Garth Pratten
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Born1973 (age 51–52)
AwardsCEW Bean Prize for Military History (2006)
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne (BA [Hons])
Deakin University (PhD)
Deakin University (PhD)
Garth Pratten | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 (age 51–52) |
| Awards | CEW Bean Prize for Military History (2006) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne (BA [Hons]) Deakin University (PhD) |
| Thesis | "Old Man": Australian Battalion Commanders in the Second World War (2006) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Australian National University Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Australian War Memorial |
| Main interests | Military history Operational art |
Garth Pratten (born 1973) is an Australian historian in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University.[1]
Pratten has worked for the Australian Army's Training Command, as a historian at the Australian War Memorial, and taught at Deakin University, in the War Studies Department at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and at the Australian National University.[2] In 2010, Pratten deployed to Afghanistan as part of the team compiling the war diary for ISAF's Regional Command South while working for the British Ministry of Defence. Pratten undertook field work in France, Belgium, Libya, Malaya, Singapore, Turkey and Cyprus.[2]
