Tom Lewis (author)
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Dr Thomas Anthony Lewis OAM |
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| Born | 1958 |
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 Australia
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| Occupation | Military Historian and Author |
Dr Thomas Anthony "Tom" Lewis, OAM (born 1958) is an Australian author, military historian, editor, teacher, and former naval officer. An author since 1989, Lewis worked as a high school teacher, and served as naval officer for 20 years, seeing active service in Baghdad during the Iraq war, and working in East Timor.
After reconstituting the Royal Australian Naval College Historical Collection – with which his Order of Australia is largely connected – Lewis was the Director of the Darwin Military Museum from 2009 until April 2014, when he took up full-time research on several World War I and II projects. Amongst these are his role as Lead Historian and Creative Designer for The Borella Ride, the re-enactment of the journey of Albert Borella VC to sign up for military service in 1915.
Dr Lewis was also Lead Historian for The Territory Remembers, a project of the Northern Territory Government to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first attacks on Australia during the Second World War.
Lewis is the author or co-author of 14 books, all of which are works of military history except for one which charts the Tasman Bridge disaster – he was raised largely in Tasmania, although born in London. He was the editor of Headmark, the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute, from 2005 until 2016. His most recent works are: Carrier Attack (Avonmore Books), a forensic examination of the air raids of 19 February 1942 on Darwin; Honour Denied – Teddy Sheean, A Tasmanian Hero (Avonmore Books), launched in Hobart in May 2016 by the Tasmanian Premier, and "The Empire Strikes South" (Avonmore); launched in Darwin on 15 February 2017 by the Administrator of the Northern Territory.
In late 2013 Lewis was elected to the Chairmanship of the Order of Australia Association (NT) for a three-year term, which was renewed in 2016. In 2015 he was appointed the Chairman of the Northern Territory Place Names Committee for three years.
In June 2003, Lewis was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for meritorious service to the Royal Australian Navy, particularly in the promotion of Australian naval history.
Lewis holds the qualifications of Doctorate of Philosophy (Charles Darwin University 2004); Master of Arts (University of Queensland 1993); Diploma of Education (University of Tasmania 1984); and Bachelor of Arts (University of Tasmania 1983).
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