Bryce Abraham is a PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle. His thesis examines the shifting constructions of Australian military heroism from Sudan to Afghanistan (1885-2015), with an emphasis on the associated constructs of masculinity and the award (and non-award) of the Victoria Cross. Kate Ariotti is a Lecturer in Australian History at the University of Newcastle. Her research focuses on prisoners of war, grief and mourning, and memory and commemoration and her book Captive Anzacs: Australian POWs of the Ottomans During the First World War was published by CUP in April.