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Les Carlyon

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BornLeslie Allen Carlyon
(1942-06-10)10 June 1942
Elmore, Victoria, Australia
Died5 March 2019(2019-03-05) (aged 76)
OccupationHistorian, journalist, newspaper editor
NationalityAustralian
EducationMelbourne High School
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
GenreMilitary history
SubjectWorld War I
Notable worksGallipoli (2001)
The Great War (2006)
Notable awardsGraham Perkin Award (1993)

Leslie Allen Carlyon AC (10 June 1942 – 4 March 2019) was an Australian writer and newspaper editor.

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of Bart Cummings. Macmillan Australia. ISBN 9781742628837. Carlyon, Les (2021). Les Carlyon: A Life in Words. Allen and Unwin Australia. ISBN 9781760879723...

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Gallipoli campaign

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as "a close-fought affair" that was a defeat for the Entente, while Les Carlyon called it a stalemate. Peter Hart wrote that the Ottoman forces "held...

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Walkley Award for Journalism Leadership

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2002 Peter Meakin Nine Network 2003 Paul McGeough Fairfax Media 2004 Les Carlyon 2005 Deborah Fleming Australian Story ABC TV 2006 Michelle Grattan The...

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Battle of the Nek

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opposite the Ottoman position across flat ground; it was described by Les Carlyon as a "conventional trench" and was deep enough that wooden hand and footholds...

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The Age

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The Age has always kept a stable of leading editorial cartoonists, notably Les Tanner, Bruce Petty, Ron Tandberg and Michael Leunig. In 1983, Fairfax bought...

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List of war films and TV specials set between 1914 and 1945

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Gallipoli (miniseries) (2015), TV miniseries adapted from the book by Les Carlyon The Promise (2016), depiction of the Armenian genocide Mamba (1930) The...

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Billy Hughes

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original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2010. The Great War, Les Carlyon. Billy Hughes in Paris-The Birth of Australian Diplomacy, W. J. Hudson...

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Ted Whitten

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motif.[citation needed] Writing for The Age at the end of that year, Les Carlyon reflected on Whitten's impact on communities in the western suburbs of...

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Hubert Gough

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major battle in which he commanded Fifth Army with some competence". Les Carlyon concurs that Gough was unfairly dealt with in 1918 but also regards his...

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Reputation of Douglas Haig

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interpret such telephone information that they had. Australian historian Les Carlyon argues that while Haig was slow to adapt to the correct use of artillery...

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Deaths in March 2019

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diabetes. Eric Caldow, 84, Scottish footballer (Rangers, national team). Les Carlyon, 76, Australian writer and newspaper editor (The Age, The Herald). Vivian...

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Northerly

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previous campaigns), Fred Kersley retired him. Legendary racing writer Les Carlyon wrote of Northerly: "He fools you every time he races. He has the body...

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Australian Racing Hall of Fame

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Robert Bagot (2004) Alan Bell (2017) Joe Brown (2016) Bert Bryant (2003) Les Carlyon (2016) Bob Charley (2021) Eduardo Cojuangco (2015) David Coles (2013)...

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Kim Hughes

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Canberra Times. 17 May 1985. Ryan (2009), p. 271. Ryan (2009), p. 272. Les Carlyon, quoted in Ryan (2009), p. 272. "South Africa v Australian XI: Australian...

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2019 in literature

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87 March 1 – Peter van Gestel, Dutch writer, 81 (born 1937) March 4 – Les Carlyon, Australian writer and newspaper editor, 76 (born 1942) March 10 – Pius...

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1942 in Australian literature

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novelist (died 2018) 10 May — Bob Ellis, journalist (died 2016) 10 June — Les Carlyon, newspaper editor and nonfiction writer (died 2019) 26 June — Humphrey...

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List of companions of the Order of Australia

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[93] Karen Canfell ? – Epidemiologist and cancer researcher 2024 K [94] Les Carlyon 1942 2019 Writer, historian 2014 Q [95] Archived 2019-03-06 at the Wayback...

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Lyall Howard

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into the village of Cléry, France. In the book, The Great War, author Les Carlyon details the experiences of Lyall Howard on the front line, captured by...

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Harvey Stanley Hyde Blackburn

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February 2015 ceremony with a keynote address by veteran journalist Les Carlyon and performances from country music singer Lee Kernaghan, the Sydney...

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Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award

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Morning Herald) 1992 – Colleen Ryan (The Sydney Morning Herald) 1993 – Les Carlyon 1994 – Kate Legge (The Australian) 1995 – Rowan Callick (The Australian...

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Roland Perry

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Graham Perkin. My first editor was Les Carlyon [who went on to write Gallipoli], who was an early influence. Carlyon was always over-worked but managed...

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