Rachel Caines

Historian at @AWMemorial | PhD on Indigenous engagement with #FWW soldier settlement schemes @ANUcass | Lover of facts | 🏳️‍🌈 | All views my own

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

Just in time for #NRW2024 - my newest article on Indigenous Second World War service through ephemera held at the @AWMemorial is published and open access! So proud of this piece of work, and thrilled to see it out in the world! https://t.co/YVRrBOH2SM

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

Moving to where the sky is bluer - will still repost on here but for engagement come and find me on the other side. 💙

[Karl James @KarlJames_1945]

It’s all about “In the Fight: Australians & the war in Burma” this weekend with @MHHVic’s conference & launch @ The Shrine of Remembrance.

I’ll be speaking on 🇦🇺 Special Operations with #SOE.

https://t.co/3aXeYIw9y6

https://t.co/uDU1FbUdA5

#weHaveWays #WWII

[Aust War Memorial @AWMemorial]

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Lest we forget

#RemembranceDay2024 #LestWeForget #RememberToRemember

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

Amazing to belong to a team of historians so involved in writing, sharing, and discussing Australian military history! Great work Dr Karl!

[Karl James @KarlJames_1945]

Great to catch up again with @MatMcLachlan to talk about Anzac & Remembrance Days. 🎧

https://t.co/GhqimvEHSz

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

Up bright and early to do some media ahead of the National Remembrance Day Ceremony here at @AWMemorial. Such a privilege to be involved in such a special day all commemorating those who have fought in wars and peacekeeping, and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

Missed my @StudiesVeterans Colloqium in October? Good news! It's now available to watch on their YouTube channel! https://t.co/P9Spbjt7CY

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

Great to finish up the @AWMemorial's Staff History Course yesterday with a tour of our Mitchell storage facilities. Huge thanks to @Camros25 for leading the tour for us!

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

Things I did not think I'd be doing today...googling the stats of professional boxer "Jimmy Starr" (James Mounsey, active 1934-1940).

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

There's still time to register to attend my presentation for @StudiesVeterans. 8am AEDT. Details and link to register below!

[Veterans Studies Association @StudiesVeterans]

Join us in 2 weeks for the 2nd fall VSA colloquium with Rachel Caines, Historian in the #Military History Section of the Australian War Memorial. Rachel is a PhD candidate at the The Australian National University. Her research focuses on #Indigenous experiences of war- see below

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

He urged them to fight, to do their family and ancestors proud, and to remember that they were not only soldiers, but Māori warriors.

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

"He pewhea ra te ahua o tenei iwi i haramai rawa nei i nga topito o te ao?" Incredible to see the Māori Contingent and NZ (Māori) Pioneer Battalion recieve battle honours for their role in the #FWW. "What manner of men" indeed.
https://t.co/thH4Wnulal.

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

The te reo text above is drawn from the sermon given by Chaplain Henare Te Wainohu to the Māori Contingent before their attack on Chunuk Bair. In it, he told them all others at Gallipoli would be thinking "What manner of men are these who have come from the ends of the earth?".

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

@NoahRiseman That's so far away! I'll have to send an emissary.

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

Customary first day of the Lifeline book fair haul. Particularly pleased with my second impression (Dec 1981) copy of The Other Side of the Frontier!

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

@DrAlexBurchmore @ANUartdesign It was great to be there!

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

First day back at work after a period of leave, and out of the office to hear Julie Gough talk about her artistic practice and historical research at @ANUartdesign

[Aust War Memorial @AWMemorial]

Today marks the 110th anniversary of the day the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) landed on New Britain.

As a result of the action, six Australians from the AN&MEF were killed or died of wounds, and another four were wounded.

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

The perfect Friday the 13th post...'Joey' is a little disconcerting if you ask me.

[Aust War Memorial @AWMemorial]

This wooden ventriloquist dummy named ‘Joey’ belonged to Gunner Thomas Alfred Hussey. In 1941, Hussey was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese and sent to Changi. He and his fellow POW’s constructed two iterations of ‘Joey’ which would feature in the Changi Concert Party.

[Rachel Caines @RachelBCaines]

So excited to be presenting as part of @StudiesVeterans's fall colloquia series on my research into Indigenous Second World War service through ephemera from the @AWMemorial's collection. Come along if you can! #SWW #Indigenoushistories #WeHaveWays

[Veterans Studies Association @StudiesVeterans]

VSA's fall colloquia schedule is now live on our website - https://t.co/FolJQ8r5Dt. Join us for this free virtual webinar series featuring #veteranstudies research in #literature, #history and #womensstudies. Register on Eventbrite to access Zoom links!