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Biography
James Thewlis

WO2 Thewlis is an ARA gunner who has served for 22 years predominantly in artillery units, where the majority of his career has been spent as a TUAS operator, and in training establishments, he is currently posted to the Australian Defence Force Academy as a Squadron Sergeant Major. He is passionate of military history and its value in professional development of soldiers and officers.

Outdoor group portrait of the 2/21 Battalion marching through Albury, New South Wales.
Forward Defence, The Story of Gull Force in 1942
This article draws on the story of the Gull Force in 1941 to emphasise the vital importance of providing adequate support to all deployments and recognising when a lack of support makes a mission impossible.
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Leadership in the Malayan Campaign
What leadership failures (amongst other battlefield friction) led to the largest capitulation in British military history? Resulting in some 90,000 Allied troops, the majority being Australian, British and Indian, destined to spend the remainder of WW2 in brutal captivity.
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