF and 2 RAR) who served in BCOF Japan and Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1196
SMITH, Kerry (Smudge)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 01 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Smith (2 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1180
STAGG, Arthur
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Stagg (BCOF and 3 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1026
STEELE, R – Ben O’Dowd: Hero of Kapyong
Hesperian Press, Perth, 2019
ISBN: 978-0-85905-752-3
Index, maps, Endnotes, B&W illustrations; 197 pages.
Biography of O’Dowd who joined the Army in World War II to serve in both the Middle East and the Pacific campaigns. He then served with BCOF in Japan, Korea with 3 RAR, Malaya (seconded to the British Army as a jungle warfare specialist and then as 2IC of the Jungle Training Centre, Canungra. He retired as a LTCOL in 1973.
The Mound – June 1953
Publisher unknown
Online story by Ron Cashman of a fighting patrol conducted night 25/26 Jun 53 in Korea by 3 RAR.
Accessible at https://www.koreanwaronline.com/history/oz/Ron/mound.htm
THIELE, Ron – Korea – The Forgotten War, 1950-1953
Parker Pattinson Publishing, Douglas Park NSW, 2003
ISBN: 0646418238
No index; 130 pages.
A brief history of Australian infantry operations in the Korean
War, including the author’s personal experience with 3RAR during 1951-52.
THOMPSON, Peter & MACKLIN, Robert – Keep Off the Skyline
John Wiley & Sons Australia, Milton QLD, 2004
ISBN: 1740310837
Index, bibliographical references; 224 pages.
Focuses on the experiences of Ron Cashman MM who had just turned
19 when he left to fight with 3RAR in the Korean War.
THOMPSON, Wallace (Wally)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 58 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Thompson (1 RAR, 4 RAR, AATTV) who served in Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/907
WALKER, Leslie (Smiler, Dad)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 33 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Walker (1 RAR and 3 RAR) who served in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1429
WILLIAM, Frederick (Fred)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 03 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Williams (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea as well as WW II. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1510
WILSHER, Bruce
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 59 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Wilsher (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1861
WOOD, Ian A – On Patrol with the BCOF in Japan
Ian A Wood, Mudgeeraba QLD, no date
ISBN: 0646179721
Photos, 158 pages.
Story developed from a diary kept by the author who was a member of the 65th Bn and then served for two years in Japan with the RAR.
YOUNG, William (Jim)
UNSW, Canberra, online
39 mins 40 sec video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Young who served with 1 RAR in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1017
SOUTH EAST ASIA 1950-current
(includes Malaya, Borneo, Singapore & Malaysia)
ARTHUR, Sean – Australian Cold War Warriors: the secret Aussie history of the Second Malaysian Confrontation
Online post
Author’s experiences as a rifleman in RCB at Air Base Butterworth with B Company 1 RAR in 1977, outlining his warlike service experiences. Accessible at https://medium.com/@arthur.sean/australian-cold-war-warriors-76d30278dabb
BANNISTER, Colin – An Inch of Bravery: 3 RAR in the Malayan Emergency 1957-59
Directorate of Army Public Affairs, Canberra, 1994
ISBN: 0 642 21207 4
Index, Bibliography; 170 pages.
An account of 3 RAR’s tour in Malaya fighting the Communist terrorists. Seven Appendices including a Roll of Honour, Honours and Awards, Nominal Roll.
BARBER, Noel – The War of the Running Dogs
Collins, London, 1971
ISBN: 0002119323
Maps, bibliography; 284 pages.
A British-focused story of the Malayan Emergency 1948-60; regarded by many as a classic.
CARROLL, Max – Tracking as a team
Unpublished, date unknown
ISBN: Nil
Six A4-page monograph.
This is a short autobiography, sponsored by Colin Adamson, featuring 3 RAR anti-terrorist operations on Malaya, with an emphasis on tracking. All RAR Battalions to deploy during the Malayan Emergency used a visual tracking capability, usually based on the Anti-Tank platoon, supported by some company trackers, and sometimes using indigenous Iban trackers. Copy soon available in the RARA electronic library.
CROSS, JP – A Face like a Chicken’s Backside: An Unconventional Soldier in South East Asia, 1948 – 1971
Greenhill Books, London, 1996
ISBN: 1853672394
Index, maps, references, B & W photographs; 238 pages.
The author served almost 40 years in SE Asia without a home posting. He served as a company commander with the Gurkhas in Malaya, the Border Scouts in Borneo and as Commandant of the Jungle Warfare School among his postings. This biography covers the Malayan Emergency 1948-60, the Borneo campaign 1963-66, and the continued communist insurgency in Malaysia until his retirement n 1971. Good British perspective of the theatres of war in which the RAR also served.
CROSS, JP – Experiences and Encounters
Arms and Armour Press, London, 1989
ISBN: 9781844156665
Index, bibliography, maps, diagrams, B & W photographs; 222 pages.
Cross, one of the world’s most experienced jungle warfare experts, spent most of his service life teaching the art of jungle warfare. In this book he brings this knowledge to great effect in presenting his account of this form of fighting. Includes fighting in Malaya, Borneo, Vietnam where RAR troops also served.
GIBBONS, Marco ‘Kiwi’– Manhunt Specialists: 3RAR Tracker Team Malaya 1957-79
Self-published, Brisbane, updated
ISBN: Nil
49 page compilation of images, maps and information on the 3 RAR Tracker Team in Malaya. Copy available from author, and in RAR Association library.
JOHNSON, LD & BJ – Malayan Adventure: an Australian Army Family in Malaya During the Emergency
Longleat House Publishing, Brisbane, 2008
ISBN: 9780975820926
Maps, illustrations; 278 pages.
This book details the experiences of a young RAR army officer on operations against Communist terrorists in Perak, Malaya, during the Emergency in 1957-1959, and the experiences of his young wife when making their family home in Penang at the same time. The authors write of their experiences in alternate chapters.
JOHNSON, Ken & JOHNSON, Beth – Malayan Adventure: An Australian Army family in Malaya during the Emergency
Longleat House Publishing, Ocean Grove VIC, 2008
ISBN: Unknown
Bibliography, index; 278 pages.
The story of a young officer and his wife making a home in Penang during the Malayan Emergency. It is understood this limited production volume is available at some main libraries in book form.
LACEY, Larry (Editor) – BCOF: an unofficial history
Self-published, Yamba NSW, 1995
ISBN-10: 0646257986
ISBN-13: 978-0646257983
Photographs, index; 218 pages.
An RAR veteran’s account of the time in Japan as a member of BCOF.
RAY, Cyril – Tropical holiday: The Malayan Emergency 1955-1957
Unpublished manuscript, location and date not recorded
Illustrated, 120 pages.
This is a personal record of the memoires of Private Cyril (Frenchy) Ray. Ray had been a sniper with 2 RAR in Korea and later deployed with the same unit during the Malayan Emergency 1948-60 to Malaya where he served as a rifleman. A great private soldier’s story. Author died in 2002. Document is available digitally from at [email protected] or Registrar RARA Bibliography at [email protected]
SHENEN, Margaret – Our Man in Malaya: John Davis CBE, DSO, SOE Force 136 and post-war counter-insurgency
The History Press, Brimscombe Port Stroud UK, 2007
ISBN: 9780752450537
Maps, references, B & W photographs; 304 pages.
Davis is regarded as one of the eminent experts in counter-insurgency serving in the post WW II conflict that embroiled Malaya. This book includes references to Australia’s participation, meaning the RAR battalions which formed the bulk of the nation’s ground effort as part of the British Commonwealth forces.
VIETNAM 1962-75
5 RAR Association – 5 RAR Formation and Preparation for War
An Adjutant’s description of the formation of 5 RAR and its preparation for the Vietnam War. By Captain Peter Isaacs, Adjutant 1st Tour. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/narrative/5rar-formation-and-preparation-for-war.htm
5 RAR Association – To Nui Dat with the 173rd Airborne Brigade
The story of two officers of 5RAR sent to the American 173rd Airborne Brigade for a familiarisation patrol before 5RARs first operation in Phuoc Tuy Province. Captain Peter Isaacs, Adjutant 1st Tour. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/isaacs-1.htm
5 RAR Association – The Long Hai Hills Incident
B Company, 5 RAR 1967′ while riding in APCs hit a massive mine and booby traps, killing nine and wounding 17. This account was given by the RMO, Captain Doc White. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/narrative/longhai.htm
5 RAR Association –The Village of Dat Do Mine Clearing Teams searching for mines in Dat Do
An account by Brian London of 5 RAR encountering anti-personnel mines and successful ambushing in a village known to be harbouring a number of VC. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/narrative/dat_do.htm
5 RAR Association – The Band of the 5th Battalion
5 RAR was the last battalion to take their band on active service. This story presents the important role the band played in the field. By LTCOL John Warr, CO. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/narrative/5rar_band.htm
5 RAR Association – History of the 5th Battalion Colours
A short history of the battalion’s colours by Brian London OAM, DCM. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/history/5rar_history.htm
5 RAR Association – Origin of 5th Battalion Colours
An explanation of the Colours and the history of 5 RAR’s Regimental Clours. By Brian London. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/history/reg-colours.htm
5 RAR Association – The Day the Sun Went Out
The day 5 RAR members travelling in a US Transport Convoy hit a mine near Long Binh. By Bill Grassick 2IC A Coy 2nd Tour. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/soldiers/truckmine.htm
5 RAR Association – Training in Australia
The Battle Efficiency Course, Jungle Training Centre, Canungra. By Roger Lambert, Platoon Commander 9 Pl C Coy. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/soldiers/training-Australia.htm
5 RAR Association – Forward Air Control (FAC) Mission
Roger Lambert of 5 RAR describes his impressions on ‘riding shotgun’ on a FAC spotting for an airstrike 1969. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/soldiers/FAC-mission.htm
5 RAR Association – Magpie 31
Roger Lambert’s follow up to “Blondes, Bombs and Bunkers”. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/soldiers/magpie-31-page-1.htm
5 RAR Association – Magpie 31 Part Two
Roger Lambert’s follow up to “Blondes, Bombs and Bunkers” and “Magpie 31”. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/soldiers/magpie-31-part-2.htm
5 RAR Association – 5RAR Advance Party 2nd Tour
Roger Lambert’s memories of being part of the 5 RAR Advance Party to Vietnam in 1969. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/soldiers/5rar-advance-party.htm
5 RAR Association – Blondes Bombs and Bunkers
Roger Lambert’s recollection of a 5 RAR patrol in 1969 that included experiences with ‘Blondes, Bombs and Bunkers’. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/soldiers/blondes-bombs-bunkers.htm
5 RAR Association – A Vietnamese Christmas
Michael von Berg MC tells of Recce Platoon’s Christmas at Binh Ba village 1966. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/soldiers/recce-xmas-66.htm
5 RAR Association – The VC in a Kilt
Not many people may know that the official records show that in 1969, C Company killed a Viet Cong wearing a kilt—That’s official! By Claude Ducker OC C Coy. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/tales/vc_kilt.htm
5 RAR Association – Anatomy of a Bunker Contact
David Wilkins, 5 RAR’s Adjutant & OC C Company 2nd Tour. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/narrative/7plt_bunker.htm
5 RAR Association –The Enemy and His Tactics
David Wilkins 5 RAR Adjutant & OC C Company 2nd Tour. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/tours/tactics_a.htm
5 RAR Association – Last Battle of 5 RAR
An account of the last battle of 5 RAR on the 1969-70 Tour. By David Wilkins. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/ops/final_battle.htm
5 RAR Association – Final Days of the Second Tour
An account of the final days of 5 RAR’s 1969-70 Tour. By David Wilkins. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/soldiers/wilkins.htm
5 RAR Association – Enemy Bunker Systems
An outline of the methods used by the VC and NVA in sighting their bunker systems. By David Wilkins. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/articles/bunker-systems.htm
5 RAR Association – Closing The Mushroom Club
A story about The Duty Officer of Charlie Company 5 RAR during the Vietnam war attempting to close the company’s boozer. By Roger Lambert. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/tales/mushroom-club.htm
5 RAR Association – Land Clearing Operations
5 RAR was involved with American Land Clearing Teams to deny the VC jungle cover. By Mike Battle. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/soldiers/land-clearance.htm
5 RAR Association – The Reflections of a Battalion Medical Officer
Hugh Robertson was the Battalion’s RMO for most of 5 RAR’s 2nd tour. He gives an overview of his role. See http://www.5rar.asn.au/soldiers/reflections-rmo.htm
ADAMSON, Colin (Col)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 03 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Adamson (1 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1171
ANDERSON, Alan (Bluey)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 46 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Anderson (1 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1886
ANDERSON, Bianca – Commemorating the stories of our Old Boy Vietnam War Veterans
Gregory Terrace, Brisbane, undated
ISBN: Nil
An illustrated A2 size production; 40 pages.
This publication complements the Honour Board of post-WW II Terrace Old Boys, twenty of whom were RAR members. Contains a short biography and photographs.
ANDERSON, Keith (Doc)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 10 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Anderson (1 RAR, AATTV) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1846
ASHBOLT, Allan – An Australian Experience: words from the Vietnam war
Australasian Book Society Inc, Sydney, 1974
ISBN-10: 0909916667
ISBN-13: 978-0909916664
400 pages.
An Australian RAR member’s experience of the war.
BARKER, Kevin (Kenworth Kev)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 25 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Barker (5 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1361
BARLOW, Pam – The Longest Mile: A Nurse in the Vietnam War 1968-69
Unknown publisher, Townsville, 2006
ISBN: 0 646 453483
Glossary, photographs, maps; 142 pages.
Provides a detailed description of the care and attention provided by medical staff to the sick and casualties in Vietnam. Although not identified as such, those whose treatment is described were from RAR units.
BARRY, Richard ‘Dick’ – The 10th, Reflections of National Service and life in the Australian Army, 1967-69
Richard Barry (self published), 2011
ISBN: 978-0-646-5567 4-1
416 pages.
Contains many stories and memories of those National Servicemen of the 10th Intake, of their training in Australia and their war service in Vietnam.
BAXTER, Phil
UNSW, Canberra, 2000
18 mins 22 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Baxter (4 RAR and 6 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2580
BEAUCHAMP, Peter
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 58 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Beauchamp (6 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1993
BENSON, Barry (Bazza)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 43 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Benson (3 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/734
BETTANY, Robert (Angry Ant)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 52 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Bettany (1 RAR and 6 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1377
BIGWOOD, Richard “Barney” and BIGWOOD, Andrew – We Were Reos, Australian Infantry Reinforcements in Vietnam
Richard & Andrew Bigwood (self published), 2011
ISBN: 978 1 4628 7664 8 HC
Bibliography, 227 pages.
Describes the life of a ‘reo’ as one even more transient than that of the average soldier. As a ‘reo’, or reinforcement soldier, he is sent from one Battalion to another depending on which platoon has seen its soldiers discharged, wounded or killed.
BISHOP, Darryl – Killing Babies: An Australian Digger recalls his Vietnam War
Sid Harta Publishers, Glen Waverley VIC, 2018
ISBN: TBA
500 pages.
Author served with 4 RAR in Vietnam during 1971-72 as a national serviceman. This is his reminiscences of coming from a stockman background and serving in Vietnam.
BLAIR, Anne – There to the bitter end: Ted Serong in Vietnam
Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2001
ISBN: 10: 1865084689
ISBN: 13:178818650841688
Bibliography, index, B & W illustrations, 320 pages.
A detailed account, based on the diaries of Serong, of his experiences and role in the Vietnam War. Mentions various RAR battalions in the coverage of the entire war. . This is Ted Serong’s story of that war. Serong grew to have influence at the highest levels of government in America and South Vietnam. An adviser to Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Kissinger and presidents of South Vietnam, Ted Serong attended a multitude of secret planning meetings in Washington and Saigon. Throughout all this he kept a personal diary which he updated daily. This book is based on that diary and the accounts of many of the Australians, Americans and South Vietnamese who Serong worked and fought with.
BLINKO, Gary – Down a country lane to war: an Australian boy’s journey to the Vietnam War
Boolarong Press, Moorooka QLD, 1997
ISBN-10: 086439201X
ISBN-13: 978-0864392015
Illustrated; 170 pages.
An autobiography from the Vietnam War.
BRADY, Kevin (Butch)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 55 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Brady (2 RAR, 6 RAR) who served in Malaya and Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1458
BRAY, Elvis – Fading memories of an old soldier – Vietnam 1968-1970
Publisher and date unknown
Available online for purchase including Kindle.
139 pages.
Memoire about author’s two years in Vietnam as a US Army helicopter crew chief which includes a story called ‘Australians in the Mine Field’. He was flying medical evacuation (dustoff) out of Vung Tau and assisted the Australians evacuate the wounded. Author states that the Australians (mostly RAR wounded) were as good as any US soldiers he worked with.
BRIAND, Rena – No tears to flow: woman at war
Heineman, Melbourne, 1969
ISBN: Not identified
Illustrated; 202 pages.
Author writes of her journalistic and other women’s experiences in Vietnam, herself a French citizen living there from 1964-67 at which time she meets and returns to Australia with an Australian soldier.
BREWER Geoff (Compilor/editor) – Manoeuvres, mates, memories of the men from Bravo Company, 2 RAR/ANAZC before, during and after the Battalion’s first tour to South Vietnam 1968/68
Courtney Direct, Dandenong, 2021
ISBN: 9780645154603
Illustrated, maps, bibliography; 416 pages.
A veteran’s account of the company’s experiences and achievements in Vietnam, and their many re-unions since.
BROWN, MM Wayne ‘Sam’, Medic: Memoirs of an Australian Infantry Medic in Viet Nam 1968-69
Queensland Complete Printing Services, Nambour QLD, 2002
ISBN: 0-9581931-0-X
Photographs, glossary, an Annex – Vietnam Veterans Health Study Press Releases, Indexed; 326 pages.
The book records the author’s personal experience as a Medic with 4 RAR 1968-1969 in which he details the treatment of battle casualties, the invaluable work of the stretcher bearers, the life-saving efforts of the staff at the 1st Australian Field Hospital at Vung Tau hospital and the helicopter crews who extracted men from the jungle and paddy fields during and after vicious fire-fights with an elusive and determined enemy.
BROWN, Wayne
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 15 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Brown (4 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2178
BUCHAN, Graham – A remarkable individual: a remarkable career
Privately published, 2021
ISBN: None
Illustrated, 33pages, A4 print, digitised.
A biography of LTCOL (Dr) James (Jim) Raymond Bourke, MG, OAM (Deceased), who served with 1 RAR in Vietnam during which he engaged in actions that eventually led to his receipt of the MG when at award was introduced many years later. In his retirement he largely responsible for finding and returning to Aust our MIAs from Vietnam (all six found) and Borneo, a feat for which he was also awarded the OAM. A copy of this work is available from the RARC Bibliographer pending digital storage in Part 16.
BUICK, Bob
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 18 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Buick (2 RAR, 6 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2181
BUICK, Bob with McKAY, Gary – All Guts and No Glory: The Story of a Long Tan Warrior
Allen & Unwin Australia, 2000
ISBN: 1865082740
Index,bibliography; 272 pages.
A first hand account by Bob Buick, assisted by Gary McKay of the Battle of Long Tan. Appendices provide rolls, honours and awards.
BURCHETT, Wilfred G – Vietnam: Inside Story of the Guerrilla War
International Publishers Co Inc, 1965
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 65-19627
ISBN- Nil
Bib ID: 2525680
Index; 252 pages.
An eyewitness report by the only Western writer known to have travelled throughout the areas of Vietnam controlled by the National Liberation Front.
BURKE, Di and SMALL, Mary – Seek, An illustrated and pictorial tribute to Australian Tracker Dogs in the Vietnam War
ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee Aspley Qld Inc, Brisbane, 2009
ISBN: 9780980448009
Photographs and illustrations, 48 pages.
A tribute and dedicated to the eleven faithful war dogs that served Australia as members of combat tracking teams during the Vietnam War. They did not return home, but are not forgotten.
BURRIDGE, John
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Burridge (5 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2263
BURSTALL, Terry – The Soldiers’ Story: The Battle at Xa Long Tan Vietnam, 18 August 1966
University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1986
ISBN: 070223009X
Index; 188 pages.
A detailed account of this major battle, written by one of the participants. His story reconstructs the action using ex-secret documents as well as recollections of many of the other diggers.
BURSTALL, Terry – A Soldier Returns: A Long Tan veteran discovers the other side of Vietnam
University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1990
ISBN: 0702222526
Index, bibliographic references; 215 pages.
The author compares official war records with first-hand accounts from retired Vietnamese officers, villagers and a former PW.
BURSTALL, Terry – Vietnam: the Australian Dilemma
University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1994
ISBN-10: 0702224707
ISBN-13: 978-0702224706
Photographs, maps, index; 329 pages
Burstall reflects in chronological order on the Australian involvement in Vietnam. Focuses on 6 RAR which was Burstall’s unit. Is the trilogy volume to Burstall’s other two books: The Soldier’s Story and A Soldier Returns.
BUTTERWORTH, Harold (Harry)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 13 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Butterworth (7 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1265
CAMERON, Martin – Australia’s Longest War
AC Tod Printing Pty Ltd, Melbourne,1987
ISBN: 073160962X
168 pages.
The author was a forward scout and section commander with 7 RAR on the Battalion’s second tour of duty in Vietnam.
CAULFIELD, Michael – The Vietnam Years: From the Jungle to the Australian Suburbs
Hachette Australia, Sydney, 2007
ISBN: 9780733624131
Index, bibliography; 503 pages.
The story of both sides of the war, from the vicious fighting of jungle patrols and the bravery shown by so many Australians at the famous Battle of Long Tan, to families back home, ripped apart by confusion and anger. It is also the story of the long hard road Australia took from innocence to bitterness and from despair to redemption, and how we have learned to accept that some wounds never heal. Well illustrated.
CAVANOUGH Ian – Fun, Fear, Frivolity: A Tale of the Vietnam War by an Aussie Grunt
Self-published, Yeppoon QLD, 2017
ISBN: Nil
Multiple colour photographs, numerous individuals identified; 271 pages.
This is a 2 RAR veteran’s story for his time from enlistment through to the end of his tour of duty in Vietnam. Available in e-book format, or the most recent version in pdf direct from the author at [email protected] . A donation is invited, without obligation, to assist with a veteran’s support entity.
CHAD, Garry – Kangaroo Creek: The Complete Story
Zeus Publications, Burleigh QLD, 2013
ISBN: 978-1-921919-59-6
ISBN: 9781921919633
Index; 213 pages.
Author served on three tours of duty in Vietnam – 1,6 and 4 RAR. He tells the story of these deployments and also that of Wang Chi Hoe, a soldier from the other side, weaving their stories of beginnings in rural environments up to their colliding as mutual enemies in South Vietnam. More than one edition.
CLARKE, RG (Compiler) – Reflections on Vietnam
Moshpit Publishing, Sydney, 2021
ISBN: 9781922542014
Illustrated, 310 pages.
Chapters by Normie Rowe, Dave Cook, Michael Tapping, Phil Parsons, Patricia Dudley, Jack Lake, Ian Beveridge, Dennis Bray, Patricia Little, Greg Carter, Alan Kitchen, Pattie Amplett, Peter Perry and Al Chi Hoand provide a range of views and perspectives of their service in Vietnam. Many were RAR members at the time. Introduction by Dr Brendan Nelson gives an overview of this publication which reflects on the human experience side of the war.
CHILDS, Kevin & FOSTER, Ken – Vietnam: Our Stories (3V)
Wilkinson Publishing, Warriewood NSW, 2019
ISBN: 9781925927054
Photographs; 240 pages.
A collection of stories of the war by Australian participants under the banner of the Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia.
CHRISTIAN, Doug (Major) – Digger’s mate
Self-published, Surrey Hills VIC, 1995
ISBN: 0646260952
Photographs, bibliography, index; 46 pages.
Personal account of service in Vietnam and relationships with other soldiers.
CHURCH, JM – With the ANZAC Battalion 1970-71
Unpublished, undated
ISBN: Nil
304 pages A4-size bound manuscript with an index, maps and illustrations.
The text takes the form of a diary entry, with pages printed one side only. Possible prime source of the product CHURCH, JM – Second to none. This rare source is privately held pending digitisation.
COE, John J (Editor) – Desperate Praise: The Australians in Vietnam
Artlook Books, Perth WA, 1982
ISBN: 0864450222
137 Pages.
Personal observations written by the diggers who served there, and tell their story of what conditions were really like. Several of the stories are by RAR personnel.
COLEBATCH, Hal GP – Australia’s Secret War: How Unionists Sabotaged Our Troops in WW II
Quadrant Books, 2013
ISBN:9780980677874
Index, 340 pages.
Tells the shocking, true, but until now largely suppressed and hidden story of the war waged from 1939 to 1945 by a number of key Australian trade unions against their own society and against the men and women of their own country’s fighting forces at the time of its gravest peril. Has disturbing parallels to union behaviour regarding mail and stevedoring during the Vietnam War, and which had adverse impacts upon morale among many RAR troops, among all others.
COLSON, Geraldine – The Soldier who didn’t die: A Sister’s Memoire
No publisher details, 2018
ISBN: 97817286422178
252 pages.
Mike Berrigan was wounded in Vietnam serving with 7 RAR and invalided home, never fully recovering from those wounds. He died in October 2011, possibly the last veteran of that war to so pass on. This is his story.
COOPER, Brad – Not a hero in sight
Self-published, Australia, 2016
ISBN: 9780646952598
294 pages.
Author served 20 years including in Vietnam, possibly 5 RAR. This book is a soldier’s perspective of that war, told in very direct language.
CRAFT, David – The ghost lives on in 2786091: National Service 1967-1968
Self-published, location and date not known
ISBN: Nil
60 page publication including two discs containing over 100 photographs.
The personal story of a national serviceman who took part in a tour of duty in Vietnam with 2 RAR. Available through 2 RAR museum curator.
CROWLEY, Barrie – View from a Low Bough
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1997
ISBN: 1864483016
285 pages.
A story of poignancy, horror and devastatingly funny happenings
amongst a group of Australian infantry soldiers in Vietnam.
DODDS, Greg – Ships in the Night: a Vietnam War Story
Denis Gastin and Martin Walsh and estate of Gregory Ronald Dodds, Sydney, 2020
ISBN 10: 0646830171
ISBN 13: 9780646830179
Illustrated, but no footnotes, glossary, reading list or sources; 199 pages.
Author’s career began as a professional Australian soldier who served as an intelligence officer with the Australian Task Force in Vietnam in the late 1960s. His personal experiences of the Vietnam War.
DWYER, Dale & YOUNG, Sonia – Morrie! My love, my life, my inspiration
Sue Kennedy Publishing, Sydney, 2013
ISBN:9780645356182
Illustrated; 260 pages.
The story of Morrie (Mick) Dwyer of 4 Platoon, B Company 5 RAR who, in Vietnam on 21 Feb 67, was severely wounded along with many fellow 5 RAR soldiers were killed and wounded when their APC hit a mine.
EDWARDS, Glen D – Vietnam the War Within
Glen D Edwards, Salisbury SA, 1992
ISBN: 0646105914
272 pages.
This book is a significant milestone in the understanding of the psychological effects of war experienced by the men and women who served in Vietnam. Twenty Vietnam veterans from Australia, America and New Zealand tell their stories with a frankness which some readers may find disturbing or hard to believe. The RAR is represented among them.
ELDER, Bruce – A Copper In Jungle Greens, Service with The NSW Police and The Australian Army
Australian Military History Publications, Loftus NSW, 2011
ISBN: 978 0 980777482
Index; 80 pages.
In 1966, Bruce Elder took temporary leave from his job as a police officer, to undertake his National Service in the Australian Army. The title of this book reveals the two sides of his life – the transition from one of the ‘boys in blue’; to being conscripted into the army with 5 RAR during the Vietnam war era and wearing ‘jungle greens’.
EVANS, Carla – Serving those who served: looking after our Vietnam veterans who have served their country with honour, dignity and courage
Carla Evans, Clifton Springs VIC, 2003
ISBN: 0957719019
Illustrated; 136 pages.
A series of stories as told to the author by veterans, many have to be RAR members from the subject matter. Some are funny, others sad and tragic. An expose of the war through the eyes of those who fought it.
EVANS, Carla – The Cost of Courage
Carla Evans, Clifton Springs VIC, 2012
ISBN: 9780957719040
B & W Photographs; 311 pages.
This book relates stories of fear, draining adrenalin, mysteries of underground tunnel systems and the close bonding of the brotherhood of serving Australian personnel during the Vietnam War. It also portrays the truth in the search and discovery of Australia’s six former MIAs, and the efforts made to return them home 40 years after the war had ended, performance of both regular and national servicemen, survivors of Long Tan, the effects of PTSD, the press, Vietnamese refugees and the author’s experiences in Vietnam with Veterans of the Vietnam War. Covers many RAR personnel in this mix.
EVANS, Carla – Trauma Tears and Time
Carla Evans, Wangaratta, Vic 1993
ISBN: 0646134523
55 pages.
Contains short stories from several Vietnam veterans regarding their active service.
FAGGOTTER, Jim – The Vietnam War 1961-1975: Australia, Don’t Forget About Us
Jim Faggotter, Rockhampton QLD, 2005
ISBN: 0646442708
Plates, photographs; 93 pages.
True stories by ex-servicemen who completed at least one tour of duty in the Vietnam War, and how the war affected them once they returned home.
FAIRHEAD, Maurice (Fred)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 49 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Fairhead (6 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1104
FALCONER, GJ – A little bit of bitter poems of Vietnam
AWM, Canberra, year unknown
ISBN: 0646076361
Maps, B & W photographs; 92 pages.
A former D Coy 7 RAR soldier, the author provides his view of the world through poetry where he asks ‘why me’? located at https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/LIB10377
FARRY, Daryl R – Starlight Minor – A grandfather’s and grandson’s memoire 1st Field Ambulance WW I and ‘C Coy’ 4RAR/NZ Bn (ANZAC) Vietnam
Zeus Publications, Burleigh QLD, 2009
ISBN: 9781921574160
Illustration, index; 314 pages.
Part of the book deals with 4RAR/NZ Bn (ANZAC).
FERGUSON, Barbara – Rain in My Heart: Memories of Children and War in South Vietnam
Lothian Books, South Melbourne, 2006
ISBN -10: 0734409214
Bibliography, index; 221 pages.
Author worked in Vietnam up to 1975 with World Vision and writes of the impact of the war especially children. Mentions some RARs.
GIBLETT, Noel (compiler/editor) – (VVCS) Homecoming
Stories from Australian Vietnam veterans and their wives
Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1990
ISBN: 064410709X
73 pages.
Frank, personal accounts which reveal the humiliation, social rejection and personal stress of the time.
GOOLD, JJ – I remember Vietnam: three decades on
Department of Foreign Affairs, Canberra, 1996
ISBN: None found
Illustrations, 8 pages.
Personal reminiscences of an RAR soldier from Vietnam.
GREEN, A (Compiler) – 2018 Coral50 – UCG Awarded
Self-published, Brisbane, 2018
ISBN: nil
Colour photographs, text, an unpaginated assortment of documents.
A collation of matters and documents pertaining to the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Fire Support Patrol Base Coral for which 1 RAR was awarded the Unit Citation for Gallantry.
GREEN, A (Compiler) – Photographic record 1 RAR, 6 platoon B Coy Vietnam 1968-69
Self-published by this platoon, Brisbane, 2016
ISBN: 9780987062727
Colour photographs, platoon nominal roll, honour roll; 160 pages.
A pictorial history of this platoon’s tour of duty.
GREEN, Geoff – Weekend warrior at war (3rd edition)
Green Publications, Mount Martha VIC, 2005
ISBN: 9870975735312
Index; 127 pages.
Author, as OC 1st Australian Psychology Operations Unit in Vietnam, writes of his Vietnam and CMF service experiences which include relationships with RAR battalions.
HALLIDAY, Claire – Unsung Heroes: The Stories of 20 Worthy Australians
Lothian Books, South Melbourne, 2002
ISBN: 0734404085
192 pages.
One of the 20 stories is about an RAR soldier who returns to the Task Force area after the war to help repair the war damage suffered by the local Vietnamese and by himself.
HARAN, Peter
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 01 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Haran (2 RAR and 3 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1441
HARAN, Peter – Trackers: The Untold Story of the Australian Dogs of War.
New Holland Publishers, Sydney, 2000
ISBN: 1864366052
212 pages.
Provides a snapshot of how life was for the infantry soldier in the Vietnam War and also shows how the tracker dogs and tracking teams served in Vietnam with their specialist skills.
HARAN, Peter & KEARNEY, Robert – Crossfire: An Australian Reconnaissance Unit in Vietnam
New Holland Publishers (Australia), French’s Forest NSW, 2001
ISBN: 1864367210 (pbk)
237 pages.
Story of 5RAR’s Reconnaissance Platoon on operations in Vietnam 1966-67. Also covers some post-Vietnam memories and the aftermath effects on some of the individuals.
HARAN, Peter & KEARNEY, Robert – Flashback: Echoes from a Hard War
New Holland Publishers (Australia), French’s Forest NSW, 2003
ISBN: 1741100003
237 pages.
Collection of the reminiscences of seven Australian Infantry Vietnam veterans.
HARAN, Peter – Climbing Nui Dat Hill
UTube footage from Haran. He served in Vietnam with 2RAR May 67 – June 68 and 3RAR Feb 71 – Oct 71.
See: https://youtu.be/NhBBSfGtKn4?list=RDNhBBSfGtKn4
HARAN, Peter – Land Mines and the Light Green
UTube footage from Haran. He served in Vietnam with 2RAR May 67 – June 68 and 3RAR Feb 71 – Oct 71.
See: https://youtu.be/PUCOHxun7LI?list=RDNhBBSfGtKn4
HARAN, Peter – Red Mud and Barbed Wire
UTube footage from Haran. He served in Vietnam with 2RAR May 67 – June 68 and 3RAR Feb 71 – Oct 71.
See: https://youtu.be/70YdRgjpIyA?list=RDNhBBSfGtKn4
HARAN, Peter – Shockwave: an Australian combat helicopter crew in Vietnam
New Holland Publishers (Australia), French’s Forest NSW, 2004
ISBN: 1741100453
212 pages.
Helicopter gunship operation in support of ground troops, Vietnam period 1961-1975. References to RAR battalions.
HARAN, Peter – Tracking Dog in a Minefield
UTube footage from Haran. He served in Vietnam with 2RAR May 67 – June 68 and 3RAR Feb 71 – Oct 71.
See: https://youtu.be/Xet4ijKvVgo?list=RDNhBBSfGtKn4
HEARD, Barry – Well Done Those Men: Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran
Scribe Publications, 2005
ISBN: 9781921215360
303 pages.
The memoirs of a National Service infantryman who served in Vietnam with 7RAR 1967-68. Includes post-Vietnam service life including the aftermath of his tour of duty. Another edition published by Penguin Books.
HENNESSY, Brian – The Sharp End: The Trauma of a War in Vietnam
Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1997
ISBN: 186448506X
160 pages.
A soldier’s depiction of his Vietnam experience as a Regular Army infantryman in the RAR. It is a personal narrative without reference to the identification of his platoon, company and battalion.
HESSEY, Stan (Fr) – Walking with Grunts: An Australian Army Chaplain serving with Eighth Infantry Battalion in Vietnam
Xlibris Corporation, Brisbane, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4535-79998-5
Photographs; 88 pages.
An autobiography delivering a chaplain’s perspective of the service with 8 RAR in Vietnam.
HIGGINS, Clem (Henry)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 01 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Higgins (3 RAR and SASR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1257
HOCKING, Michael – Rescued from Vietnam: A veteran’s recovery from PTSD
Xlibris, Australia, 2016
ISBN: 97871514442678
Illustrated; 258 pages.
A 7 RAR veteran’s story of the war and how he dealt with the aftermath.
HOWARD, Major General Brian William Howard AO MC (Rtd) as the major Officer Commanding A Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Lex McAulay
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1996
Audio interview; 47mins 5 secs
Howard is interviewed by Lex McAulay about the Battle of Coral-Balmoral May 1968. Accessible at https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1017413
HUGHES, Anthony (Hooky)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 05 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Hughes (3 RAR and 7 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2093
IRELAND, Peter
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Ireland (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Korea. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1208
JAMIESON, Willian
UNSW, Canberra, online
42 mins 5 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Jamieson who also served with 1 RAR in Vietnam. Accessible at
https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2226
Jean Hoffman (John)
State Library of Queensland, online, 2023
Video interview 41 mins 39 secs
An interview-based biography of John Hoffman (RAR) who served in Vietnam, by his widow Jean as recorded in camera during a State Library initiative title Vietnam50, Stories of service. Accessible at https://www.qld.gov.au/community/getting-support-health-social-issue/veterans/grants-and-commemoration/vietnam50/stories-of-service
Jenny (Barry) Gregory
State Library of Queensland, online, 2022
Video interview 7 mins 52 secs
An interview biography of Gregory (RAR) who served in Malaya, Vietnam and Singapore. Recorded in camera by his widow Mrs Jenny Gregory during a State Library initiative title Vietnam50, Stories of service. Accessible at https://www.qld.gov.au/community/getting-support-health-social-issue/veterans/grants-and-commemoration/vietnam50/stories-of-service/blog-stories/jenny-gregory
John White – Life on the line
Contact, Sydney, 2023
YouTube podcast, 1 min 0 second 18 secs.
Life on the Line Season 7 (#137) features White who served with the RAR and AATTV in Vietnam including the Battle of Ngok Tavak in 1968. Cover his life including his tour of duty in Vietnam. Accessible at https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2023/09/03/john-white-life-on-the-line-2/
JONES, John Geoffrey (Geoff) Major – An Experience of War
in Paulatim the RAAMC Head of Corps, Canberra, 2005
11 pages.
An illustrated article in the RAAMC Corps magazine. The experiences of a young medic attached to RAR Battalions during peace and the Vietnam War are related, highlighting many lessons for medics and Infantrymen alike.
JONES, Geoff – A soldier’s tale: a story of adventure and misadventure, of love of family and a life in the Australian Army
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 2021
ISBN: Nil
Illustrated, maps, four appendices; 173 pages.
This autobiography is available in the AWM Publication Collection. Author was a 17 year old looking for adventure. Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in Sydney, Geoff was full of youthful exuberance with a talent for misadventure. It was only natural that he would channel his adventurous spirit into a life in the army. He describes his experience of mortal combat in the Vietnam War in 1966 and 1970/71.and its after-effect. His experiences in a full and immensely satisfying army career are also well described. The army provided for his family and it gave them unforgettable adventures across the length and breadth of Australia and North America. His is a story of allegiance to his country, of mateship, and of a loving family who supported him all the way.
JONES, Geoff – A soldier’s tale: a story of adventure and misadventure, of love of family and a life in the Australian Army (second edition)
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 2022
ISBN: Nil
Illustrated, maps, five appendices; 175 pages.
This autobiography is available in the AWM Publication Collection. Author was a 17-year old looking for adventure. Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in Sydney, Geoff was full of youthful exuberance with a talent for misadventure. It was only natural that he would channel his adventurous spirit into a life in the army. He describes his experience of mortal combat in the Vietnam War in 1966 and 1970/71and its after-effect. His experiences in a full and immensely satisfying army career are also well described. The army provided for his family and it gave them unforgettable adventures across the length and breadth of Australia and North America. His is a story of allegiance to his country, of mateship, and of a loving family who supported him all the way. New appendix includes awards received.
Keith Payne, VC, AM
State Library of Queensland, online, 2023
A website biography of Payne as recorded and written up during a State Library initiative title Vietnam50, Stories of service. Accessible at https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/keith-payne-vc-am
KELLY, Andrew (Jock)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 41 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Kelly (AATTV) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1629
KERCHER, Peter
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 13 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Kercher (1 RAR and 7 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1640
KNOX, Colin – Bullets, bombs and buffalo bulls
Jabiru Publishing, Cairns, 2019
ISBN: 9780648574149
169 pages.
A memoir of the author who served with C Coy 7 RAR during the Tet Offensive 1968. Covers his work in Northern Territory as well as his tour of duty in Vietnam.
KRASNOFF, Stan – Krazy Hor
Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2004
ISBN: 1741140064
216 pages.
Story of a soldier’s experiences culminating as Commanding Officer of 3RAR.
KRASNOFF, Stan – Shadows on the Wall
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2002
ISBN: 1 86508 8870
193 pages.
RAR author was posted to the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam and took part in the American Project Rapid Fire. This book is a stylised reminisce of his service in Vietnam and his post-Vietnam service in the peacetime Australian Army.
KRASNOFF Stan – Where To For Valour: the Keith Payne Story
Shala Press, 1995
ISBN: 0646251023
242 pages,
The Keith Payne VC story is told, with occasional references to the RAR, including Payne’s service in the RAR and in the AATTV.
LAMENSDORF, Jean Debelle – Write Home for Me: A Red Cross Woman in Vietnam
Random House Australia, Milson’s Point NSW, 2006
ISBN: 9781740513937
302 pages.
The story of a Red Cross girl in Vietnam at the time of the Battle of Long Tan. She relates the contact she had with members of 6RAR, and D Coy in particular.
LAMPARD, Kerry (Lumpy)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 21 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Lampard (1 RAR, SASR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/894
LAUGHTON, K C – Not quite men, no longer boys
IAD Press, Australia, 1999
ISBN-10: 1864650060
ISBN-13: 978-1864650068
Illustrated; 352 pages.
An aboriginal serviceman’s story of his tour of duty in Vietnam with the RAAC. Mentions RAR units and individuals with whom he served, and in support of.
LAW, Arthur (Alfred)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 44 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Law (1 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1434
LEE, Sandra Finger – Vietnam on Canvas – Ken McFadyen: An Artist at War
Barrallier Books, Barrallier, VIC, 2013
ISBN 9780980663303(hbk)
Index, notes; 144 pages.
Ken McFadyen served with the Australian forces in Vietnam from July 1967 until May 1968, attached to 2RAR. Appendix lists the post-WWII artists.
LEIS, Ian (Bop)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 31 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Leis (5 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/794
LOCKE, Graham – Call Sign ‘Tiger 62’: The story of the Assault Pioneer Platoon of the 5th Royal Australian Regiment, Vietnam 1969
Zeus Publications, Burleigh QLD, 2006
ISBN: 1921118083
Illustrated, maps, index; 130 pages.
Author served in this platoon in 5 RAR
Lex McAulay, Blue Lanyard Red Banner: The Capture of a Vietcong Headquarters by 1st Battalion the Royal Australian Regiment, Operation Crimp, 8-14 January 1966. Banner Books, 2005. Book-length version of the previous item.
LOCKHART, Greg – The Minefield: An Australian Tragedy in Vietnam
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2007
ISBN: 978 1741141061
Index, bibliography; 306 pages.
The author explains the origins and consequences of Brigadier Stuart Graham’s decision to lay an 11 kilometre-long minefield in Vietnam in 1967, a minefield that failed to achieve its intent as a barrier, and enabled the enemy to lift M16 anti-personnel mines that were then used against the Australians to deadly effect.
LUCACI, John
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 50 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Lucaci (7 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1452
LUNN, Hugh – Vietnam: A Reporter’s War
University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1986
ISBN: 0702220183
Photos; 259 pages.
Arriving at the height of the war in 1967, the young Australian correspondent witnessed some of the most bloody and dramatic events culminating in the 1968 Tet offensive, when the Viet Cong invaded Saigon as part of a country-wide offensive. The author mentions the service and death of an RAR officer serving with AATTV at the time, and provides a visually revealing insight into the war fought by the RAR battalions and others.
LLOYD-THOMAS, Kevin – Beat PTSD – How A Combat Soldier Conquered Chronic PTSD To Live A Life
That Truly Matters And How You Can Too
Global Publishing, Mt Evelyn, 2018
ISBN: 978 1925 288 162
Black and white photos; 22 pages.
The author completed two tours of duty as an Infantryman and then as a section commander, resulting in what the author describes as chronic PTSD and a suicide attempt. He overcame his difficulties and has recorded much good advice in his book for others with similar issues.
MacGREGOR, Sandy – Classified Memoirs: A Life too Interesting
Publisher TBA, location TBA, 2019
ISBN: TBA
X pages.
A personal story that includes the author’s experience as a junior sapper officer in support of 1 RAR when it was a component of the 173 US Airborne Brigade in Vietnam, including clearance of portions of the Cu Chi tunnel system.
MACKAY, Ian – Australians in Vietnam
Rigby, Adelaide, 1968
BIB ID: 1683595
ISBN – none
Maps on linings. Illustrated; 201 pages.
This story is of the early days of Australia’s commitment to South Vietnam, and covers aspects of AATTV operations as well as the first 1RAR and 5RAR tours of duty.
MACKAY, Ian – Phantoms of Bribie: The Jungles of Vietnam to Corporate Life and Everything in Between
Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2017
ISBN-13: 9781925275575
Index, images; 32 pages
This is the author’s story of operational service in Vietnam. Mackay served with the SAS and in Malaya, experience serving him well later in Vietnam where he was Officer Commanding Bravo Company 6 RAR. During Operation Bribie he led his outnumbered company in a desperate bayonet charge, followed by close quarter fighting, against a well dug in and determined enemy. This action illustrated the courage, the battle discipline and spirit of the well trained Australian combat infantryman. The book also covers a wider part of the author’s life.
MacKENZIE, Alistair – Pilgrim Days: from Vietnam to the SAS
Osprey Publishing, New York, 2019
ISBN: HB 9781472833181
Index, colour and black & white photographs; 224 pages.
The NZ author relates his time serving in several armies and conflicts throughout the world. Part of this was in V Company with 2 RAR in Vietnam.
McGEE, Gregory (Mac, Blue, Fibber)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 01 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features McGee (3 RAR and AATTV) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Served during WW II and on. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1755
McGURGAN, Bernard
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 03 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features McGurgan (several RAR, AATTV) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1052
McKAY, Gary MC – After the blood boils: the warrior’s dilemma
Living History, Manly NSW, 2022
ISBN: 9780648922612
Index, illustrated; 208pp.
A military memoire by the author focusing on his military service that included a tour of duty in Vietnam with 4 RAR during which he was wounded mid 1971, and his post-military career writing and battling PTSD.
McKERNAN, Michael – When this thing happened: a story of a father, a son, and the wars that changed them
Scribe Publications, Brunswick VIC, 2015
ISBN-10: 1925106896
ISBN-13: 9781925106893
256 pages.
In this story, the son serves with 5 RAR in Vietnam with about half of the book devoted to that experience. As deputy director of the Australian War Memorial for many years, Michael McKernan has written about many stories of war. For him, war was never about the big picture; it always came down to the individual. Yet little did he know when he met his future wife in 1989 that her father would soon be telling him his own story, of being made a slave to the Nazis in the Second World War, and its unforeseeable consequences. One of these consequences was that Mychajlo Stawyskyj’s son Joe would grow up in Australia and be sent to fight in Vietnam as a national serviceman, where he would become one of that war’s worst casualties. McKernan pieces together the disrupted lives of his father-in-law and brother-in-law, creating a compelling narrative and an unforgettable story about the cost of war to one Australian family.
MADDEN, Michael, C – Dasher: The Kevin Wheatley VC story
Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2021
ISBN: 9781722388657
Illustrations; 361 pages.
The story of Warrant Officer ‘Dasher’ Wheatley, member of the RAR and posted to the AATV in Vietnam at the time of his bravery which led to the award of the Victoria Cross.
MADDOCK, Kenneth (Editor) – Memories of Vietnam
Random House Australia, Milson’s Point NSW, 1991
ISBN: 0091825911
Bibliography; 283 pages.
A series of short stories where some Australians who knew the war from close-up to close quarter contact look back over the years and recall their experiences in their own words. RAR members are among the contributors.
MADDOCK, Kenneth: WRIGHT, Barry (Editor) – War Australia & Vietnam
Harper & Row (Australasia), Melbourne, 1987
ISBN: 0 06 312099 2
Index; 314 pages.
Barry Wright, an anthropologist and Vietnam veteran, and Kenneth Maddock, an anthropologist, have brought together a remarkable record of human conflict which breaks new ground. The theme of the impact of a war has probably never before been tackled from such a diverse range of points of view and backgrounds.
MALONE, Michael (Mick)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Malone (SASR) who served in Vietnam. In the interview he also talks of his experiences with several RAR. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2087
MARTENS, Ted (Snake) (Editor) – Two’s company: tall tales but true, a tour of the funny farm
Self-published, Townsville, date not known
ISBN: Nil
Booklet with B & W photographs, newspaper clippings; 125 pages.
Comprises reminiscences by C Coy 2 RAR soldiers during their second tour of duty in Vietnam.
McAULAY, Lex – The Battle of Long Tan
Century Hutchinson Australia, 1986
ISBN: 0099525305
Index, maps on linings,187 pages
This book tells the story of the Battle of Long Tan and the men who fought it.
A moving story of great courage in the face of overwhelming odds. Several editions including a 1987 paperback published by Arrow Books
McAULAY, Lex – Blue Lanyard, Red Banner
Banner Books, Maryborough QLD, 2005
ISBN: 1875593284
Index, bibliography; 245 pages.
The account of the capture of a Viet Cong Headquarters by 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment during Operation Crimp, 8-14 January 1966.
McAULAY, Lex – Remember When? Some Over A Beer Yarns: Australians in South Vietnam 1965-71
Banner Books, Sydney, 2016
ASIN: B01BSI01DI
Kindle; 165 pages.
A collection of Army anecdotes and yarns typical of those exchanged when veterans have a beer with friends and remember people, places and events of that time and place, with a few jokes and funny things that happened. There are no political, diplomatic or military analyses here, and only one name is mentioned because it is relevant to the yarn. Believed to be true, though two could well be ‘urban myths’. Many were personally experienced by the author during his three tours of duty in South Vietnam, or he was close by and heard of it soon after. These anecdotes are provided to place on record some happenings from that now-distant war in a small part of the Australian involvement. Most will come from RAR members.
McAULAY, Lex – More Remember When? Some over a few beers yarns: Australians in south Vietnam 1965-71
Banner Books, Sydney, 2016
ASIN: B01JV7R2AI
Kindle edition, 72 pages.
As successor to the popular ‘Remember When’ published almost a year earlier, this is a second collection of yarns about Aussies in South Vietnam, this time 83 anecdotes and items of information.
McDERMOTT, Michael (Mike)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 02 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features McDermott (5 RAR and AATTV) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/935
, Bernie – Calling Hill 55: an Australian advisor’s war in Vietnam
Lumino Press, Hamilton QLD, 2015
ISBN: 9781921538315
Illustrated, maps, glossary; 200 pages.
A detailed and personal account of the author’s time as an advisor with the AATTV in 1970-71. Many RAR members are mentioned in this story.
McHUGH, Siobhan – Minefields and miniskirts: Australian women and the Vietnam war
Doubleday, Sydney/London, 1993
ISBN: 0868244902
Illustrated, index, bibliography; 295 pages.
Based on research among 50 different women to serve in Vietnam and/or had direct dealings through entertainment, philanthropy, or were related to veterans; all of whom will have come into contact with RAR members. Another perspective of the war.
McKay MC, Gary – After the blood cools: the warrior’s dilemma
Living History, Manly NSW, 2022
ISBN: 97806448922612
Illustrated; 208 pages.
This book is in two Parts. In the first, the author reflects upon his distinguished military career, focussing on his service in South Vietnam where, as OC 11 Platoon, D Company 4 RAR, he was awarded the Military Cross for actions during the Battle of Nui Le in 1971. In the second, he addresses his service and experiences since returning to Australia.
McKAY, Gary – Bullets, Beans & Bandages, Australians at War in Vietnam
Allen & Unwin, St Leonards NSW, 1999
ISBN: 1 86508 074 8
Index, glossary; 300 pages.
Gary McKay conducted extensive interviews with over a hundred veterans and their families in order to build up a picture of their war.
McKAY, Gary – Delta Four: Australian Riflemen in Vietnam
Allen & Unwin, St Leonards NSW, 1996
ISBN; 1864481668
Index; 313 pages.
Delta Four exposes the inner workings of a rifle company – how its soldiers trained for war, and how they operated and fought in the war zone. A revealing perspective of day to day operations at sub-unit level.
McKAY, Gary – Vietnam Fragments: An Oral History of Australians at War
Allen & Unwin, St Leonards NSW, 1992
ISBN: 1863732977
Index, bibliographical references; 307 pages.
A rare collection of impressions, reactions, feelings and fears of the typical front line soldier – the often spell-binding personal experiences of Australians on active service in Vietnam.
McKAY, Gary – In Good Company: One Man’s War in Vietnam
Allen & Unwin, St Leonards NSW, 1987
ISBN: 0043550282
Index; 197 pages.
The autobiography of a national serviceman who was commissioned and led his platoon against the enemy including the NVA.
McKAY, Gary – Going Back: Australian Veterans Return to Vietnam
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2007
ISBN 9781741146349
Index, bibliography; 222 pages.
The author returns to Vietnam with a group of other RAR and other veterans to record their reactions when confronted by the past and their former enemies.
McLEOD, Sydney A – No Boxes: A Triumph of Spirit
Self-published, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012
ISBN-10: 1475126395
ISBN-13: 978-1475126396
402pages.
An RAR veteran’s personal story of his youth and then service in Malaya, Borneo and two tours of duty in Vietnam.
McLEOD, Sydney A – The Nigger in the Wood Pile: Some fact of considerable importance that is not disclosed – something suspicious or wrong
Self-published, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015
ISBN-10: 1519320558
ISBN-13: 978-1519320551
132 pages.
An RAR veteran’s story, stated to be true, of how the soldiers of the 1st Military Aid Team in which he served were allegedly mis-employed and then denied normal recognition in Vietnam. A contentious publication, this book has attracted mixed reviews.
MEECHAM, OAM RJ (Compiler) – In Support of Fellow Veterans: Veterans supporting Veterans
Zeus Publications, Burleigh QLD, 2012
ISBN: 978 1 921919 40 4
Black and white photos; 288 pages.
Twenty-five authors contribute 33 chapters which collectively describe some Vietnam era and post-Vietnam re-unions, other 4 RAR and associated events.
MEECHAM, OAM RJ (Compiler) – Many a Long Road Travelled: The meaning of ‘Duty First’
Zeus Publications, Burleigh QLD, 2012
ISBN: 978 1 921919 38 1
Black and white photos; 305 pages.
Thirty authors, many being RAR members contribute 36 chapters on matters affecting veterans in both peace and war, before and after enlistment, addressing events and personnel who served in the RAR.
MEECHAM, OAM RJ (() – Together Then, Together Again
Zeus Publications, Burleigh QLD, 2012
ISBN: 978 1 921919 39 8
Black and white photos; 287 pages
This book contains 50 chapters on a range of subjects experienced in the post-Vietnam era by veterans of that conflict, especially RAR veterans, many of whom feature in it. It provides an illuminating range of views and experiences which focus on mateship under fire, and how such that relationship endures long after the war.
MEEHAN, Robert (Bob) J, OAM – In the footsteps of the Road Runners
In House Publications, Underwood Qld, 2019
ISBN: 9781925962758
350+ b/w photos; 509 pages.
The life and times of the members of DELTA Company, 4 RAR/NZ from training in Townsville to the end of our tour of Vietnam, 1972 as related by one its members at the time, the author.
MENGEL, Lester (Smiley)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
38 mins 43 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Mengel (2 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1392
MILAM, Greg – And bring the darkness home: the Tony Dell story
Pitch Publishing, Worthing UK, 2021
ISBN: 9781785318511
Illustrated, bibliography; 221 pages.
This is a biography about Tony Dell an international cricketer who suffered from PTSD as a result of his national service in the Australian Army in Vietnam with 2 RAR.
MILLIE, David Millie – Team 19 in Vietnam: An Australian Soldier at War
University Press of Kentucky, Lexington USA, 2013
ISBN: 0813143268, 9780813143262
Bibliography, index; 411 pages.
Millie served with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam in Quang Tri province, Vietnam during 1968.
MISKIEWICZ, Edward (Ted)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 36 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Miskiewicz (6 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1635
MOLLISON, Charles S – Long Tan and Beyond: Alpha Company 6 RAR in Vietnam 1966-67
Cobbs’ Crossing Publications, Woombye NSW, 2005
ISBN: 0 9757507 0 4 (softcover)
Maps, photos, bibliography, index; 428 pages.
Written by is company commander at the time, this company story is a narrative of its tour of duty. Appendices include the Battle of Long Tan’s After Action Reports, Honours and Awards, Nominal Roll, advice on Soldiers’ Rehabilitation.
MOREMAN, Dr John (Editor) – Vietnam – Our War, Our Peace
Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Canberra, 2006
ISBN: 1920720707
139 pages.
Selection of personal stories of 44 Vietnam veterans and their activities in the community post Vietnam. 15 of the veterans were members of the RAR. This DVA product Call number F 59.7043394 V666.
MORGAN, Dave – My Vietnam War: Scarred Forever
Big Sky Publishing, Newport NSW, 2014
ISBN: 9781922132772
Illustrations, one map, portraits, 296 pages.
A typical 20 year old, Morgan forced into extraordinary circumstances in Vietnam where he was exposed to an atmosphere of ever-present danger and sheer terror that would impact him forever. His return to a divided Australia would isolate him further. Based heavily on personal letters and diary entries which, combined with his own recollections and diary entries, and the short stories of seven other veterans, to capture the unbelievable danger and horror that young men experienced in Vietnam.
MORGAN, Dave – The Invisible Trauma – coping with PTSD
Big Sky Publishing, Newport NSW, 2022
ISBN: 9781922765345
346 pages.
In any war the health of a fit soldier can drastically change in an instant and so it was for the men and women in the Vietnam war. While the consequences of major physical injury from a high velocity gunshot wound or from shrapnel from an exploding anti-personnel mine or from the explosive effects of an artillery shell or mortar were obvious, the effects of psychological injury were not. Author, who served as a Signals Corps man attached to RAR battalions, gives an account of his battle with PTSD and follows his book on his war experiences in the Vietnam War.
MORTIMER, Brian
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 52secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Mortimer (1 RAR,) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/644
MURPHY, Paul J – The Quiet Australians, Saint & Sinners, The effects of war and a life thereafter
Book Pal, Sunnybank Hills QLD, 2011
ISBN: 9781742840857
Photos, 540 pages.
This book is the autobiography of a young man who volunteered for National Service and went to serve in Vietnam. Over the years and to the present day he has repeatedly returned to that country to live with and help those there disadvantaged by the war.
MURRELL, James (Jim)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 01 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Murrell (4 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/652
MUSGRAVE, Marvin (Vin)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 01 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Musgrave (1 RAR, 2 RAR and AATTV) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/986
NEALE, Vincent P – A green baggy skin
Self-published, Seaford VIC, 1998
ISBN: 9780646351872
Illustrations; 124 pages.
A veteran’s story of his service including that in Vietnam.
NETTLETON, Michael
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
42 mins 23 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Nettleton (5 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/628
NEWMAN, Barry M (Editor) – Vietnam Remembered: Notes by South Australian CMF Observers
John Davis 4 Hour Printing Services, Norwood SA, 2001
ISBN: 0646415530
Index, 328 pages.
The accounts of the individual experiences of 59 CMF officers who visited the and observed the operations of Australians fighting the Vietnam War. Twenty were infantry officers attached to the RAR battalions in the period 1967 to 1971.
NINH, Boa – The Sorrow of War
Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, London, 1993
ISBN: 0 436 31042 2
216 pages.
English translation of a 1991 novel written by a North Vietnamese soldier. While he deals primarily with operations fighting the Americans, his story and how the enemy suffered as ordinary soldiers against the Western forces supporting the South Vietnamese forces, it is probably the same one that could be told by North Vietnamese Army soldiers who fought the RAR. A rare opportunity to hear from the other side. The author was one of ten men of the original 500 -strong unit to survive the war.
O’FARRELL, Terry – Behind Enemy Lines: An Australian SAS Soldier in Vietnam
Allen & Unwin, St. Leonard’s NSW, 2002
ISBN: 9781865085906
Illustrated, index; 264 pages.
Author enlisted in the Australian Army early in 1966 and was assigned to SAS later that year. Served with SASR in Vietnam 1968- 1969. Served another tour in Vietnam in 1971. Covers SAS operations in support of the total Australian effort. Following Vietnam he remained in the Army rising through the ranks to Major. Several RARs mentioned.
O’HALLORAN, John, with TEAGUE, Ric – The Platoon Commander: the extraordinary story of the man who lead Australia’s most decorated platoon in Vietnam
Hachette Australia and New Zealand Pty Ltd, Sydney, 2021
ISBN: 9780733647475
Illustrations; 342 pages.
Author faces his biggest military challenge during Operation Bribie when he guided 5 Platoon, B Company, 6 RAR through some of the biggest contacts engaged in by Australians during the Vietnam War.
O’NEILL, Robert
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
40 mins 57 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features O’Neill (5RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2441
PARRY, Bill – Still Walking Through Life
Winston Oliver Parry, Mango Hill QLD, 2009
ISBN: 9780957951341 (pbk)
265 pages.
The author’s follow up edition to “Walking Through Life”, stories recounting the author’s war experience and after effects. Another valuable personal impression of the Vietnam War.
PARRY, Bill – Just a Nasho
W.O. Parry/Immaculate Heart Printhall Baguio City Philippines, 2003
ISBN: 0957951310
230 pages
“In Vietnam they all wore the green suit it did not matter whether they were regulars or nashos did not matter they were here to fight the enemy” sums up the theme for this book.
PASSMORE, William (Bill)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Passmore (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1341
Patrick Smythe: Vietnam War re-unites two brothers
Queensland Government, 2023
One of the Queensland Government’s Stories of Service series, this article features Patrick Smythe who served with 8 RAR in Vietnam. Accessible at https://www.qld.gov.au/community/getting-support-health-social-issue/veterans/grants-and-commemoration/remembrance-day-2023/stories-of-service/patrick-smythe
PEDERSON, Geoff – Two years too long: a ‘Nasho’ in Vietnam
Peacock Publications, Norwood SA, 2004
ISBN: 9781876087906
Illustrations, maps, 120 pages.
An RAR veteran’s personal reminiscences of the Vietnam war.
PEMBERTON, Gregory (Editor) – Vietnam Remembered
Weldon Publishing, Willoughby NSW, 1990 (1st Edition), reprint in 1991
Lansdowne Publishing Pty Ltd, 1993 and 1996
New Holland Publishers, 2009 and 2017 (updated editions)
ISBN: 0863020721 (1990 and 1991)
ISBN: 9781742579450 (2017)
Index, bibliographical references; 292 pages (early editions).
A wide ranging view of the Vietnam War from an Australian perspective. Includes a Roll of Honour and Nominal Roll by units of all Australians who served in Vietnam. Two chapters on operations have direct relevance for the RAR. Later editions contain updated and expanded materials.
PETERSON, Barry with CRIBBIN, John – Tiger Men: An Australian Soldier’s Secret War in Vietnam
Macmillan, South Melbourne,1988
ISBN: 0333478193
Index; 245 pages.
Although most of the book describes the author’s time in the AATTV among the Rhade Montagnard of Vietnam, he completed a second tour of duty with 2RAR. At least two subsequent editions published from SE Asia and by others, some with slightly different names.
PHILLIPS, WHJ (Bill) – Too good to be true
Self-published, Coffs Harbour NSW, 2003
ISBN: 0957889380
Illustrated, maps, two volumes; page number not identified.
An RAR veteran’s personal reminiscences of the Vietnam war.
Private Ian Robertshow (D Coy 3 RAR) talks of his time in Vietnam
YouTube
22 mins 55 secs
3 RAR veteran delivers a videoed monologue on his experiences in Vietnam with 3 RAR.Accessible at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnD9gwtpprI
RAVENSCROFT, Bruce – 1970–1971 Diary (PR10289)
Held by the Australian War Memorial
A private record titled PR10289, Papers of Ravenscroft, Raymond Bruce (Private). Author served with 7 RAR in Vietnam and this is his personal diary held at the AWM.
RAVENSCROFT Bruce – Contact-Wait Out: A Vietnam Diary
Australian Military History Publications, Loftus NSW, 1997
ISBN: 0646315382
197 pages.
The daily diary of a soldier’s service in South Vietnam with 7RAR.
REES, Peter – The Boy from Boree Creek, the Tim Fischer Story
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2001
ISBN: 1865085340
Index, bibliography; 354 pages.
This is the story of Tim Fisher’s life which includes his time as a National Serviceman and as a platoon commander with 1RAR in South Vietnam.
REYNOLDS, Stephen (Blue)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
39 mins 54 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Reynolds (2 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1406
ROBBINS, John (Johnno or Sleepy)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Robbins (6RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1905
Rodney Slater
Queensland Government, 2023
One of the Queensland Government’s Stories of Service series, this article features Rod Slater who served with 9 RAR in Vietnam as part of a life career spanning 26 years in the RAR. Accessible at https://www.qld.gov.au/community/getting-support-health-social-issue/veterans/grants-and-commemoration/remembrance-day-2023/stories-of-service/rodney-slater
ROLFE, William (Bill)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 08 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Rolfe (2 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1631
ROSE, Peter – Soldier’s Conscience: The Ethical Complexity of Vietnam Service
Barton Books, Canberra, 2008.
ISBN: 9780980490107 (pbk)
Index and maps; 115 pages.
Addresses the ethical issues faced by Australian soldiers in Vietnam resulting from the severe cultural dislocation of deployment into a war zone.
ROSER, IM – Vietnam Veterans: sons of the Hunter: the story of 104 Vietnam veterans
Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, 2002
ISBN-10: 1876439394
ISBN-13: 978-1876439392
Illustrations, maps, index; 320 pages.
Individual perspectives of Vietnam veterans including many RAR members.
ROWE, Maree (Compiler) – Vietnam Veterans: Sons of the Hunter
Australian Military History Publications, Loftus NSW, 2002
ISBN: 1876439394
Index; 308 pages.
Personal stories of 104 Vietnam veterans, of which at least 43 were members of the RAR.
Richard Hawkins
State Library of Queensland, online, 2023
Two-part video interview plus transcript
An interview biography of Hawkins (RAR) recorded in camera during a State Library initiative title Vietnam50, Stories of service. Accessible at https://ourstory.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/45735
RICHMOND, Jim
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
33 mins 04 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Richmond (6 RAR) who served in Vietnam including the Battle of Long Tan. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2576
RINTOUL, Stuart – Ashes of Vietnam: Australian Voices
William Heinemann, Richmond VIC, 1987
ISBN: 085561059X
246 pages.
Australia’s forgotten soldiers tell their story. Over 100 revealing, sometimes horrifying interviews present this intensely moving testimony. Includes RAR contributors.
RYAN, Danielle – Beneath the Southern Cross I stand: the true story of an Australian soldier
Ingram Spark, Melbourne, 2021
ISBN: 9780646853222
Index, bibliography; 203 pages.
A true story about Darryl ‘Coop’ Cooper who served with 4 RAR in Malaysia/ Borneo, and with 2 RAR for both tours of duty in Vietnam.
RYSCHKA, DF – Too Young to Vote but old Enough to Kill
Xlibris, International, 2012
ISBN: 9781469180878
545 pages.
Author’s experiences serving with 2 RAR including in Vietnam.
SABBEN, Dave
UNSW, Canberra, 2000
9 mins 25 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Sabben (6 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2585
SABBEN, Dave MG – Mentions in despatches: An Infantry Platoon in Vietnam June 1966 – June 1967
Lothian Custom Publishing, Middle Park VIC, 2023
ISBN: 0794712633945
Illustrated, maps, index; 500 approx pages.
An account by the author of his tour of duty 6 RAR on their first tour of Vietnam, using a diary method. Released in Mar/Apr 2023.
SAVAGE, David – Through the Wire: Action with the SAS in Borneo and the Special Forces in Vietnam
Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards NSW, 1999
ISBN10 : 1864488689
ISBN13 : 9781864488685
Maps, illustrated; 239 pages.
Borneo gets only a few pages; the bulk of the book deals with the author’s tour in Vietnam. On arrival he was made commander of 212 Company of the II Corps MIKE Force, which he almost immediately had to lead to the relief of Duc Lap (SF Camp A-239, in Quang Duc near the Cambodian Border, southwest of Ban Me Thuot), under heavy PAVN attack in late August 1968. Wounded in the battle; in September he was made the intelligence officer for the II Corps MIKE Force. Mention of RARs.
SCHROEDER, Jens – Ten foot tall and bullet proof
Jens Schroeder
YouTube footage, 20 mins, 24 secs.
Narrative by a National Serviceman of his, and others, typical service in Vietnam. Applicable to all RAR deployments to the Vietnam War, this video includes casualty rates, training, operations and a wide coverage of the typical Vietnam veteran’s experience. Accessible at https://vimeo.com/163979892
SCOTT, Col F. Peter DSO (Commanding Officer 3RAR 1969-1972)– Command in Vietnam: Reflections of a Commanding Officer
Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae VIC, 2007
ISBN: 9780975835333
Index, bibliography; 160 pages.
Mainly focuses on the issues and problems of commanding an Australian
Infantry Battalion (3RAR) during the war in South Vietnam in 1971. Nominal and Honour Rolls included.
SEARL, Graham (Doc)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 56 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Searl (3 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1914
SEYMOUR, Christopher (Chris)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 51 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Seymour (7 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1951
SIMS, Geoff – A real mate: The moving story of Nguyen Van Te and Jim Ellis
ABC Books, Sydney, 1991
ISBN-10: 073330091X
ISBN-13: 9780733300912
B & W illustrations, maps; 192 pages.
Biography of a Vietnam veteran and his Vietnamese friend made during the war. Mentions RAR battalions and individuals.
SISSON, Colin P – Wounded Warriors, The true story of a soldier in the Vietnam War and the emotional wounds inflicted
Total Press Ltd, New Zealand, 1993
ISBN: 0473018071
Coloured pictures, index; 182 pages.
The author served with V Coy 2RAR (ANZAC) from late 67 to mid 68. It details his service in Vietnam and his subsequent PTSD healing process. V2 Company Nominal Roll included.
SMITH, Colin – The Killing Zone: New Zealand Infantry in Vietnam
AQU Press, Auckland, 1994
ISBN: Nil
Illustrated; 60 pages.
A personal record of the war from an NZ perspective. NZ rifle companies were embedded in ANZAC battalions.
SMITH, Neil C – Australian Army female service in South Vietnam, 1965 -1975
Mostly unsung heroes military history and publications, Gardenvale VIC, 2004
ISBN: 9781876170328
9 pages.
Coverage of Australian Army nurses who were deployed to Vietnam where they served in patient care at Vung Tau, the great majority of casualties being RAR soldiers.
SMITH, Terry AM, MBE – Training the bodes: Australian Army advisors training Cambodian infantry battalions – a postscript to the Vietnam war
Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2016
ISBN: 9781921941016
224 pages.
Author service over 30 years included three and a half years on full time duty in the Regular Army, from 1970 to 1973, after volunteering for service in South Vietnam where he served with the Phuoc Tuy Training Battalion of the United States Army Vietnam Forces Armee Nationale Khmer (FANK) Training Command, until the completion of that programme in November 1972 and thereafter, with the Jungle Warfare Training Centre at Van Kiep. Following the withdrawal of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam from South Vietnam on 18 December 1972, he completed his full time military service with 5 RAR, before returning to civilian life in December 1973.
SPRAGG, Griffith –When Good Men Do Nothing
Australian Military History Publications, Loftus NSW, 2003
ISBN: 1876439912
Index, bibliography, B & W photographs; 296 pages.
An autobiography in which RAR individuals are mentioned. It covers the very interesting life of an average Australian as he gives an introspective look into the mind of a front-line soldier. The author served on the Kokoda Trail during World War Two. Prior to demobilisation he spent six months in a hospital where he came to know a number of men who had been Japanese POWs. As a result he undertook medical studies and served a tour in Vietnam as a psychiatrist seeing many RAR patients suffering from battle stress.
STANTON, Allan – Before I forget
Sid Harta Publishers, Glen Waverley VIC, 2009
ISBN-10: 1921362456
ISBN-13:9781921362453
Illustrations, maps; 153 pages.
A national service veteran’s account of his war in Vietnam with 3 Cavalry Regiment. Mentions the RAR units and many personnel with whom he served.
STEWART, Charles (Charlie)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Stewart (RAR and SASR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2002
STONE, Gerald L – War without Honour
Jacaranda Press, 1966
BIB ID: 758981
ISBN: Nil
Maps on linings; I54 pages.
A journalist’s perspective on the Vietnam War in 1965. Two chapters provide interesting perspectives about 1RAR at Bien Hoa.
STREVENS, Steve – The Jungle Dark
Pan McMacmillan Australia, Sydney, 2015
ISBN: Nil
Index; 296 pages.
The true story of the characters and events surrounding the 6 RAR mine incident that gave rise to the famous song “I was only Nineteen” by John Schumann, a tune regarded by many as the epitome of the war for men on the ground in South Vietnam.
STUART, Raymond (Ray)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
39 mins 46 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Stuart (2 RAR and 3 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2067
STUMER, Robert (Bob)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 59 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Stumer (6 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1883
SUTHERLAND, Stan – In This Man’s Army: A Vietnam War Memoir
Stan Sutherland, Yackandandah VIC, 2007
ISBN: 9780646471815 (pbk)
356 pages.
This book gives an insight into the normal tasks and experiences of the Australian Infantry soldiers’ day-to-day life during an active tour of duty in
South Vietnam in the mid sixties through to the early 1970s in B Coy 3 RAR, B Coy 9 RAR and D & E Platoon, HQ Company 1 ATF.
TATE, Donald – Anzacs Betrayed
Finite Publishing, Caloundra QLD; xxxx
ISBN: 978-0-9875860-0-1
307 pages.
A narrative dealing with the contentious matter of 40 members of the 4th Battalion (4 RAR) who were placed into an ad hoc D&E Platoon in May 1969 tasked with interdicting a very large enemy force in the Thua Tich region of Xuyen Moc Province, South Vietnam- a platoon which was then deleted from all records of the Vietnam War until May 2008.
TATE, Donald – ‘Contact Front’: Accounts of the Ambush of July 19 1969 involving 7 platoon C Company the 9th RAR
Self published; Caloundra QLD, xxxx
ISBN: 978-0-9875860-5-6
39 pages.
This is a record of an action that took place in Vietnam on July 19th 1969 involving C Company of the 9th Battalion (9 RAR). It includes documents, photographs, first-hand accounts, and media reports and corrects the record which was incorrectly recorded in a history of the 9th Battalion published in 1974.
TATE, Don – Front Toward Enemy
Self-published, Caloundra QLD, 2018
ISBN: 978-0-9875860-3-2
150 pages
This expose reveals the maladministration and, corruption of the war service records of RAR infantryman Private Donald Tate, wounded in action during the Vietnam War, and provides all relevant documentation and proof of his service.
TATE, Donald – The Service History and other Contentions of Private Don Tate (Vietnam War- Army)
Self published, xxxx, xxxx
ISBN: 978-0-9875860-3-2
411 pages.
The full service record of the author in the Vietnam War across three units, including all pertinent documents, first-hand accounts, media reports, photographs etc., as well as details of other contentions involving him.
TATE, Donald – The 2nd D&E Platoon in Vietnam: Anatomy of a Military Cover-up
Self-published; xxxx, xxxx
ISBN: 978-0-9875860-4-9
99 pages.
The 2nd D&E Platoon was made up of regular soldiers from the 4th Battalion (4 RAR) who formed the ‘2nd D&E Platoon’ in May 1969 when the battalion had returned to Australia. The platoon was involved in a number of actions against the Viet Cong- including the significant ambush at Thua Tich on May 29 1969. It was subsequently deleted from all records of the war until formally recognised by the federal government in May 2008.
TATE, Don – The War Within
Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2008
ISBN: 9781741962093
461 pages.
The author’s evocative and often confronting memoir about his journey from a young country boy to manhood, including his service experience in the Vietnam War with 4 RAR, 2nd D&E platoon, and 9 RAR with whom he served when WIA.
TAYLOR, Adrian – From Nui Dat to Discharge: Honouring their Service: 4 Platoon B Company 7 RAR Vietnam 1970 -1971
Digital Print Australia, Adelaide, 2017
ISBN: 9780987511102
Profusely illustrated; 415 pages.
An extensively illustrated story of the platoon with biographies of all its soldiers. Contains much platoon level detail including contact reports, documents and many images of documents that the typical platoon soldier saw or dealt with during their tour of duty. Most RAR troops to serve in Vietnam, and elsewhere deployed. will relate well to this book.
TAYLOR, Adrian – From Nui Dat to Discharge: honouring their service 4 Platoon B Company 7 RAR, Vietnam 1970 -1971 Book 2
Digital Print Australia (Adrian Taylor), Privately, 2020
ISBN 10: 0987511114
550 photographs, documents, maps; 397 pages.
This book is a unique collection of personal stories of the fifty men (and one tracker dog) who served at various times with 4 Platoon, B Company, 7 RAR in Vietnam during 1970 and 1971. Over twenty years the author, himself a former member of the platoon, contacted nearly every living member of the platoon and invited them to recount their story. Many contributed, telling of their backgrounds before they joined the Army, experiences in Vietnam, and how they tried to return to a normal life back in Australia. Three members were killed in action in Vietnam, and a number have died since. The author has obtained personal accounts from their relatives, many revealing the devastating effect these deaths have had on their grieving families.
TEAGUE , Ric – Born on Anzac Day
Rosenberg Publishing, Kenthurst NSW, 2015
ISBN 10: 1925078477
ISBN 13: 9781925078473
Illustrated; 312 pages.
The story of Vietnam veteran Allan ‘Aldy’ Aldenhoven, born in Darwin. His mother was of “The Stolen Generation” and his father a descendant of German settlers. Grew up in Adelaide, and was conscripted to fight in the Vietnam War. He was with the 7 RAR where his fighting spirit was legendary.
THOMPSON, John OAM – A Vietnam Vet’s Remarkable Life
Brolga Publishing, Melbourne, 2012
ISBN: 9781922036148
Illustrated; 260 pages.
This is the story of a wounded Royal Australian Engineers soldier and what happens to survivors. John “Jethro” Thompson joined the Australian Army in 1964 and served in Sabah British North Borneo in 1965. In 1967 he was posted to 1 Field Squadron (RAE) in Vietnam. Five months later he was seriously wounded after standing on a landmine. Refers to RAR units in which his unit was in support.
TICHENER, Percy – Every man and his dog
Pakera Publishing, Melbourne, 2011
ISBN: 9780646534763
Soft cover, photographs; 244 pages.
Second edition. Author served with 6 RAR/NZ (NAZAC) as a tracker. Following evacuation through illness he returned to a rifle company, was seriously wounded and returned to Australia. Content includes dog and human tracking and platoon level operations, including the training of surrendered enemy. Based on fact, fictional names are used in this irreverent story. It is fiction based upon fact to protect the identity of individuals. A good irreverent yarn, devoid of political correctness.
TOWERS, Mike – A Jungle Circus: Memories of Vietnam
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1999
ISBN: 1864489170
Bibliography; 234 pages.
A national serviceman’s story of his 24 months in the army including a tour of duty in the RAR in South Vietnam. A humorous and compassionate portrait.
Von BERG, Michael
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 37 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features von Berg (1 RAR and 3 RAR) who saw operational service in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2304
VICKERY, Brian – Down from the mountains: the path of a baby boomer
Xlibris Corporation, 2020
ISBN: 978198950635/06528
Illustrated, index; 308 pages.
Primarily written to record the history of the author’s father and uncles during World War II, it includes the author’s own service in the RAR including with 1, 9 and 5/7 RAR.
WALKER, Frank – Ghost Platoon: 2nd D & E Platoon Vietnam 1969
Hachette Australia, 2011
ISBN 13: 9780733626432 ISBN 10: 0733626432 (1st Edition)
Map, Illustrations, Bibliography, Index, 338 pages.
A second D & E Platoon was formed and operated from April to June 1969. It was engaged in a major contact in the east of the Province and then disbanded. It took three decades and much angst to have the achievements of the platoon recognized and accepted. The story includes the aftermath and the impact on the men of the Ghost Platoon. Later editions published in 2013 and 2015.
WALKER, Frank – The Tiger Man of Vietnam
Hachette Australia, Sydney, 2009
ISBN: 978 0 7336 3661 5
Index, Notes, timeline, black & white photos, maps, bibliography: 356 pages.
The story of Captain Barry Peterson, MC an RAR member assigned to work for the CIA in the Central Highlands of Vietnam in the Phoenix Program.
WALTER, Bob – There’s Nothing Wrong With Me: The Veteran’s Journey into the PTSD Minefield
Openbook Howden, St Marys SA, 2012
Photographs, 54 pages.
Using stories and poems, this work is based largely on the author’s Vietnam service experience, following the veteran’s journey from recruit training through war service and on to the subsequent experience of living with the consequences of war. Provides an insight into the impact of PTSD on the lives of veterans, their partner and families.
WALTERS, Ian – Dasher Wheatley & Australia in Vietnam
NT University, Darwin, 1998
ISBN: 1876248106
Index, bibliographical references; 179 pages.
Statistical type reference on The Victoria Cross in the coverage. Many references to the Royal Australian Regiment.
WATERSTON, David – A machine gun spray of memories
Military History and Heritage Victoria, online, 2021
An article about the author’s experiences with 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAAC) in 1969 in Vietnam. Accessible at https://www.mhhv.org.au/a-machine-gun-spray-of-memories/
WATSON, Don – The Passion of Private White
Scribner Australia, Cammeray NSW, 2022
ISBN: 9781760855079
Illustrated, Notes; 256 pages.
White was a national service member of 2 RAR in Vietnam, first tour, Following the war, he spent most of him time living in a remote location in Arnhem Land, closely integrating with Aboriginal peoples living close to their ancestral way of life even today. The section of the book dealing with his service in the Army and especially in Vietnam gives some context to the full story.
WHITE, Anthony (Tony)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features White (5 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2482
WHITE, Kerry – Dominoes and Marbles: A Young Man’s Life and Times in Peace and War
Amazon Digital Services, Internet, 2018
ASIN: B01D6XKC44
Kindle version only; 337 pages.
White served with 5 RAR as a national serviceman, presenting a typical soldier’s view of his war in Vietnam. He wrote this book to be available initially online, however enquiries about a ‘real’ book may be made to the author at his invited address of [email protected]
WHITTAKER, Bob – Jellybeans in the Jungle
EIEIO, Toowoomba, 2011
ISBN: 0646559591, 9780646559599
165 pages.
Story of a National serviceman’s tour of duty following conscription, recruit and Corps training, originally from a position of sympathy for the anti-war movement at the time. Whittaker tells the story of his military service and the post-war return visits to Vietnam. The book is dedicated to his platoon commander in South Vietnam, Doug Gibbons (5 Pl, 7 RAR).
WILLIAMS, Alan
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
42 mins 01 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Williams (2 RAR, SASR, AATTV) in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1616
WILLIAMS, Jean R – Cry in the Wilderness: Guinea Pigs of Vietnam
Homecoming Publications Australia, 1995
ISBN: 0949525243
References; 294 pages.
Examines the after effects on returned soldiers from South Vietnam of the herbicide program.
WILSON, Frederick (Fred)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
39 mins 24 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Wilson (6 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/810
WINTER, Peter – The Year I Said Goodbye
Wakefield Press, Kent Town SA, 2003
ISBN: 186254610X
269 pages.
Peter Winter was a well-trained and proud career soldier when he went to South Vietnam in 1970 as a platoon commander. Whether he was recording an exhausting day on operations or enquiring after family and friends, Peter Winter’s letters are redolent with an obvious love and care for those at home and the men in his charge. The experience of war resulted in anger, upheaval and a general feeling of isolation. This is a compilation of the letters he wrote home.
WOODS, Brian
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 13 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Woods (9 RAR) who served in Vietnam. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2014
WOODS, Claire and SKREBELS, Paul – Veterans Remember: Stories for the community
Ginninderra Press, Port Adelaide SA, 2010
ISBN: 9781740276047
B & W photographs; 145 pages.
Comprising primarily stories of WW II veterans, this work also includes a 4 RAR veteran of Vietnam.
PEACE KEEPING & PEACE MAKING OPERATIONS
(Somalia 1992-93, Rwanda 1994-95, Cambodia 1994-95, Papua New Guinea 1946 to 1975, East Timor 1999-2012, Bougainville 1994, The Solomon Islands 2000 -2008, all remaining deployments not covered by UN or above (Rhodesia, Uganda)
BREEN, Bob – A Little Bit of Hope: Australian Force Somalia
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1998
ISBN: 186448702X
Index, bibliographical references; 499 pages.
Personal account of the experiences of the Australian men and women who served in Somalia January -May 1993. It also provides an analysis of Operation SOLACE: the decisions, factors and events that led to its success, and the frustrations and failures experienced. Also Includes Nominal Roll of the Australian Force.
FARRELL, John Hunter – Peacemakers: INTERFET’s Liberation of East Timor
Fullbore Magazines Pty Ltd, Rocklea QLD, 2000
ISBN: 0 646 39424 X
Maps, Glossary, Multiple colour images, 96 pages.
A highly illustrated early publication of the operations in East Timor, covering the period stated in its third tier title: Day one in Dili to the border and the enclave. Several battalions mentioned, and many individuals identifiable.
FRY, Gavin – Rwanda, The Australian Contingent 1994-1995
National Capital Printing, Canberra, 1996
ISBN: 06/12234795
Index, 185 pages.
This pictorial history of Australia’s United Nations Contingent to Rwanda brings together the work of five photographers – David Lloyd, Angela Blakely, George Gittoes, Cpl Geoff Fox and Cpl Robyn White. Each had a different prospective and worked to an individual brief.
HAMILTON-SMITH, Martin
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 32 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Hamilton-Smith (6 RAR and SASR) who saw UN service in the Sinai and Counter-Terrorism duties with SASR. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2021
McINTOSH, Patrick
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
39 mins 47 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features McIntosh (2/4 RAR, 5/7 RAR and 8/9 RAR) who served in Rwanda as the Commander Australian Medical Support Force – Rwanda, a position he was appointed to while CO 2/4 RAR. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2450
McKAY, John (Don)
UNSW, Canberra, 2003
41 mins 13 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features McKay (1 RAR) who saw operational service in PNG. He also served extensively in WW II and since as a career Infantryman. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/343
MOSS, Robert (Mossy or the Cat)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
39 mins 41 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Moss (2 RAR) who served with ASC 2 in Rwanda. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/2135
O’HANLON, Peter – World War Bloody Timor
Big Sky Publishing, Newport NSW, 2022
ISBN13: 9781922615695
Illustrated, 380 pages.
Story of the life of an ordinary soldier who served three tours with RAR battalions in East Timor including part of INTERFET. Said to show the real hard truth of Service life, including drama, laughs and first-hand accounts of deep turmoil.
O’HALLORAN, Kevin – Pure Massacre: Aussie soldiers reflect on the Rwandan Genocide
Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2010
ISBN: 9780980325188(pbk)
Index, bibliography; 293 pages.
A record of what happened during this peacekeeping mission by one who was there; gives a new and personal voice to the Kibeho Massacre. Nominal Roll; well illustrated.
PICKARD, Terry – Combat Medic: An Australian’s eyewitness account of the Kibeho massacre
Big Sky Publishing, Wavell Heights QLD, 2008
ISBN: 9780980325126
Diagrams, photographs, glossary of military terms and abbreviations; 180 pages.
Author’s first hand experience in Rwanda during 1995. He served with an 8/9 RAR company at Air Base Butterworth and later, in the multi-Corps Medical Support Force protected by a 2 RAR company as part of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda. A platoon of 2 RAR was involved in the situation that unfolded at Kibeho.
RAMSDEN, Graeme – Letters from Timor: a chaplain’s tour of duty
Big Sky Publishing, Newport NSW,
ISBN: 9781921941009
Illustrated, index; 172 pages.
Book includes service on East Timor as a chaplain, working primarily with RAR battalions, several of which are mentioned.
ROBINS, Paul (Robo)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
40 mins 26 secs video
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Robins (1 RAR) who served in Somalia. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1765
STAMMERS, Peter – Commonwealth Military Training Team Uganda (CMTTU) 1982-84
Unpublished, Birtinya QLD, 2023
ISBN: N/A
Illustrated, 73 pages.
This document is a detailed extract from the diary of (then) WO2 PG Stammers who deployed in Team 1 from Mar-Sep 82. At the time he was serving with 6 RAR. Available from the author at [email protected] or RARA Bibliography Registrar at [email protected]
STAMMERS, Peter – Commonwealth Military Training Team Uganda (CMTTU) 1982-84 – Extracts from the diary of WO2 Peter Stammers
Unpublished, 1982
73 page A4/-e-document
This is one of the few available records of what the CTTMU did in Uganda in 1982-4. Comprising senior NCOs/WO/officers, most from the RAR including (then) WO2 Stammers, this team took part in the training of the Ugandan army. This diary-based record is available from the author at [email protected] or the RARA Bibliographer pending any future publication of it.
STAMMERS, Peter – Commonwealth Military Training Team Uganda (CMTTU) 1982-84 – Extracts from the diary of WO2 Peter Stammers
Unpublished, 1982
73 page A4/-e-document
This is one of the few available records of what the CTTMU did in Uganda in 1982-4. Comprising senior NCOs/WO/officers, most from the RAR including (then) WO2 Stammers, this team took part in the training of the Ugandan army. This diary-based record is available from the author at [email protected] or the RARA Bibliographer pending any future publication of it.
STAMMERS, Peter – My diary of a tour of duty in Uganda 1982
Unpublished manuscript, 2024
ISBN: Nil.
Illustrated; 76 pages.
Author was a member of the Commonwealth Military Training Team Uganda (CMTTU) in 1982, posted at the time to 6 RAR. Most came from RAR battalions. This is a diary-based record of the 1982-4 deployment, with a focus on the author’s 1982 first team experiences. Available by contacting the AWM.
STONE, Gary – Duntroon to Dili: Mayhem and Miracles Traumatic Stress and Trust in God
Barrallier Books Pty Ltd, West Geelong VIC, 2014
ISBN: 9780992530129
Index, illustrations, 348 pages.
Stone’s operational experiences started with UN duties in the Iran-Iraq War as an RAR member where he saw, and describes, its effects on a scale rarely seen by other Australians. Following his ARA career, he trained as a Deacon in the Catholic church and then served in both the Army and Federal Police as a chaplain. In this second phase of his career, he saw service in Timor-Leste, The Solomon Islands, Bougainville and the 2004Asian Tsunami alongside RAR veterans. This book is the story of that career and addresses religious beliefs and PTSD and other Service-related issues.
THOMPSON, Dale (Thommo)
UNSW, Canberra, 2004
41 mins 02 secs video.
One of the Australians at war film archive series of interviews, this product features Thompson (1 RAR) who served in Somalia. Accessible at https://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/archive/1679
TRUSCOTT, Jim – The outlaws return to East Timor: The old and the bold motorcycle tour from 19 May to 3 June 2019
Military Historical Society of Australia, Canberra, 2019
ISSN: 0048 8933
Colour and B & W photographs; 17 pages.
This article in Sabretache, Volume LX – Number 3 covers a return to East Timor by a number of RAR veterans, naming many locations that most RAR battalions served at since 1999. Article available from MHSA website at http://www.mhsa.org.au/sabretache-downloads/
IRAQ 2003-09 and 2014–ongoing
BOX, Dax – Carry Me Home: The Life and Death of Private Jake Kovco
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2008
IBSN: 9781741752748
290 pages.
The inside story of the man and the RAR soldier including the two year investigation into his death while on active service in Iraq.
FIELDING, Marcus – Red Zone Baghdad: My War in Iraq
Big Sky Publishing, Newport NSW, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-921941-17-1
No index, Timeline Appendix; 246 pages.
Author’s experiences in Iraq, embedded in the Coalition Headquarters during 2008-9 as a senior staff officer.
MOLAN, Jim Maj-Gen – Running the War in Iraq
Harper Collins, 2008
ISBN: 9780732287818
ISBN 10: 0732287812
Index; 384 pages.
The author’s experience as Chief of Staff to the US Commander, General George Casey, of the Multi National Force in Iraq. An insightful record of the operations of the Coalition forces in Iraq, and the role played by an Australian General seconded to the US forces.
REDENBACH, Robert – Waveman
Courtney Ballantyne Publishing, Gold Coast, 2006
ISBN: 9780980382242
219 pages.
Author served with 3 RAR after initially posted to the Independent Rifle Company as an Infantryman at Canungra. This book chronicles is time in the army as well as post-Army where he worked in Iraq as an independent operator.
AFGHANISTAN 2006-2021
CULLEN, Andrew and CULLEN Zoe – Resurrected: a story of hope
Linky Muller, 2016, and Readex 2014 (online)
ISBN-10: 1539865541
ISBN-13: 978-1539865544
B & W photographs, maps; 302 pages.
Author served for 17 years initially in the RAR, and after commissioning in the Engineers working as an EOD specialist in Afghanistan. He developed PTSD on return and has since recovered, supporting other overcome that adversity.
DONALDSON, Mark, VC – The Crossroad: A story of life, death and the SAS
Pan MacMillan Australia, Sydney, 2013
ISBN: 9781742612287
422 pages.
Author was the first VC recipient in Afghanistan in 2008 (the 97th such award to Australians) while serving with the SASR. This book is his life story and includes time spent in 1 RAR.
KEIGHRAN, Daniel – Courage under Fire
MacMillan Australia, 2020
ISBN: 9781760787653
Illustrations, Index; 384 pages.
Also available as an audio CD.
Co-written with Tony Park, this book is an autobiography and includes the battle on 24 Aug 10 that led to the award of the VC to Keighran.
KNIGHT, Tony – Havoc-06: A combat controller on operations
Big Sky Publishing, Newport NSW, 2022
ISBN: 9781922615657
Illustrated; 324 pages.
Experiences of an RAAF Air Defence Guard assigned in Afghanistan to provided tactical strike control support to 2nd Commando Regiment. Gives insights into the same support provided to several other RAR forces in -theatre.
LANGDON, Rob – The Seventh Circle: former Australian soldier’s extraordinary story of surviving seven years in Afghanistan’s most notorious prison
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2017
ISBN: 978 1 76029 640 7
304 pages.
An autobiography of a person who served in 1 RAR in the Solomon Islands and East Timor prior to leaving the army and working in the private security sector overseas including Iraq and then Afghanistan where the bulk of this story is set. Includes photographs of the author and other identifiable individuals.
LEDGARD, Terry – Bad Medicine: A no-holds-barred account of life as an Australian SAS medic during the war in Afghanistan
Penguin Random House, Melbourne, 2016
ISBN: 9780143797272 (pbk)
Index; bibliographical references; 249 pages.
While concentrating on the SAS story, this book also refers to RAR units deployed at the same time. The story is the author’s, written after he left the ADF and the book points out that his views do not reflect those if Defence or government policy.
LEE, Sandra – 18 hours: the true story of a modern day Australian SAS hero
Harper Collins, Sydney, 2006
ISBN: 9780732282462
ISBN 10: 0732282462
384 pages.
Real-life story of how an Australian SAS signalman’s courage (ex- RAR Jock Wallace) under fire saved more than 80 lives in Afghanistan. Also available in an MP3 CD-based audio version, 9 hours 39 minutes, read by Michael Carman.
Mark Donaldson, VC
Contact, Sydney, 2023
YouTube podcast, 1 min 31 secs 41 secs.
Life on the Line (#36). Features Donaldson who served with the RAR and in Afghanistan was awarded the VC. Accessible at https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2021/06/20/mark-donaldson-vc-life-on-the-line/
PETERS, Darren – Darren Peters, SOTG V, remembers his mate Luke Worsley killed in action 23 November 2017 fighting for Australia
O- line story of the death in action of Luke Worsley, 2 Commando Regiment ( B Cot 4 RAR before the unit changed names) in Afghanistan. Posted online 24 Nov 2015. Article also refers to Cameron Baird, VC, MG who was himself KIA later, serving with the same unit. Accessible at
POATE, Hugh – Failures of command: the death of Private Robert Poate
New South Publishing/University of NSW, Sydney, 2021
ISBN: 9781742257237
Illustrated, map, index; 368 pages.
Private Poate was killed on 29 August 2021 by a member of the Afghan National Army, an incident known as a ‘green on blue’ casualty. At the time he was posted to 6 RAR and assigned for duty to the 3 RAR Task Group serving in Afghanistan. Includes a list of ADF soldiers killed and/or died while serving in Afghanistan. Book is the result of a father’s quest to find the truth behind the death of his son. The book reveals a labyrinth of excuses, denials, half-truths, cover-ups, contrived secrecy, orders not followed and lessons NOT learnt by the RAR and its campaign HQ in Afghanistan.
PRONK, Dan (Dr) – The combat doctor: a story of battlefield medicine and resilience
MacMillan, Sydney, 2022
ISBN: 9781760988067
Illustrated; 335 pages.
Autobiography covering the author’s four deployment to Afghanistan with SAS and other Special Forces, and his wider military service during which he was posted to 5 RAR prior to being accepted into Special Forces.
SMITH, Fred – The Dust of Uruzgan
Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2016
ISBN: 978 1 76029 221 8
No index or references, 416 pages.
An on-the-ground account of Australia’s involvement by an Australian diplomat/musician of the struggle in Uruzgan, Afghanistan. Part memoire, part history, part eyewitness account, it outlines what the Australian forces generally faced in the impoverished province. It refers to some of the RAR units and supporting forces, recounting the setbacks and successes of a contingent of Australian soldiers, diplomats and aid workers struggling to make a difference.
THOMPSON, Jimmy & MACGREGOR – Tunnel Rats Vs The Taliban: how the Aussie sappers in Aghanistan took on the Taliban
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2016
ISBN: 9781760113544
Illustrations, maps, index; 269 pages.
This is the story of the sappers in Afghanistan whose raw courage and skills were inspired by the original Australian Tunnel Rats of the war in Vietnam. These Tunnel Rats of Afghanistan worked within the MTFs/MRTFs which were based on either Engineers or RAR-dominant units to help rooted out the enemy from their caves and mountain hideouts, defused thousands of improvised explosive, built bridges and schools to win a war of hearts and minds, and also fought side by side with special forces commandos and SAS troops. They, too, lost a disproportionate number of their comrades, many returning home with post-traumatic stress disorder.This is the powerful story of the sappers, the Army engineers in Afghanistan whose raw courage and skills were inspired by the original Australian Tunnel Rats of the war in Vietnam. These Tunnel Rats of Afghanistan have rooted out the enemy from deep inside their caves and mountain hideouts, have defused thousands of improvised explosive devices (the booby traps and landmines of this most recent of wars), built bridges and schools to win a war of hearts and minds, and fought side by side with special forces commandos and SAS troops. They, too, lost a disproportionate number of their comrades and many returned home with the devastating baggage of war, post-traumatic stress disorder.
THOMLINSON, Damien with COWLEY, Michael – Without Warning: A soldier’s extraordinary story
Harper Collins Publishers, Sydney, 2013
ISBN: 978 0 07322 9716 (pbk)
No index, photographs; 290 pp.
Experiences of a soldier who, after training with 4 RAR (Cdo)/2 Commando Regiment deployed to Afghanistan where he was severely wounded by an IED in 2009. Also available in e-book.
WALES, Mark- Survivor: Life in the SAS
Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, 2021
ISBN: 9781760980751
Illustrations; 368 pages
Author’s autobiography, including military experiences in Afghanistan. Served in 2 RAR also.
WARREN, Paul (with Jeff AFTER) – The Fighter
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW, 2015
ISBN: 9781743439920
304 pages.
The harrowing story the author’s – previously a martial arts expert – tour of duty with 1 RAR in Afghanistan and how he survived an IED blast that killed his friend (PTE Bernado), to go on and recover and now work with Mates4Mates to assist fellow wounded veterans. Gives a valuable insight into what every soldier on patrol faced, particularly the RAR members, during the war in Afghanistan.
HUMANITARIAN/DEFENCE AID TO THE CIVIL COMMUNITY
(Civilian Humanitarian Disaster ops (incl Darwin 1975 and other cyclones and floods, overseas eg PNG, Indian Ocean, and lately, Border Operations, and DACC (non-disaster) eg Olympics and Commonwealth Games and other government support eg APEC, G20)
DOUSSETT, Raymond A – Rotor in the Green – An Autobiography
Rotor in the Green, Townsville, 1996
ISBN: 0 646 26633 0
Bibliography, Appendixes; 341 pages.
Although an autobiography by an Army Aviator, the book covers a range of training and operational flying in both Australia and overseas including PNG, and covers humanitarian tasks. Several references are made to support flying in favour of several RAR battalions, and in so doing provides an “above the ground” perspective on some of the RAR’s training and DAAC tasks which benefit from Army Aviation support.
STRETTON, Alan – Soldier in a Storm
Collins, Sydney, 1978
ISBN: 0 00 216406 X
320 pages.
Alan Stretton’s autobiography includes details of his service as CO 2 RAR in Malaya 1961-1963. A personal account of the author’s experiences in leading the initial efforts to recover from the Cyclone Tracy disaster of 1974, the military response to which included 5/7 RAR and 6 RAR and other RAR individuals in many support and staff roles at the time.
FUTURE/NEXT
HEDDERMAN, Billy – Unbowed: a soldier’s extraordinary journey back from paralysis (book)
Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2019
ISBN: 9781922654494
Colour and B & W Photographs; 288 pages.
The story of an ex-Irish Army officer with service in Chad, Bosnia and the Middle East who then joined the Australian Army to serve with 6 RAR. Includes the account of his partial recovery from paralysis. See also entries in Part 8 and 10, being video and audio sources which supplement this book.
