Tasmanian war pilot Alan Bowman (1911-1941) joined the fledgling Royal Australian Air Force as a pilot cadet in 1930, and from that time until his death in the Western Desert in 1941, maintained contacted with his family at Deloraine by writing letters about his life and experiences, his travels, his feelings and his hopes.
On 1 January 1915, ramifications from the First World War, raging half a world away, were felt in Broken Hill, Australia, when in a guerrilla-style military operation, four citizens were killed and seven wounded.
Tasmanian author Anthony Hope has written short stories from World War Two based on the experiences of Gregor Salmon, Critchley Parker, Jerzy Otlowski, Robert Nobes, Ronald Hope, Paul Hope, Margaret Spencer and Elsie White.
A chronological diary from 1844 to 1943, detailing the formation, development and disbandment of the Tasmanian Light Horse and Tasmanian Mounted Infantry.
