'From the Australian Front' was published in 1917 when the ANZAC’s were
approaching their fourth Christmas at war. This book, which is full of
photographs and illustrations was published to:
‘...convey to those whom we left behind in Australia, and who we know are
thinking of us, some idea of our surroundings on the battle fronts of the Aust
ralians, and which carries with it our whole-hearted hopes and good wishes for
those at home...’ - General Birdwood, 1917
This publication includes over 120 pages of photographs and illustrations
which depict the range of experiences of the Australian and New Zealand Army
Corp in France. These include photographs of the soldiers on the battle fronts, in the
different seasons experienced, and in villages and towns such as Flanders and
Pozières.
High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book. This CD has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
Click here to download a file of sample pages from this book
Right click on the link and select "save as" - to a location on your hard drive. The sampler can be opened, navigated and searched as with the full CD file/s.
Sample files usually contain the title page, contents, some introductory pages and sample pages from the body of the book. Often the complete index from the original book is included.
