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Heroic Gunners Saved The Day, Mark Jamieson Aug 2015

Heroic Gunners Saved The Day, Mark Jamieson

Mark Jamieson

A PUSH is underway to have Australian gunners who repelled one of the biggest enemy attacks of the Vietnam War honoured for their role.The men overcame catastrophic command and intelligence failures to win the Battle of Coral in May 1968 but have received little recognition.


Malones Men And Chunuk Bair 1915, Mark Jamieson May 2015

Malones Men And Chunuk Bair 1915, Mark Jamieson

Mark Jamieson

The battle of Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, was part of a combined assault to take the Sari Bair Range. This took place from the 6th to 10th of August 1915, and was a combination of Australian, New Zealand, British, Indian and Gurkha soldiers. The attack on Chunuk Bair used the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. This comprised four Regiments; they were the Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago Regiments.