Reflecting on Anzac Day through words, images and books

Author Christopher Pugsley featured in Radio New Zealand's extensive Anzac Day 2018 coverage yesterday — offering his reflections on twentieth-century conflicts, commemorations, and the filming of early military activity as captured in his latest book, The Camera in the Crowd:

Click here to catch his interview with Colin Peacock.

There's also a link  to film of the New Zealand Field Artillery in France on Radio New Zealand's Anzac Day page.

Oratia's latest addition to the history of New Zealand military service is Paul Harrison's Seek and Destroy: The History of 3 Squadron RNZAF, which was published on 5 April (see information here).

Nigel Hopkins of Beach FM, Kapiti spoke with Paul about the book on 23 April. 

On 12 April, Paul and Retired Colonel Roger Pearce (who contributed an appendix about the squadron's activities in Malaysia and Vietnam) presented a copy of Seek and Destroy to Carolyn Carr, Chief Librarian of the New Zealand Defence Force Library.

From left: Paul Harrison, Carolyn Carr and Roger Pearce

For more about these and other military history titles, check out the Oratia website's books page.