Magazine Review: The Australasian Journal of Salvation Army History Vol 7 Issue 2
Magazine Review: The Australasian Journal of Salvation Army History Vol 7 Issue 2
24 January 2023
The latest edition of the Australasian Journey of Salvation Army History focuses on the fourth annual Salvation Army History Symposium, held in 2022.
It has been seven years since the founding of The Australasian Journal of Salvation Army History, a publication that has seen Salvationists and non-Salvationists worldwide contribute to and learn from stories and details about the movement internationally.
In conjunction with this, the fourth annual Salvation Army History Symposium was held in Ipswich, Queensland, last July, and it seems fitting that the latest edition of the journal chronicles the event. Granted, people from across the country attended and tuned in to the sessions from as far away as the United States, Sweden and the United Kingdom. But here on paper – or in electronic form if you prefer an e-reader – we now have detailed and pictorial evidence of some of the key events and cultural moments in Salvation Army history. And they are written by Salvationists, journalists and historians, including Executive Editor Garth R. Hentzschel, journalist Dr Ian Townsend, Major Cec Woodward, Major David Woodbury and more.
The edition includes a fascinating take on the sinking of the Japanese ship Montevideo Maru in January 1942, where more than 1000 prisoners of war lost their lives, including members of the 2/22 battalion band that was made up of Salvation Army bandsmen from Melbourne’s Brunswick Corps. Dr Townsend reflects on why a wider Australian audience doesn’t know about or remember the events that took place just after Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbour.
A paper on the Riverview training farm for boys is also included, most notably with a first-person account from one of the boys who attended the farm. And we also meet Kingsley Edward Mortimer in a paper by Major Kingsley Sampson, the man who married fighting Mac’s daughter and learn about his unique identity and service to the Lord.
With more fascinating papers, book reviews, and an interview with author Dawn Volz, this edition of the AJSAHistory is full of fascinating and important content. To read, subscribe or contribute to the AJSAHistory (for free), email AJSAHistory@gmail.com.
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