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Dr John Moremon BA(Hons), PhD, PGDipMusStud, PGCertTTL

Senior Lecturer

Doctoral Supervisor
School of People, Environment and Planning

Professional

I have lectured at Massey University since 2007, and prior to this was a senior researcher in defence and security for the Australian Parliament and a historian with Australia's Department of Veterans' Affairs (2001-06 and 2007) and Australian War Memorial (2001). I deliver courses on campus and by distance, and also to the New Zealand Army Officer Cadet School. I supervise research students at Honours, Masters, and PhD levels.

Research

My projects encompass military history and war and society. In 2018, I received the Royal Australian Air Force Heritage Fellowship (Research) to write a book on RAAF rotary wing (helicopter) operations during the Cold War.

Fellowships

- Royal Australian Air Force Heritage Fellowship (Research), 2018-20: Directorate of History Services - Air Force, Canberra;
- West Point Summer Seminar in Military History (Teaching), 2010: Department of History, US Military Academy, West Point, USA;

University Service

- College of Humanities and Social Sciences College Board, 2018-19
- Massey University Academic Board, 2013-16
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences Examinations Committee (on call), 2012-16
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Committee, 2012
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Studies Committee, 2009-12
- Massey University-Tertiary Education Union Pay and Equity Review Committee, 2010-11

- Centre for Defence and Security Studies Postgraduate Studies Coordinator, 2008-13 and 2018-19
- Centre for Defence and Security Studies Research Coordinator, 2012

- Massey University Representative, Palmerston North City Council Defence Heritage Advisory Group, 2019.

Education

I completed a BA(Hons) at the University of New England (Australia) (1993) and a PhD in Military History/War Studies at the University of New South Wales Canberra (2000). I have since completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Museum Studies at Massey (2017) and am currently studying postgraduate education courses at Massey. I also completed Mauri Ora National Certificate in Māori (Te Waharoa), Level 2 (2014) and He Papa Tikanga Tōkaitahi Tikanga (Mātauranga Māori), Level 3 (2019), through Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

I am a historian and defence studies scholar who reseaches and lectures across the areas of Armed Forces and Society, Air Forces and Air Power, and Military Operations. My current research projects examine loss and bereavement in wartime; air and land warfare in the Pacific during and after World War II; and regional air power. For a sample of recent scholarship, see "Another Country's Flag, Another Country's Servicemen: Rosenthal's Photograph and Commemoration of the US Marine Corps in Australia and New Zealand", in Investigating Iwo: The Flag Raisings in Myth, Memory, & Esprit de Corps (2019).

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Professional

Contact details

Ph: 06 356 9099 Ext 84516
Location: 2.26, Social Sciences Tower
Campus: Manawatu

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - University of New England (1993)
Doctor of Philosophy - University of New South Wales (2000)
Postgraduate Diploma in Museum Studies - Massey University (2018)
Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning - Massey University (2021)

Certifications and Registrations

Licence, Supervisor, Massey University

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Military History

War and Society

Defence Studies

Air Power

Australian History

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) (210303): Biography (210304):
Defence Studies (160604):
Historical Studies (210300): Historical Studies not elsewhere classified (210399): History And Archaeology (210000): New Zealand History (210311): Pacific History (excl. New Zealand and Maori) (210313):
Political Science (160600): Studies In Human Society (160000)

Keywords

Military History

Air Power

War and Society

Defence Studies

Research Outputs

Journal

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Moremon, J. (2022). The Origins of Royal New Zealand Air Force Maritime Operations: An Overview to 1942. Journal of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. 7(1), 34-43
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Moremon, J. (2022). The Tommy Gun in Jungle Warfare: The Use and Usefulness of the Thompson Submachine Gun for Australian Soldiers on the Kokoda Trail, New Guinea, 1942. Vulcan: The International Journal of the Social History of Military Technology. 9, 84-117
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Moremon, J., & Oliver, B. (2018). Air surveillance capability and the security of the exclusive economic zone. Journal of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. 4(1), 71-84 Retrieved from http://www.airforce.mil.nz/downloads/pdf/apdc/rnzaf_journal_2018_web.pdf
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Moremon, J. (2017). The New Zealand Army Staff College at Massey Agricultural College during the Second World War. The Manawatu Journal of History. (13), 53-62
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Moremon, J. (2007). The professional soldier left high and dry: Military pensions of the Australian staff corps and its antecedents, 1903-1948. War and Society. 26(2), 27-50 Retrieved from http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/war/2007/00000026/00000002/art00003
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Moremon, J. (2017). Book Review: New Zealand's western front campaign. New Zealand International Review. 42(4), 28-29Retreived from http://www.nziia.org.nz/new-zealand-international-review.aspx
[Book Review]Authored by: Moremon, J.

Moremon, JC. (2013). Book review of: Phillip Bradley, Hell's Battlefield: The Australians in New Guinea in World War II, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2012. Australian Army Journal. X(1), 105-106
[Book Review]Authored by: Moremon, J.

Moremon, JC. (2012). Book review of: A Tale of Three Battalions: Combat Morale and Battle Fatigue in the 7th Australian Infantry Brigade, Bougainville, 1944-45. Global War Studies: The Journal for the Study of Warfare and Weapons, 1919-1945. 9(1), 89-91
[Book Review]Authored by: Moremon, J.

Moremon, J. (2011). Book review: To Salamaua, by Bradley, P. (2010). Australian Army Journal. VIII(1), 128-129Retreived from http://www.army.gov.au/Our-future/LWSC/Our-publications/Australian-Army-Journal/Past-issues/~/media/Files/Our%20future/LWSC%20Publications/AAJ/2011Autumn/13-ToSalamauaByPhillipBrad.pdf
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Moremon, J. (2009). Book reveiw: R.A.A.F. Army Co-Operation units in the South West Pacific 1940-1946,R.A.A.F. 83 & 84 army co-operation wings : R.A.A.F. army co-operation units in the South West Pacific 1940 - 1946: 4 and 5 tactical reconnaissance squadrons : 16 and 17 air observation post flights : 9 and 10 local air supply units : School of Army co-operation : 1 air support unit, by Lever J. (2009). Sabretache. L(3)
[Book Review]Authored by: Moremon, J.

Moremon, J. (2009). Book review: Debate continued: A reveiw of The end of the pacific war: Reappraisals, by Hasegawa, T. (2007). H-Net. , 1-3Retreived from http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23499
[Book Review]Authored by: Moremon, J.

Moremon, J. (2009). Book review: The search for the Sydney: How Australia's greatest maritime mystery was solved, by Mearns, D.L. (2009). New Zealand Journal of Defence Studies. (November), 45-45
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Moremon, J. (2009). Book review: The battle for Wau: New Guinea's frontline 1942-43, by Bradley, P. (2008). Australian Army Journal. VI(1), 226-228Retreived from http://www.army.gov.au/Our-future/LWSC/Our-publications/Australian-Army-Journal/Past-issues/~/media/Files/Our%20future/LWSC%20Publications/AAJ/2009Autumn/19-TheBattleForWauNewGuine.pdf
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Moremon, J. (2009). Book review: Contesting home defence: Men, women and the home guard in the second world war, by Summerfield, P., and Peniston-Bird, C. (2007). Minerva Journal of Women and War. 3(1), 106-108
[Book Review]Authored by: Moremon, J.

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Moremon, J. (2008). Book review: A military history of Australia (3rd Edition), by Grey, J. (2008). New Zealand Journal of Defence Studies. 3(August), 39-43
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Moremon, J. (2008). Book review: Japanese army operations in the South Pacific area: New Britain and Papua campaigns, 1942-43, Translated by Bullard, S. (2007). The Journal of Pacific History. 43(1), 130-131Retreived from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00223340802054750
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Moremon, J. (2006). Book review: Possums and bird dogs: Australian army aviation's 161 reconnaisance flight in South Vietnam, by Nolan, P. (2006). Sabretache. 47(4), 51-51Retreived from http://www.mhsa.org.au/journal.html
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Book

Moremon, J.M. Nolan, & M. Allbrook (Eds.)March(pp. 913 - 914). MarchMay
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