The Australian Embassy and the Institute for Recent History of Serbia are organizing the promotion of the book Australians with Serbs in the First World War.
The promotion will be held at the Historical Museum of Serbia on Wednesday, April 26 at 6 p.m. (Trg Nikole Pašića 11).
Author of the book, Mr Bojan Pajić, is Australian military historian of Serbian descent. The book represents up until now unknown study of about 1500 Australians and New Zealanders in the battles on the Serbian battlefield during the First World War, a topic that has rarely been a subject of a research until now, either in Anglo-Saxon or Serbian historiography.
The book represents a wonderful testimony of the long-term friendship between Serbia and Australia.
At the promotion speakers will be:
- Daniel Emery - His excellency Ambassador of Australia to Serbia
- Bojan Pajić– author of the book
- Mile Bjelajac – Director of the Institute for the new history of Serbia and
- Katie Hancock and Richard Cook – descendants of Australians who participated in the First World War in Serbia
The book has been translated and printed by the Australian Embassy in 1000 copies, and with the help of the Institute for the Recent History of Serbia, it will be distributed to libraries throughout Serbia.