Tristan Moss - Beyond Combat: Australian military activity away from the battlefield

TRISTAN MOSS completed his PhD at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University in 2015, for which he was awarded the CEW Bean Prize for Military History. His first book, Guarding the Periphery: the Australian Army in Papua New Guinea, 195175, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. He was an ANU Teaching Fellow at the Australian Command and Staff College in 2016, and worked on the Serving Our Country project, investigating Indigenous service in the Australian Defence Force, and two Official Histories: Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and PostCold War Operations and Australian Operations in East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq.

TOM RICHARDSON completed his PhD at the University of New South Wales in 2014 and is currently a lecturer at the Australian Defence Force Academy at UNSW, Canberra. His research interests include Australian military history, the Vietnam War and counter-insurgency. Richardson previously worked as a researcher with the Official History of Australian Operations in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan and as a researcher with the Official History of Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and PostCold War Operations. His first book, Destroy and Build: Pacification in Phuoc Tuy, 19661972 was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017.

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Tristan Moss and Tom Richardson 2018

First published 2018

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Cover image An Australian soldier talks to a group of Afghan girls.

Photograph by Neil Ruskin. Commonwealth of Australia

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CONTENTS

ACSACS SERIES

T his book is part of a series produced by the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society (ACSACS) a UNSW Canberra Research Centre at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). ACSACS seeks to become the preeminent Australian venue for assessing the past, present and likely future impact of armed conflict on institutions and individuals in order to enhance public policy and raise community awareness through multi-disciplinary scholarship of the kind this series of books embodies.

Established in 2012, ACSACS utilises the strength of academic research conducted at UNSW Canberra and draws on the universitys close and continuing relationship with Defence that began in 1967. In bringing together acknowledged experts in diverse fields of study, the centre hopes to produce creative solutions to a variety of problems, whether questions of history or challenges in policy.

ACSACS also serves as a significant focal point for academic activity prompted by the Centenary of the Great War (2014 18), the 75th anniversary of the Second World War (201420), the 50th anniversary of Australias involvement in the Vietnam Conflict (201522) and the 25th anniversary of the first Gulf War (201516). ACSACS is well placed to interpret these stories of valour for the thousands of local commemorations being planned across the nation. With its hugely significant database of 1st AIF personnel and computer-assisted analysis of Australian Taskforce-Vietnam operations, the centres resources are indispensable tools for those researching Australias war effort.

The titles published within the ACSACS series will engage both specialist and general audiences with the expectation that individual titles will become standard reference works or textbooks for undergraduate and graduate teaching at UNSW. The subjects reflect the centres principal areas of interest: the Australian experience of military operations and armed conflict with a particular focus on history, ethics and economics.

The centres website is: <>.

Previous Titles

Moral Injury: Unseen Wounds in an Age of Barbarism, 2015

Anzac Day Then & Now, 2016

On Ops: Lessons and Challenges for the Australian Army since EastTimor, 2016

The Long Road: Australias Train, Advise and Assist Missions, 2017

Ethics Under Fire: Challenges for the Australian Army, 2017

CONTRIBUTORS

JACLYN HOPKINS is a PhD candidate at La Trobe University. Her thesis examines the relationships and emotional experiences of Australian army nurses during the First World War. She completed her Honours degree at the University of Wollongong and was a 2017 Summer Scholar at the Australian War Memorial.

DR BENJAMIN HRUSKA is a history instructor at Basis International School in Shenzhen, China. Before this he served as the Court Historian for the Department of Defenses US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He completed his PhD in Public History at Arizona State University in 2012, with his dissertation focused on the changing memories over time for US Navy servicemen in the Second World War. In May 2008 Hruska was awarded the Regional Tourism Award by Governor Donald Carcieri and the State of Rhode Island. He earned an MA in Public History from Wichita State University in 2004 and a BA in History from Pittsburg State University in 2000.

GEORGIA MCWHINNEY is a PhD candidate in Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University. Her work examines medical, textile, and military history. She is currently investigating the link between soldiers altered uniforms and vernacular medical culture. She is also an editor for Humanity postgraduate journal.

DR JOHN MOREMON lectures in defence studies and military in the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Massey University, New Zealand. He is a graduate of the University of New England and University of New South Wales Canberra. His chapter forms part of a book project relating to RAAF casualty administration.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL CLARE ONEILL is a Royal Australian Engineer with command, staff and training experience in Afghanistan, Indonesia, Republic of Korea and PNG. Clare has been the Chief of Army Scholar and a Fulbright Scholar at Georgetown University, and member of the Australian Command and Staff College Art of War program. Clare is the Founder of Grounded Curiosity, Defence Entrepreneurs Forum Australia and Postern Association, and member of the Australian American Young Leadership Dialogue and Military Writers Guild (Associate). Clare is a Chartered Professional Engineer (Civil) with a Master of Arts in International Relations and a Master of Military and Defence Studies. Her chapter reflects experience as an Officer Commanding at the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment.