Roden Cutler, V.C. – The Biography

In this her first attempt at nonfiction, Colleen McCullough has excelled. Not only does she tell the life story of a great Australian, but she also explores the question – what makes the man? Is it family values, education, soldiering, life tragedies, politics, diplomacy or sheer heroism? For this man, she leaves us a little… Read more »

By Colleen McCullough In   Issue Volume 10 No. 2 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/03.2023-82957923/JMVH Vol 10 No 2

Rear Admiral Graeme Shirtley RFD RANR

Rear Admiral Graeme Shirtley RFD RANR MB BS (NSW), DDR (Syd), FRANZCR Surgeon General Australian Defence Force 09 May 2005 – 03 July 2008. Patron of the Australian Military Medicine Association 09 May 2005 – 31 December 2008 RANR Graeme Shirtley served as the Surgeon General Australian Defence Force (SGADF) for just over three years. During… Read more »

By Russell Schedlich and Neil Westphalen In   Issue Volume 17 No. 3 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/11.2021-86887759/JMVH Vol 17 No 3

Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Lockwood (1902-1987)

Lionel Lockwood was born in Natimuk, near Horsham in Victoria, on 13 January 1902. He was the eldest of four siblings and son of Alfred Wright Lockwood (1867-1956), journalist and proprietor of the West Wimmera Mail newspaper, and Alice Ellen, nee Francis.  Lionel Lockwood was born in Natimuk, near Horsham in Victoria, on 13 January… Read more »

By Neil Westphalen In   Issue Volume 16 No. 1 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/11.2021-36116867/JMVH Vol 16 No 1