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Hi; as you may have guessed, my name is Grant. I live in Perth, Australia. and I was born on February 12, 1965 in Katanning. I grew up near there (near in Australian terms, anyway :-).
To give you an idea of some of my interests, see my (non-exhaustive) list of some Wikipedia articles I've edited, written or have an interest in.
If you like, leave a message for me at my talk page.
Picture gallery
Some of my favorites, all of them related (possibly indirectly) to articles I've worked on:
One of the most poignant photos I've ever seen. Christmas Day, 1942. An Australian soldier, George "Dick" Whittington, is aided by Papuan orderly Raphael Oimbari, at the Battle of Buna-Gona. Whittington died in February 1943 from the effects of bush typhus, the little-known killer of many Allied and Japanese soldiers in the Pacific. (Picture by George Silk.)
Der Sinn des Hitlergrusses ("The real meaning of the Hitler Salute" (a.k.a., "Millions stand behind me") by John Heartfield. Heartfield was German (originally Helmut Herzfeld), and gave himself an English name in 1916 as a protest against German militarism. I guess if he had been an English speaker, he would have given himself a German name...
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The cover of " I'm Stranded", the first single by The Saints, released in September 1976. Possibly not their best, but it was the first song that I really liked and it's also a punk classic.
Aardappeleters ("The Potato Eaters") by Vincent Van Gogh, 1885. Great expressionist painting of ordinary people. Used by G. E. M. de Ste. Croix as the frontispiece of The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World (1982), one of my favourite books.
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Makhaya Ntini bowls at the WACA Ground, Perth on 16/12/05, the first day of the First Test, Australia v South Africa. Can't remember who was facing, Andrew Symonds is the non-striking batter. Ntini took five wickets for 64 runs on the day. I took this with my run-of-the-mill Fuji and got lucky with the timing — both the ball and Ntini are suspended in mid-air.
Players contest a mark at the 1933 Australian Football Carnival, at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The teams are Victoria and an unknown state (possibly Tasmania). (Photographer: Sam Hood.) I don't have a strong reason for including this, other than it has a nice composition and its a classic, timeless Aussie rules pic.
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[edit] Project membership
[edit] Areas of interest
[edit] Australian history
[edit] Military history
Cricket
Football
I,
Natalinasmpf give Grant65 this barnstar for his knowledgeable documentation of battles in history.
In recognition of your work I award you this
barnstar. In particular, for the exceptional read that was
CAC CA-15. Thank you!
michael talk 12:20, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
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Pacific Theatre, 1941-45 Barnstar |
| For superlative work on meticulously organizing the New Guinea campaign and associated campaignbox. Cla68 06:57, 18 December 2006 (UTC) |
