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An open letter to the Australian War Memorial
To Mr. Kim Beazley AC and Councillors,
The Australian War Memorial.
CANBERRA.
Dear Chairman and Councillors,
Following the preview copy of my recent book, War of Words sent for your attention last December, constructive feedback from several military-related entities was received, now integrated into a revised edition as enclosed for your information.
It accuses the Memorial of knowingly causing factual military information to be subservient to American General Douglas MacArthur’s official distorted and fabricated Kokoda battle reports. Aided and abetted by compliant Australian General Thomas Blamey, he was constantly denigrating the efforts of Aussie troops and their experienced Kokoda commanders, unfairly terminating distinguished careers of those who challenged his incompetent tactical decisions. War correspondents who dared write any version of events which contradicted his fantasised interpretations suffered the same fate. Complicit in the massacre of POW’s on the final Sandakan death march, his egotistical arrogance contributed to the preventable death of countless allied soldiers. MacArthur’s deliberately misleading and corrupted reports became naively archived as the official account of our nation’s military history. The Memorial is still obliged to comply with established government protocols and promote them eight decades later.
I have presented you with uncontested material to support these assertions. Having dealt with the Memorial and the Army History Unit for nearly a decade expressing these concerns, I am convinced their personnel are in agreement with my sentiments but are bound by a rigid bureaucratic culture of never admitting their predecessors got it wrong. While no official entity has been prepared to challenge his orchestrated corrosive litany of deception and addiction to self-promotion, it is a sad reflection on those who had and still have the mandate to do so. The Memorial’s Chair and Councillors are the only ones with access to the evidence and authority to administer the long overdue correction to this archived military cancer. By abrogating your moral national responsibility, you are knowingly condoning this disgraceful enduring deception, ensuring future generations continue to live in ignorance of our factual and proud military heritage.
“Fake news” is not just a recently-contrived charlatan’s legacy. Please take the honourable action of removing another preventable stain on our Memorial’s reputation.
Yours faithfully,
Daryl Binning
April 7th 2025.
My father worked for Foster Instruments in Sydney during WW2 providing instruments to the RAAF. Is it possible that there are records of suppliers to the RAAF during the war?
ok brian if you want to get snarly with it i’ll fxxx off – i was getting bored with this propaganda website anyway. Hope you continue getting your sponsor funds from the very ones who are responsible for the deaths of veterans – and ‘struggle’ with other peoples’ foibles. What a hypocrite.
Judging by the gaps between ‘contacting’ CONTACT – many of us find that it’s a waste of time, due to such delays – and ‘erratic’ TIME of posting. Something needs to be done. Perhaps the CONTACT publishing empire could EMPLOY VETERANS to assist, ie actual PAID EMPLOMENT.
Hi Colin. There are very rarely any significant gaps in my comms with those who communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately with CONTACT. However, people who send multiple emails a day, that are overly long, use inappropriate, ill-considered and/or conspiratorial language IN CAPITAL LETTERS, generally get consigned to the ‘spam’ folder – unread.
This not being the first time you’ve raised the topic of payment, IN CAPITAL LETTERS, I will reiterate/clarify what I’ve said elsewhere – CONTACT is run as a hobby by a veteran on TPI payments. There are insufficient funds to pay anyone, including me.
Am an OCS Portsea Grad. June 1963. I agree with what the Major has said, as do the members of my OCS class that I still maintain comms with. Let’s keep it up so that any soldier in this predicament receives all the support we can muster. Anyone from my region on the NSW south coast is welcome to email me.
Absolute respects to the RAAF on their 100th and sooooo sorry that we could not all celebrate with the Airshow at Avalon. having volunteered there for many years, I know what a success it has been for RAAF PR, and deservedly so.
Agree totally that Ray Payne should be recognised for his long time efforts regarding veterans.
give RAY PAYNE a medal for his dedication to veterans