Current projects
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Books
I am currently working on an edited version of the wartime diaries of Tom 'Diver' Derrick.
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Internet site
In 2019 I am continuing to work on short biographies of all Scotch Collegians and staff who served in the First World War and were neither killed nor decorated.

Public appearances
I delivered a talk for the 75th anniversary of the battle of El Alamein on Wednesday 25 October at the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne. You can hear the talk here: https://www.shrine.org.au/Whats-On/Video-and-Podcasts?all=3#all
Wendy Harmer and Robbie Buck interviewed me about An Australian Band of Brothers on ABC Breakfast in Sydney on 23 April 2018. A link to that program can be found here: http://www.abc.net.au/radio/sydney/programs/breakfast/breakfast/9665628. My interview begins at about 3 hours and 22 minutes in and lasts for about 10 or 12 minutes.
I spoke at the Sydney Institute on Thursday 26 April from 6-7 pm about 'The AIF Heroes of Tobruk, El Alamein, New Guinea and Borneo'. A transcript will be on the Sydney Institute website (https://thesydneyinstitute.com.au) in the near future. 
Podcast on iTunes concerning 'An Australian Band of Brothers', dated 25 May 2018, on 'Living History with Mt McLachlan'.
I spoke at SDSC War Studies Seminar, Hedley Bull Building, Australian National University, Canberra, on 'Leadership in An Australian Band of Brothers' on 25 June 2018 at 6 pm.
I presented a talk on 'An Australian Band of Brothers' as part of Military History and Heritage Victoria's 'Military History Speaker Program' on 20 February 2019. 6.30 at Pompey Elliott Memorial Hall, Camberwell RSL, Victoria.

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