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Century of Service - Curiosity—Stories of those who report during wartime cover
  • Introduction
  • An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler
  • An eye for detail: George Lambert
  • A personal response: Hilda Rix Nicholas
  • Captivating images: Frank Hurley
  • A way with words: Kenneth Slessor
  • An informed voice: Chester Wilmot
  • A determined woman: Nora Heysen
  • Close to the action: Damien Parer
  • Realities of combat: Ivor Hele
  • A point of view: Dorothy Drain
  • Lone operator: Neil Davis
  • Witnessing history: David Dare Parker
  • Working together: Lyndell Brown and Charles Green
  • Glossary
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Curiosity—Stories of those who report during wartime

In the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra there are 15 stained-glass windows. Each shows a figure dressed in military uniform, and under each figure is a word which describes a quality displayed by Australians during wartime. One window features an infantryman wearing a trench mortar uniform. He represents all service men and women who have gained knowledge from enquiry, symbolised by an eye in the Egyptian style from which stream rays of light.

This window bears the word Curiosity.

Note to reader: These stories relate to war and conflict. You may feel sad after reading some of them. Teachers may wish to be sensitive to students who have family members serving overseas in war zones.

  • Curiosity—Stories of those who report during wartime
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Index

A

Academy Awards

Afghanistan

Antarctica

Anzac Day

Archibald Prize A determined woman: Nora Heysen, Realities of combat: Ivor Hele

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler, An eye for detail: George Lambert, A personal response: Hilda Rix Nicholas

Australian Army Nursing Service

Australian Broadcasting Commission An informed voice: Chester Wilmot, Lone operator: Neil Davis

Australian Defence Force Witnessing history: David Dare Parker, Working together: Lyndell Brown and Charles Green

Australian Imperial Force Introduction, An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler, An eye for detail: George Lambert, Realities of combat: Ivor Hele

Australian Light Horse An eye for detail: George Lambert, Captivating images: Frank Hurley

Australian War Memorial Introduction, An eye for detail: George Lambert, A personal response: Hilda Rix Nicholas, An informed voice: Chester Wilmot, Realities of combat: Ivor Hele, Witnessing history: David Dare Parker, Working together: Lyndell Brown and Charles Green

Australian Women’s Weekly

B

Bean, Charles Introduction, An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler, An eye for detail: George Lambert, Captivating images: Frank Hurley

Beersheba

Belgium An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler, Captivating images: Frank Hurley

Black, Robert

Blamey, Thomas

British Commonwealth Occupation Force

Brown, Lyndell

C

Cambodia

censorship An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler, Close to the action: Damien Parer

Commander of the British Empire

Commonwealth Department of Information

Cotter, Marie

D

Davis, Neil

D-Day

Drain, Dorothy

E

East Timor

Egypt

England An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler, An eye for detail: George Lambert, A personal response: Hilda Rix Nicholas, Captivating images: Frank Hurley, A way with words: Kenneth Slessor, An informed voice: Chester Wilmot

F

females A determined woman: Nora Heysen, A point of view: Dorothy Drain, Working together: Lyndell Brown and Charles Green
see also women

First World War An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler, An eye for detail: George Lambert, A personal response: Hilda Rix Nicholas, Captivating images: Frank Hurley, A determined woman: Nora Heysen

France An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler, An informed voice: Chester Wilmot

‘Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels’

G

Gallipoli An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler, An eye for detail: George Lambert

Greece An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler, A way with words: Kenneth Slessor, An informed voice: Chester Wilmot, Close to the action: Damien Parer, Realities of combat: Ivor Hele

Green, Charles

H

Hamilton, Ian

Hele, Ivor

Heysen, Hans

Heysen, Nora

horses

Hurley, Frank

I

Iraq Witnessing history: David Dare Parker, Working together: Lyndell Brown and Charles Green

J

Japan Realities of combat: Ivor Hele, A point of view: Dorothy Drain

K

Kokoda Track An informed voice: Chester Wilmot, Close to the action: Damien Parer

Korea Realities of combat: Ivor Hele, A point of view: Dorothy Drain

L

Lambert, George

M

Malaysia

memorials

Middle East An eye for detail: George Lambert, Captivating images: Frank Hurley, A way with words: Kenneth Slessor, An informed voice: Chester Wilmot, Close to the action: Damien Parer, Lone operator: Neil Davis, Witnessing history: David Dare Parker, Working together: Lyndell Brown and Charles Green

Morshead, Leslie

N

New Guinea A way with words: Kenneth Slessor, An informed voice: Chester Wilmot, A determined woman: Nora Heysen, Close to the action: Damien Parer, Realities of combat: Ivor Hele

newspapers An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler, Close to the action: Damien Parer

newsreels Captivating images: Frank Hurley, Close to the action: Damien Parer

Nicholas, George ‘Matson’

North Africa An informed voice: Chester Wilmot, Close to the action: Damien Parer, Realities of combat: Ivor Hele

nurses

O

official war histories

Order of Australia

Order of the British Empire

P

Pacific An informed voice: Chester Wilmot, A determined woman: Nora Heysen, Close to the action: Damien Parer, Realities of combat: Ivor Hele

Palestine An eye for detail: George Lambert, An informed voice: Chester Wilmot

Parer, Damien

Parker, David Dare

peacekeeping An eye for detail: George Lambert, A determined woman: Nora Heysen

Perret, Martine

R

radio

Rix Nicholas, Hilda

Royal Australian Air Force An informed voice: Chester Wilmot, A determined woman: Nora Heysen, Working together: Lyndell Brown and Charles Green

Royal Australian Navy

S

Schuler, Phillip

Second World War Captivating images: Frank Hurley, A way with words: Kenneth Slessor, An informed voice: Chester Wilmot, A determined woman: Nora Heysen, Close to the action: Damien Parer, A point of view: Dorothy Drain, Witnessing history: David Dare Parker

Slessor, Kenneth A way with words: Kenneth Slessor, Close to the action: Damien Parer

Special Air Services Regiment

Syria Captivating images: Frank Hurley, A way with words: Kenneth Slessor, Close to the action: Damien Parer

T

television

Thailand

Timor Close to the action: Damien Parer, Witnessing history: David Dare Parker

U

United States Close to the action: Damien Parer, Working together: Lyndell Brown and Charles Green

V

Vietnam A point of view: Dorothy Drain, Lone operator: Neil Davis, Witnessing history: David Dare Parker

W

Warner, Denis

War Correspondents Memorial

Western Front An Anzac story: Phillip Schuler, A personal response: Hilda Rix Nicholas, Captivating images: Frank Hurley

Wilmot, Chester An informed voice: Chester Wilmot

women A determined woman: Nora Heysen, A point of view: Dorothy Drain, Working together: Lyndell Brown and Charles Green
see also females

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