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Dr David Coombes is a Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland. A graduate of the Flinders University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide, David received his PhD from the University of Sydney.
He is the author of four other Australian Military History books including biographies of Lieutenant General Sir Talbot Hobbs and Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead, and Crossing The Wire:The Untold Stories of POWs in Battle and Captivity During WWI, published by Big Sky Publishing.
The experiences of Australian prisoners of war (POWs) or Kriegsgefangeners held captive in Germany has…
In April-May 1917 the sleepy hamlet of Bullecourt in northern France became the focus of…
In April-May 1917 the sleepy hamlet of Bullecourt in northern France became the focus of…