GALLIPOLI & THE ANZAC LEGEND
Myth & Reality
April 11, 2015
Forum 34 Speakers: Rod White AM RDF & Douglas Newton
Speakers
Rod White AM RDF
- State President of RSL NSW (Returned Services League, NSW Branch).
- Vietnam Veteran who served in the Royal Australian Infantry Corp (1964 – 1993).
- Awarded Member of the Order of Australia for service to the Australian Army Reserve.
Douglas Newton
- Retired academic historian | Former Assoc. Prof. of European History at the University of Western Syd.
- Author of ‘The Darkest Days: The Truth Behind Britain’s Rush to War, 1914’ &
‘Hell-Bent: Australia’s Leap into the Great War’. - Currently researching a book on the struggle for a negotiated peace during the Great War.
