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A NOTE OF GRATITUDE FROM THE EXECUTIVE TEAM OF THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF SALVATION ARMY HISTORY
Robert Gordon and Ada Moyles1
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The Executive Team of The Australasian journal of Salvation Army history is sad to announce the retirement of Professor R. G. Moyles from the position of peer reviewer. His communication, feedback, and close friendship in relation to the journal will be missed. Moyles has seen the need to relinquish his position due to personal reasons and hopes that younger people will take up and continue the work he has done. Since the commencement of the AJSAH, Moyles has been a great supporter of all we have tried to do. He has sent encouraging emails when he received each issue of the journal and has also supported its work with the contribution of papers. He positively contributed to the AJSAH although he continued his own busy schedule of writing and publishing several Salvation Army history books. When it became obvious that the AJSAH had readers far exceeding the first intended audience of people within the Australasian region, Moyles was happy to join the peer review team. He has not only widened the journal geographically, but also increased the knowledge of publication matters and process. Moyles has contributed greatly with comments and suggestions on many papers and we know that these papers reached a much deeper level because of his input. Moyles has assisted with the peer reviewing for well over a year, which has seen more than three large issues uploaded. He has advised on matters and also suggested ideas that are still being developed. We thank him for his many contributions and the hours of work in reading and sometimes re-reading many of the papers. There will be more papers from Moyles in the coming issues of the journal, which we know our readers will continue to enjoy. We thank Moyles for his support and work in making the journal what it is today. Enjoy your well-earned rest!
REVIEWS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ON THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF SALVATION ARMY HISTORY ~ VOLUME 5, ISSUE 2.
Kirsty Andrew, Collection and Program Support Officer, Tweed Regional Museum,
Thank you very much … for sending us a copy of [Murwillumbah’s Salvation Army Emergency Hospital] article. It is fascinating reading and I’m sure it will be well received. I’ll forward it to my colleagues at the Museum. Thanks and regards.
Major Robert (Bob) Broadbere, retired Salvation Army officer, Australia;
I have a … friend who likes to read SA history … he … [read the] story about ‘Murwillumbah’s Salvation Army Emergency Hospital’. He loved it so much he wanted to read the full magazine. Hence, he now has the full edition. The paper [also] made me look at this now closed Corps. The three soldiers in the article continued in the Corps and one became an Officer.
Major Howard Davies, retired Salvation Army officer, music composer, Australia;
I have just spent an hour or two carefully reading Garth R. Hentzschel’s “A-tishoo! A-tishoo, we all fall down” on the 1919 flu epidemic. Most interesting and strange how history often repeats itself. Congratulations on a paper I am sure will be of interest to many readers in coming days! What a great and brave service provided by local Salvationists at that time. I am sure this article is an important chapter from SA history in this country that will be read and appreciated by many salvos today, who, like me were unaware of this story.
Tom Ellwood, Salvationist, Canada
I really appreciated getting this outstanding edition. Well done! Please keep them coming.
Gordon Lewis, UK
…I enjoyed reading the latest online journal which I found very interesting…
Lt.Col Olive Lucus,
Thank you …. Lots of reading! … You and your team do an excellent job. Very grateful you are preserving SA history in these days when the Movement is fast changing.
Colonel Richard Munn, Director, International Social Justice Commission, IHQ, New York,
Thank you so much, Garth – an invaluable labour of love to the betterment of many, now and into the future.
Professor R. David Rightmire, Ph.D., Professor of Bible & Theology, Asbury University, Wilmore,
…Thanks for your dedicated efforts in keeping this journal going. You have done a great job in preserving the history of TSA and providing an outlet for scholarship related to our movement.
Major Dorothy Smyth, Salvation Army retired officer, Australia,
Thank you very much for this, your time and effort is very much appreciated.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Three prior papers submitted to the AJSAH will be republished in difference formats in the coming months; one in Australia, one in New Zealand and one in the United Kingdom. We will share referencing information with you when we have the details.
