Cate Clark

Army photo released to press on or around Bald Hill Exercise.

Bald Hill Exercise – 1st Australian Armoured Division

The Bald Hill Exercise (Part 1) Seventy two years ago the 1 Australian Armoured Division created history when they took part in Australia’s largest military manoeuvres to date. Held in the North West of NSW nearly 20,000 men participated in training aimed at making them a cohesive fighting force. While that particular event isn’t well …

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Stuart Light Tanks waiting for action near Narrabri.

An Almost Forgotten Division – 1st Australian Armoured Division

Cate Clark began her interest in the World War 2 formation, the 1st Australian Armoured Division after meeting local identity Don McDonagh. Don, almost an icon in the local community of Gunnedah (in north west New South Wales, Australia) was looking to pull together some research on the 1st Australian Armoured Division after realising that no-one in the local …

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