Mat MCLachlan
Mat McLachlan is one of Australia's leading war historians and battlefield guides, and has spent more than a decade following in the footsteps of Australian troops on battlefields around the world. His 2007 book, Walking with the Anzacs, is considered the definitive guide to Australian battlefields on the Western Front.
It was reprinted in 2008. Mat also produced and appears in the First World War documentary Lost in Flanders, airing on the ABC in 2009. His next book, Walking with the Anzacs: Gallipoli, will be released in 2010 and will be the most comprehensive guide to the Australian battlefields of Gallipoli yet published. He also appears regularly as a historian on the ABC, The History Channel and Channel 7's Sunrise. Mat is the founder of Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours and personally designs or escorts all our tours. |
WILL DAVIES
Will Davies has been a documentary producer for over 30 years. He is a major producer of
historical programmes including When the War Came to Australia, Our Century and Tales
From a Suitcase.
In 2006 he produced a series of short films on the history of Norfolk Island
and 30 short films
on relics
in the Australian War Memorial. He is the author of five books
including the bestseller Somme Mud (editor)
and In the Footsteps of Private Lynch and
also wrote the driving tour Villers-Bretonneux to le Hamel.
He is currently doing a PhD
at the ANU in Canberra and
is working on other books on the Great War.
Will is the historian on many of our Western Front tours. |
GARY MCKay
Gary McKay spent 30 years as an army officer after being conscripted for national service in 1968.
He served in South Vietnam in 1971 as an infantry rifle platoon commander where he was awarded
the Military Cross for gallantry and severely wounded in the last major Australian battle of the Vietnam War. In 1987 Gary's best-selling autobiography In Good Company was released and he began what is now
a full-time career as a freelance historian and non-fiction writer. He is Australia's most prolific author on
the subject of the Vietnam War, having released 10 books with Allen & Unwin. He has also written several other books, notably Tracy, the definitive account of the cyclone that wiped out Darwin in 1974. There is no better guide to the Australian battlefields of Vietnam and we are fortunate to have Gary as the historian
on our Vietnam tours. |
GLENN WAHLERT
Glenn Wahlert is a serving Australian Army officer with over 30 years' soldiering experience. Now an Official Historian with the Australian Army History Unit, Glenn has written or co-authored several books
and journal articles on military history, and conducted numerous battlefield tours of the theatres where Australians served. His most recent book Exploring Gallipoli: An Australian Army Battlefield Guide (2008), provides a unique, soldier's eye view of the Gallipoli campaign and the key events that occurred
on the ground. Glenn has spent months exploring the valleys and features of Gallipoli, including several overnight stays at Quinn's Post, a real 'haunted house'. Glenn is the historian on our Gallipoli tours. |
Michael Molkentin
Michael Molkentin has had a life-long interest in the First World War. He graduated from the University
of Wollongong with first class honours in history in 2004, where he wrote his thesis Culture, Class and Experience in the Australian Flying Corps. Michael has been awarded scholarships by the Australian War Memorial and the NSW Premier for his work on Australians in the First World War. His articles have appeared in the Journal of the Australian War Memorial, the Wartime magazine, Teaching History and Cross and Cockade International. He was a featured contributor to the television documentary Lost in Flanders. Michael teaches History at the Shellharbour Anglican College and is passionate about helping Australians understand their wartime heritage. He is currently preparing his first book, a history of the Australian Flying Corps for Allen & Unwin. Michael is a regular historian on our Western Front tours. |
RICHARD BRIGGS
Richard Briggs has been a full-time London guide and tour manager since 2000 when he qualified
as
a London Blue Badge Guide, the highest professional guiding certification in the UK. Apart from his work
in London and at special sites of interest in England, Richard has led tours throughout the UK and Europe for groups of all ages. Having lived and worked in France, he speaks fluent French and has developed
a keen interest in the battlefields, from the Western Front of World War One to the D-Day Landing Beaches in Normandy. Richard is a regular Tour Manager on our Western Front and D-Day tours. |
TOM MORGAN
Tom Morgan first learned about the Great War as a small child, listening to his relatives' tales.
It's perhaps because of this introduction that he became fascinated with the stories of ordinary people
in those extraordinary times, and with the battlefields themselves. Tom's Hellfire Corner website was one
of the first Great War sites on the web and has received over 2.5 million individual visitors to date.
Tom's professional background is in education, with a 35-year teaching career up to 1999, when he became a full-time battlefield guide. Tom has a superb knowledge of the Australian battlefields and is
the War Historian on many of our Western Front tours.
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