Reflections on the Society's history on the occasion of its 50th anniversary
The following are preliminary remarks by the Society's Patron Major-General the Honourable Justice Paul Brereton AM RFD on the occasion of his address to the Society's Annual General Meeting on 3 February 2018, commmemorating the Society's 50th anniversary. SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE HISTORY OF THE MILITARY HISTORY SOCIETY OF NSW Introduction Then under the name the New South Wales Military Historical Society , this Society held its inaugural meeting on 20 th September 1968, with the object of encouraging the compilation and presentation of the Military History of New South Wales and Australia. This, its fiftieth anniversary, provides an opportunity to remember our antecedents, before I turn to my main topic of General Legge. Origins in the Military Historical Society of Australia The society had its origins as a branch of the Military Historical Society of Australia, which was formed in the mid-Sixties with branches in South Australia, Queen...