Garth Pratten Explained

Garth Pratten
Workplaces:	Australian National University Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Australian War Memorial
Alma Mater:	University of Melbourne (BA [Hons]) Deakin University (PhD)
Thesis Title:	"Old Man": Australian Battalion Commanders in the Second World War
Thesis Url:	http://dro.deakin.edu.au/view/DU:30026935
Thesis Year:	2006
Main Interests:	Military history Operational art
Awards:	CEW Bean Prize for Military History (2006)

Garth Pratten (born 1973) is an Australian historian in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University.^[1]

Pratten has worked for the Australian Army's Training Command, as a historian at the Australian War Memorial, and taught at Deakin University, in the War Studies Department at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and at the Australian National University.^[2] In 2010, Pratten deployed to Afghanistan as part of the team compiling the war diary for ISAF's Regional Command South while working for the British Ministry of Defence. Pratten undertook field work in France, Belgium, Libya, Malaya, Singapore, Turkey and Cyprus.^[2]

Bibliography

Pratten's publications include:

• Book: Pratten, G. M. . Australia 1944–45: Victory in the Pacific . Cambridge University Press . 2016 . 9781107083462 . Dean . P. J. . Port Melbourne . 'Calling the tune': Australian and Allied Operations at Balikpapan.
• Book: Pratten, G. M. . Australia 1944–45: Victory in the Pacific . Cambridge University Press . 2016 . 9781107083462 . Dean . P. J. . Port Melbourne . 'Unique in the history of the AIF': Operations in British Borneo.
• Book: Pratten, G. M. . Frontline: Combat and Cohesion in the Twenty-First Century . Oxford University Press . 2015 . 9780198719663 . King . Anthony . Oxford . New Model Diggers: Australian Identity, Motivation, and Cohesion in Afghanistan.
• Book: Pratten, G. M. . Australia 1943: The Liberation of New Guinea . Cambridge University Press . 2013 . 9781107445239 . Dean . P. J. . Port Melbourne . Applying the Principles of War: Securing the Huon Peninsula.
• Book: Pratten, G. M. . Malaya . Farrell . B. P. . Army History Unit . 2009 . 9780980567441 . Canberra.
• Book: Pratten, G. M. . Australian Battalion Commanders in the Second World War . Cambridge University Press . 2009 . 9780521763455 . Melbourne.
• Book: Still the Same: Reflections on Active Service from Bardia to Baidoa . Army Doctrine Centre . 1997 . 9780642244352 . Pratten . G. M. . Georges Heights . Harper . G. J..

External links

• The ANU profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dr Garth Pratten. anu.edu.au. 21 April 2016.
2. Web site: Kokoda: beyond the legend – Abstracts and speakers. awm.gov.au. 21 April 2016.