Selected Published Sources
Anon, Textbook of Small Arms, The Holland Press, London, 1929.
Bostock, H.P., The Great Ride, Artlook Books, Perth, 1982.
Breen, Bob, A Little Bit of Hope: Australian Force Somalia, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, 1998.
Breen, B. and McCauley, G., The World Looking Over their Shoulders: Australian Strategic Corporals on Operations in Somalia and East Timor, Land Warfare Studies Centre, Canberra, 2008.
Cameron, D., The August Offensive at Anzac 1915, Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2011.
Cavallaro, G. and Larsen, M., Sniper: American Single-Shot Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan, Lyons Press, Connecticut, US, 2010.
Clunies-Ross, A. (ed), The Grey Eight in Vietnam: The History of the 8th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, 8 RAR, Brisbane, 1971.
‘Combat Ops Iraq: OP CATALYST JTF-633 IRAQ’, Australian and New Zealand Defender Magazine (Brisbane Market: Fullbore Magazines), (58), 42–46, Winter 2007, ISSN 1322039X.
Connolly, Colonel P., Counterinsurgency in Uruzgan 2009, Land Warfare Studies Centre, Canberra, August 2011.
Coulthard-Clark, C., The Encyclopaedia of Australia’s Battles (3rd edn.), Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2010.
Courtney, Bob, ‘Anzac: Gallipoli Marksman’, study notes for the joint Imperial War Museum / Australian War Memorial battlefield study tour to Gallipoli, September 2000, http://archive.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/2/gallipoli/pdf_files/Gallmark.pdf
Dennis, P. and Grey, J. (eds), The Second Fifty Years: The Australian Army 1947-97, Proceedings of the Chief of Army’s History Conference, University of NSW, ADFA, Canberra, 1997.
Dougherty, L.J., Fighting Techniques of the Japanese Infantryman 1941-45: Training, Techniques and Weapons, MBI Pubs, 2002.
Gilbert, A., Stalk and Kill: The Sniper Experience, Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1997.
——, Sniper One-On-One: The World of Combat Sniping, Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1994.
Gilby, N., ‘Snipers with 1RAR in Somalia’, ARMY Magazine, No. 23 June 1995
Grey, J., A Military History of Australia (3rd edn.), Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2008.
Henderson, C., Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills, Berkeley Books, New York, 1988.
Hesketh-Pritchard, Major H., Sniping In France, unknown publisher, London, 1920.
Horner, D., Australian Higher Command in the Vietnam War, Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 40, SDSC, Canberra, 1986.
Horner, D. and Bou, J. (eds), Duty First: A History of the Royal Australia Regiment (2nd edn), Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2008.
Idriess, I.L., Fieldcraft, Sniping and Intelligence (1942 edn), The Australian Guerrilla Series (including Sniping; The Scout; Fieldcraft, Sniping and Intelligence and Lurking Death), Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1942.
——, The Desert Column, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1932.
Kuring, I., Redcoats to Cams: A History of Australian Infantry 1788-2001, AMHP, Loftus, 2004.
Linwood, R.J., ‘The Sniper’, Parts 1 and 2, Australian Infantry Magazine, Vol. XX July–December 1980; Vol. XXI January–June 1981.
Maylor, R., SAS Sniper, Hachette Aust., Sydney, 2010.
McCoy, B., Imperial Japanese Army Snipers- World War II, http://www.quikmaneuvers.com/
O’Neil, R., Australia in the Korean War 1950-53, Vol. II, Combat Operations, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1985.
Palazzo, A., The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation 1901-2001, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2001.
Pegler, M., Sniping in the Great War, Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, UK, 2008.
——, Out of Nowhere: A History of the Military Sniper, Osprey Pubs., Oxford, 2004.
——, Sniper Rifles From the 19th to the 21st Century, Osprey Pubs., Oxford, 2004
——, The Military Sniper Since 1914, Osprey Pubs., Oxford, 2001.
Plaster, J.L., The Ultimate Sniper: An Advanced Training Manual for Military and Police Snipers, Paladin Press, Colorado, USA, 2006.
——, The Sniper Anthology: Snipers of the Second World War, Pelican Pubs Coy, Gretna, 2012.
Reynolds, Major E.G.B, The Lee Enfield Rifle (2nd edn), Herbert Jenkins Ltd, London, 1962.
Rule, A., ‘A Sniper’s Tale’, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 April 2004.
Skennerton, I., Australian Military Rifles & Bayonets, Ian Skennerton Pubs., Margate, 1988.
——, The Lee-Enfield: A Century of Lee-Metford & Lee-Enfield Rifles & Carbines, Ian Skennerton Pubs., Labrador, 2007.
——, British Sniper: British & Commonwealth Sniping & Equipments, Ian Skennerton Pubs., Margate, 1984, Australia, 2007.
Senich, P.R., The German Sniper 1914 – 1945, Paladin Press, 1980.
Wacker, A., Sniper on the Eastern Front, Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, UK, 2013.
Wilson, L.C. and Wetherell, H., History of the Fifth Light Horse Regiment, Motor Press, Sydney, 1926.
Wray, C.H., Timor 1942: Australian Commandos at War with the Japanese, Hutchinson Aust., Hawthorn, 1987.
Selected Primary Sources
World War One
AWM 3DRL/7915, story of 3rd LH Bde Scout Troop (8th, 9th and: 10th LH Regts), Palestine Campaign, WWI.
AWM PR83/110, diaries of SGT Henry Bostock, LH Scout. Describes sniping by Australian and Turk infantry and attendance at British sniper’s school, Palestine Campaign, WWI.
AWM 1DRL/0319, letter from PTE Arthur Greenwood, 8 Battalion, Gallipoli, re his involvement in the capture of a Turkish sniper at Gallipoli.
AMW MSS1471, letter dated January 1917 from PTE Laurence Willey, 46 Bn, describing accuracy of German snipers and how they could do little about them.
AWM PRO1507, diary of SGT Francis Godlee, 3rd LH Regt, re accuracy of Turkish snipers at Gallipoli. AWM PR84/372, diaries of WO1 Robert Swann, Australian Instructional Corps, re his experience as a sniper, WWI.
AWM PR00160, diary of Private William Curnow, describing landing at Gallipoli, fighting and problem with snipers.
AWM 1DRL/0373, diaries of Trooper Ion Idriess.
AWM 3DRL/3267 diary of Major Richard Casey.
AWM PRO5047, papers of Private George Michell.
Field Service Manual, 1914 – Infantry Battalion (Expeditionary Force), Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London, 1914 (author’s collection).
Imperial Army Series, ‘Notes on Experience Gained from the Front’, Capt Solano (ed), 1915.
Musketry Course – Supplementary Instructions, by the Military Forces of the Commonwealth of Australia, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1913 (author’s collection).
Musketry Instructions, by the School of Musketry, Randwick, New South Wales, Angus & Robertson Ltd, Sydney, 1915 (author’s collection).
Musketry Regulations – Part I, Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London, 1909 (author’s collection).
Musketry Regulations – Part II, Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London, 1910 (author’s collection).
Notes taken at Second Army School of Sniping, Mont de Cats, June 1916, by Sergeant Mortimer, B Company, 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade, AIF (author’s collection).
Training and Manoeuvre Regulations, 1913, General Staff (War Office), Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London, 1910 (author’s collection).
Treatise on Ammunition, 10th edn., Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London, 1915 (author’s collection).
Visual Training and Judging Distance, by the School of Musketry, Randwick, New South Wales, Angus & Robertson Ltd, Sydney, 1916 (author’s collection).
World War Two
AWM 52 25/3/7, war diaries, 2/7th Independent Company.
AWM 52/8, infantry battalion war diaries.
AWM 355.820.994 A7415, NG Force Staff Tables.
AWM 54 721 /8/11, Inf Bn Eqpt Tables 1939.
AWM 54 905/25/25, Provisional War Equipment Tables.
AWM MSS1625, personal account by LTCOL Bernard Shelley, 2/11 Bn, re attack on Hill 710 at Wewak 14–27 May 1945.
AWM PRO0322, diary of CPL ‘Jack’ Irvine, 39 Bn (CMF), re the operation of Japanese snipers near Gona, 1942.
AWM54 905/25/25 [Stores and Equipment - War Equipment Table:], Provisional war equipment table for an Infantry Battalion – 1940 (August). Access status: Open Location: Australian War Memorial 1940–1942, 475680.
AWM54 905/25/83 [Stores and Equipment - War Equipment Table:], Provisional War Equipment Table Headquarters of an Infantry Brigade Normal and Tropical Scales, 1943. Access status: Open Location: Australian War Memorial 1943, 475741.
AWM54 905/25/145 [Stores and Equipment - War Equipment Table:], Provisional War Establishment Tables - 15 April 1941 - Armoured Training Regiment - Divisional Cavalry Wing, An Engineers Training Battalion, Pioneer Training Battalion, Machine Gun Training Battalion, Infantry Specialist Group. Access status: Open Location: Australian War Memorial 1941, 475882.
AWM54 905/25/166 PART 2 [Stores and Equipment - War Equipment Table:] Combined Operations - Assault and Light Scales - Part 2 Infantry Division, 1943. Access status: Open Location: Australian War Memorial 1943, 475942.
AWM54 917/6/5 [Supply - Logistic Tables (Allied):] Staff and Logistic Table - Units of Infantry Brigade Group - Jungle Division, 1944 [Oversize item]. Access status: Open Location: Australian War Memorial 1944, 476188.
AWM54 721/8/11
AWM battalion war diaries for Korea.
Interviews with Bede Tongs, MM, platoon sergeant Papua New Guinea and Bill Hall, sniper Papua New Guinea and Borneo.
Notes on the Training of Snipers, Military Training Pamphlet No. 44, The War Office (Britain), Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, 1940.
Textbook of Small Arms 1929, His Majesty’s Stationary Office, London, 1929.
Korea
AWM 85, Korean HQ & unit war diaries.
AWM S04271, sound recording of interview with Sergeant Ian ‘Robbie’ Robertson, 3 RAR sniper.
Interviews with Kevin Tupper and Bill Hall, snipers in Korea.
Ray, C., SITREP: Nan Tare Roger, unpublished manuscript by Private Cyril ‘Frenchy’ Ray, Sniper Section, 2 RAR, Korea, 1953, circa 1991 (in author’s possession).
Vietnam
AWM103, item R1300/1/3/1 Part 3, Ammunition and Explosives, General, Provisioning, World Wide Ammunition Report and Weapon Density (Return for Dec 69).
Interviews with David Rankine and Mal Peck, OC D Coy; Ron Goodall, 8 RAR; and John Wogan-Browne, all of 8 RAR in SVN.
Post-Vietnam Period
Defence Trials Final Report No. 8/410 Sniping Rifle System, DSTO Trials Division, 28 August 1978.
Interviews with retired and current Army snipers, not all identified either due to their request or for reasons of operational security.
Manual of Land Warfare (MLW), Pt. Two, Corps Doctrine, Infantry Training, Vol. 3, Infantry Techniques, Pam. 5, Sniping, 1980.