Cruising in formation in July 1945, from left to
right: HMA Ships Napier, Nepal and Nizam. The
'N' class destroyers were used mainly for convoy,
fleet protection and anti-submarine activities.

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Several thousand Australians served in locations remote from the main areas of Australian operations during World War II. They served in places like China, Russia, the Faroe Islands, Madagascar, Burma, the West Indies, Iraq, Kenya, the Azores and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). What was ‘Tulip Force’? Find out in this section.

Bibliography

Montague C Cotton, Hurricanes over Burma: the story of an Australian fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force, Oberon, 1988.

Neil McDonald, War cameraman: the Story of Damien Parer ,Melbourne, 1994.

Neil McDonald, Damien Parer's war, South Melbourne, 2004.

Douglas Gillison, Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1945, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1962.

John Herington, Australia in the war of 1939 - 1945; Series Three, Air, Vol III - Air war against Germany and Italy, 1939-1943, Canberra, 1954.

John Herington, Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945; Series Three, Air, Vol IV - Air power over Europe, 1944-1945, Canberra, 1963.

George Odgers, Air War Against Japan 1943-45, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1957.

William Noonan, The Surprising Battalion: Australian commandos in China, Sydney, 1945.

Operation CLICK: Anzac to Kokoda

is a classroom resource which draws on and encourages the use of the following Veterans' Affairs websites:
• Australia’s War 1939–1945 – www.ww2australia.gov.au
• Visit Gallipoli – www.anzacsite.gov.au

You may download Work sheets - provided in PDF file format.

The resource book and CD-ROM package contains lessons that can be used in many contexts in History and Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) classrooms. They were written by experienced history teachers with three aims in mind:

• to provide both beginning and experienced teachers with lessons using the two websites as core resources
• to invite teachers to explore more effective ways of encouraging their students to incorporate ICT skills into their classroom learning activities
• to provide exciting and original lessons that will encourage young Australians to learn more about Australia’s wartime heritage through the stories and images provided on the two websites.