Ernie Chamberlain
Ernest Ernie Patrick Chamberlain is an Australian linguist , historian and brigadier general who has been retired since 1998.
Career
Chamberlain is a linguist for Vietnamese and can also make himself understood in Khmer . He was a soldier in the Australian Army for 36 years . He was involved in the evaluation of Vietnamese documents during the Vietnam War . From 1991 to 1993 he served as a Defense Attache in Phnom Penh and then in Jakarta . After his retirement he worked for the United Nations in East Timor from 1999 to 2006 and was, among other things, strategic advisor to Defense Minister Roque Rodrigues and Army Chief Taur Matan Ruak from 2004 to 2005 .
Chamberlain authored several books and articles on the political history of East Timor . He campaigned for an appreciation of the Timorese support for Australian troops in the Battle of Timor in World War II , but was unsuccessful.
Publications (selection)
- The Battle of Long Tan: NVA / VC Forces - Revisited .
- Forgotten Men: Timorese in Special Operations during World War II
- Rebellion, Defeat and Exile: The 1959 Uprising in East Timor Rebellion
- The Struggle in Iliomar: Resistance in rural East Timor , 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Timor Archives: SBY's Timor History , accessed April 24, 2020.
- ↑ a b LinkedIn: Ernest Chamberlain , accessed April 24, 2020.
- ↑ The Weekend Australian: East Timor President's anger over forgotten 'criados' , April 23, 2010 , accessed April 24, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Chamberlain, Ernie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chamberlain, Ernest Patrick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian officer, historian and linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |