History is my Passion!
Australian Military history has always held a great interest for me, in particular stories of individuals and their experience in wartime. As an amateur family historian I have researched and written unpublished accounts about my father’s wartime experiences in the RAAF in World War 2, my father-in-law’s service as a member of the RAAF and POW, and my wife’s grandfather and daughter-in-law’s great grandfather, both of whom served as members of the 37th Battalion on the Western Front in World War 1.
I served on the Committee of Military History and Heritage Victoria (MHHV) from 2011 – 2014 and again from 2022 onwards. I held the role of Conference Convenor for MHHV’s 15th One Day Conference in May 2023 entitled ‘1943 – Australia and the Pacific War, the Tide Turns,’ and again for two major conferences staged at the RAAF Museum at Point Cook. These two events were concerned with Australian Air Power in both World War 1 and World War 2 and involved leading Australian writers, academics and researchers as well as the RAAF Historian. In 2016 I was invited to address the MHHV Military History Speaker Program series and took the opportunity to talk about the Lyle Buntine story, ‘Empire’s Noble Son.’ A review can be read on this link.https://www.mhhv.org.au/a-noble-son-falln-to-earth-a-review-of-the-presentation-by-dr-daryl-moran/.
On many occasions since 2014, I have been fortunate enough to be invited to address Remembrance and Anzac Day school assemblies at Caulfield Grammar School. In 2016 I spoke at a luncheon of the school’s oldest former students on the topic ‘Forgotten stories of Caulfield and Malvern Grammarians in the First World War.’ You might like to also look at it on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDNRDZ9onG4&t=71s . I have also been an invited Guest Speaker at various Historical Societies, RSL events and numerous Rotary clubs.
I can be contacted by email at djjamoran@docdazz
darylmoran.com 