About Michael

Michael Molkentin is a historian, teacher and battlefield guide.

He is interested in the wartime histories of Australia and the British Empire and in particular the First World War.

Michael has a History degree from the University of Wollongong. He has taught high school history to HSC History Extension level and guided tours to the Western Front for Mat McLachlan’s Battlefield Tours.

Michael has received prizes and scholarships from the NSW Premier, Cross and Cockade International, and the Australian War Memorial. He was a featured contributor on the ABC documentary Lost in Flanders and a consultant historian on Chanel 9′s series In their Footsteps. He has published articles in various journals and magazines including The Journal of the Australian War Memorial, Wartime, Flightpath and Teaching History. He is also author of Zero Hour an online resource for teaching First World War history.

In 2012 Michael is a doctoral candidate at the University of New South Wales where he is writing a thesis on Australia’s contribution to the First World War in the air. His first book, Fire in the Sky: the Australian Flying Corps in the First World War was published by Allen & Unwin in September 2010. His second book, Flying the Southern Cross: Aviators Charles Ulm and Charles Kingsford Smith will be published in mid-2012.