Papers of Gavin Keating
MSS 341
Collection Title
Papers of Gavin KeatingCollection Identifier
MSS 341Inclusive date(s)
1915 to 2007Extent and Medium
Creator(s)
Category
Subject: Terms(s)
A tale of three battalions : combat morale and battle fatigue in the 7th Australian Infantry Brigade, Bougainville, 1944-45
Authors
Biographers
Generals -- Australia -- Biography
Historians
Historians -- Australia -- Archives
The right man for the right job : an assessment of Lieutenant General S.G. Savige as a senior commander
The right man for the right job : Lieutenant General Sir Stanley Savige as a military commander
Subject: Person(s)
Subject: Organisation(s)
Collection Description
This collection comprises photocopies of research papers, correspondence, notes, drafts, maps and audio cassette tapes of interviews for Gavin Keating's works, including "The right man for the job' : an assessment of Lieutenant General S.G. Savige as a senior commander', B.A. (Honours) thesis (1995), The right man for the right job : Lieutenant General Sir Stanley Savige as a military commander (2006), and A tale of three battalions : combat morale and battle fatigue in the 7th Australian Infantry Brigade, Bougainville, 1944-45 (2007).
Administrative / Biographical history
Gavin Keating is an infantry officer in the Australian Regular Army. He has served in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Special Air Service Regiment and the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and has deployed on operations to East Timor, Bougainville and the Middle East.
He graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1994; completed a B.A. Honours at the Australian Defence Force Academy in 1995, and a Master of Strategic Affairs at the Australian National University in 2004.
Keating is also a military historian and his works include:
B.A. Honours thesis 'The right man for the right job : an assessment of Lieutenant General S.G. Savige as a senior commander' (1995)
Working paper Opportunities and obstacles : future Australian and New Zealand cooperation on defence and security issues (2004)
Article 'The machinery of Australian national security policy : changes, continuing problems and possibilities'. In: Australian Defence Force journal, no.166, 2005, pp 20-33
The right man for the right job : Lieutenant General Sir Stanley Savige as a military commander (2006)
A tale of three battalions : combat morale and battle fatigue in the 7th Australian Infantry Brigade, Bougainville, 1944-45 (2007).
References:
Australian defence force journal, issue no. 166, 2005, p 25
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The collection comprises photocopies of official Australian military operational material and reports from the Australian War Memorial and the National Archives of Australia, including copies of unit operational reports, messages, minutes of staff conferences, general staff memoranda, appreciations, procedures, administrative instructions and intelligence summaries. Also included are photocopies of personal papers, correspondence and diaries, journal articles, extracts from books and theses, newspaper cuttings, drafts, maps, transcripts and audio cassette tapes of interviews.
System of arrangement
The collection has been arranged in box then folder order.
Access Restrictions
Other
The collection is available for research.Reproduction Restrictions
Existence and Location of Orginals
Disclaimer
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.