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This book outlines the medals issued to British soldiers and sailors for military service across the globe. At a time of imperial expansion British forces were almost constantly in action--against major powers ...
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British Campaign Medals 1914-2005
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British Gallantry Awards 1855-2000
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Cassell's Battlefields of Britain and Ireland: A Compehensive Survey of Military Actions Fought on British and Irish Soil
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Catalina Dreaming: Rescues, Exciting Missions and Other Stories About the Famous Australian Flying Boats of WWII
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"I remember us banking away from landfall after we got hit. We were trying to gain height, and as we banked away the moon was on our starboard wing.
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Chased by the Sun: The Australians in Bomber Command in WWII
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The glow of the sun was frightening and it chased them home... Bill Brill began losing height to escape the sky growing lighter above and behind him. But the sun ...
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Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth Memorial Registers 1914-1921
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After the Great War, councils and local parishes erected a lot of monuments as a tribute to those who fought and/or to those who didn't return. This CD contains lists of officers and men of the Royal Navy who died at sea. Each entry includes: name, rank, place of service ...
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Chiefs of the Australian Army: Higher Command of the Australian Military Forces 1901-1914
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'The Chiefs' tells the remarkable story of the talented, dedicate, and now little known, generals who led and shaped the Australian Army in its challenging formative years ...
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Christlicher Volks-Kalendar 1917
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The Christlicher Volks-Kalendar is an Australian published work catering for the German community in Australia, the entire book being written in German.
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Clan Warfare in the Scottish Highlands
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After 1400 Scottish families competed for area supremacy or fought each other over various conflicts and feuds. There was no central authority to impose order, and warfare into the 18th century could be endemic on a local scale. This book details the competition between clans ...
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Clan, King and Covenant: History of the Highland Clans from the Civil War to the Glencoe Massacre
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'Clan, King and Covenant' explores the turbulent history of the Highlands during the seventeenth century.p The signing of the National Covenant in 1638 first challenged the powers of Charles I in ...
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Cobbers in Khaki: The History of the 8th Battalion 1914-1918
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The 8th Infantry Battalion was formed in August 1914, and recruited from Ballarat, central and western Victoria. Originally led by Lieutenant Colonel Bolton, the 8th Battalion served with distinction in Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Belgium ...
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Command in Vietnam: Reflections of a Commanding Officer
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Colonel Peter Scott commanded the 3RAR known as 'Old Faithful' at Woodside in Australia from 1969-1971, and in Vietnam until October 1971. This book 'Command in Vietnam' is an outstanding personal record of a Commanding Officer in Vietnam ...
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Conquest and Settlement: the 21st Regiment (Royal North British Fusiliers) in Western Australia 1833-1840
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This is not a military history in the usual sense. It is not dedicated to campaigns fought, won or lost. It is an attempt to chronicle the part played by ...
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Convoys up the Track: A History of 121st Australian General Transport Company (AIF) 1941-1946
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'Convoys up the Track' is the story of 121 Australian General Transport Company (AIF) which served a vast expanse of Australia from Adelaide to Eucla, Mount Gambier to ...
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Corps of Royal Australian Engineers in the Second World War 1939-45
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Country Victoria's Own: 150 Year History of the 8th/7th Battaliion Royal Victoria Regiment and its Predecessors 1858-2008
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The history of the 8/7 RAR has its roots as far back at the Ballarat Rifle Regiment and the Bendigo Rifle Regiment, both formed in 1858. 'Country Victoria's Own' traces the history of the Ballarat infantry and the units in major cities and towns that form its 'predecessors' ...
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A 0100 on 1 March 1942, after several heroic battles, the HMAS 'Perth' sank off the coast of Java. Less than half of the ship's company survived. 'Perth' lost 357 sailors and a further 320 became prisoners of war, 106 of whom were to later die in captivity ...
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Culloden 1746: The Highland Clans' Last Charge
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On 25 July 1745 Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the 'Young Pretender', landed with a handful of supporters on the west coast of Scotland. This marked the beginning of the '45 ...
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Culloden and the '45
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There is little doubt that the '45 rebellion was the greatest challenge to the eighteenth century British state. The battle of Culloden in which it culminated was certainly ...
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Cycling to War: The History of the AIF/NZ Cyclist Corps 1916-19
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'Cycling to War' looks at the role played by the two Anzac Corps Cyclist Battalions in 1916-17, and the Australian Corps and New Zealand cyclists units in 1918, when during the final months of the war, cyclists became mounted infantry ...
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Darwin Dilemmas
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Ron Brown was one of the few who was in Darwin throughout the war. This is his story of Darwin life just before and during WWII. This is a slightly ...
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Defenders of Australia: The Third Australian Division 1916-1991
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From the nation's founding in 1901, the primary means of Australia's defence has been its citizen soldier. In times of peace and war, the Australian Army and the ...
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Defenders of New Zealand (1887)
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Published in 1887 as Defenders of New Zealand and Maori History of the War. Contains biographies, lists recipients of the War Medal and members of the colonial forces killed.
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Digging for Diggers: A Guide to Researching an Australian Soldier of the Great War, 1914-1918
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This book provides a step-by-step guide to finding, interpreting and appreciating the stories of those Australians who served in World War I. It shows the research pathways, and ...
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Discovering Battlefields of England and Scotland
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The battlefields of Britain are a strangely neglected part of the British heritage. A few, such as Bosworth and Culloden, have visitor centres, and efforts have been made ...
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Discovering British Military Badges and Buttons
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Discovering English County Regiments
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A warm regard for the British soldier, the values he served and the regimental traditions that nourished his humanity underlines the information collected in this book. It gives ...
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Duty First: A History of the Royal Australian Regiment
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A story of humour and courage, of professionalism, and above all dedication to duty, this is the official history of The Royal Australian Regiment ...
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Echoes of Anzac: The Voice of Australians at War
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This book consists of the words of ordinary Australian soldiers. Ditties and poems have been tossed about from one soldier to another, sometimes even from one war to ...
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Exploring Gallipoli: An Australian Army Battlefield Guide
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This book and CD is intended to provide both practical touring information for the independent traveller to Gallipoli, as a guide to the amazing First World War Anzac battlefields. It includes detailed information on the key sites at Gallipoli ...
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Eyewitness in the Crimea
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Fairmile Ships of the Royal Australian Navy: Volume 1
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During World War Two, it was decided that Australia needed the British-designed Fairmile boats to provide a fast craft for convoy escorts patrolling and other duties. Many were ...
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Fairmile Ships of the Royal Australian Navy: Volume 2
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During World War Two, the Royal Australian Navy decided to employ Fairmile ships to provide a fast craft for escort duties, anti-submarine activities, carrying commandos and raiding Japanese-held bases. Many were ...
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Famous Regiments of the British Army Volume 1: A Pictorial Guide and Celebration
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Thirty five of the most famous regiments ever featured - their battle honours, their badges, their most famous sons - and the stories of the actions of Victoria Cross holders. Each regiment's section is accompanied by artworks and photos, illustrating insignia, uniforms and soldiers in action ...
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First New Zealand Expeditionary Force Reserve and Military Defaulters WWI
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The Rolls, as at September 1916, of the First Division of the NZ Expeditionary Force Reserve for the 21 Military Districts are alphabetical for each district. ‘The First Division of ...
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Flak: True Stories From the Men Who Flew in World War Two
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Michael Veitch has had a life-long obsession with the aircraft of the Second World War and the men that crewed them. Over the years his experience taught him ...
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Following the Drum: The Lives of Army Wives and Daughters
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For centuries they have faced capture, torture, even death, to be with the ones they love. For centuries they have been the unsung heroines of war. This is their story. Spanning ...
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For Empire: Victoria's First Expeditionary Force to the Motherland
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Facsimile. A reprint of the souvenir booklet published in September 1914, to acknowledge the departure of the Victorian unit en route to Egypt. The book has photos of every officer ...
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For Valour: Victoria Cross and Medal of Honor Battles
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The history of the Victoria Cross and the Congressional Medal of Honor is a history of heroism and sacrifice. Fascinating and awe-inspiring, from the battlefields of the Crimean War through to the Second World War, these are the stories behind some of the most remarkable feats of bravery ever recorded.
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Forever Forward: The History of the 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion, 2nd AIF 1940-45
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During its lifetime the 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion took on the strength of 151 officers and 2509 men. Of this total, about one in three members of the battalion became ...
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Forgotten Valour: The Story of Arthur Sullivan VC, Shy War Hero
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'Forgotten Valour' is the story of Arthur Sullivan VC and other Australian soldiers who enlisted in the Great War but went on to fight in the Russian Civil War ...
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Forgotten Voices of the Blitz and the Battle for Britain
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'It is more powerful than any drama, more convincing than any fiction'. Drawing material from London's Imperial War Museum's extensive archive, the author brings together voices from both sides ...
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Forward Undeterred: The History of the 23rd Battalion 1915-1918
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Forward Undeterred' describes the formation of the 23rd Battalion in early 1915, and its training at Broadmeadows and Egypt prior to landing at Gallipoli in September 1915. For the next ...
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From Gallipoli to Palestine: The War Writing of Sergeant G.T. Clunie of the Wellington Rifles 1914-1919
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From Gallipoli to Palestine provides the reader with a view of the historic Anzac operations at Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine. Gary Clunie sailed from New Zealand in December 1914 with the Wellington mounted Rifles Regiment and did not return home until 1919. He maintained a diary ...
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From the Australian Front 1917
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From the Home Front to the Front Line: Images of the Great War
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Australia's greatest social upheaval, occurred between the years of 1914 and 1918. Few, if any families at all, remained untouched by the war, everyone seemed to know someone ...
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From the Rideau to the Rhine and Back
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The week by week account of the trials, tribulations, disappointments and glories of a group of Canadian engineers as they fought their way across Europe in support of the Canadian fighting machine ...
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From Trench and Troopship: The Experience of the Australian Imperial Force 1914-1919
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The shipboard Between 1914 and 1919, every troopship leaving Australia or retuning to it produced a shipboard newspaper -- the first recorded was ‘The Latrine leader and W.C. Chronicle’, produced ...
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Fromelles
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On 19 July 1916, in the northern French village of Fromelles, Australia suffered its worst-ever military defeat when a British officer ordered 15,000 of our best and bravest to go 'over the top' and attack the German lines. Eight hours later, more than 5500 Diggers lay dead or wounded ...
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Gallipoli
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As a relatively young nation, there are few things that define us as a people more than the wars Australian's have fought in, and, in particular, the bloody battle on ...
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Gallipoli Diaries: The Anzacs' Own Story Day by Day
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For the first time, the Gallipoli story is told in the words of the ordinary soldier fighting in the trenches, day by day starting with the landing on 25 April 1915 fright up to the last day on 20 December 1915 ...
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Gallipoli Encyclopedia
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Gallipoli has for over 90 years been a symbol of Australia's emergence to nationhood. The audacious gallantry of young Australians storming across the beach at Anzac Cove and then climbing ...
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Gallipoli: Attack from the Sea
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The Gallipoli campaign of 1914–15 is one of the most discussed events of the First World War. Of particular fascination, and until now largely overlooked in historical accounts, are the considerable naval dimensions of the campaign ...
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Gallipoli: The Fatal Shore
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It was an adventure to die for. A daring attempt to force the Dardanelles and capture the Turkish capital Constantinople. For the Allies it was Trojan War and crusade combined.
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Gallipoli: Untold Stories From War Correspondent Charles Bean and Front-Line Anzacs
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'Nothing can alter what happened now; Anzac stood and still stands for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship and endurance that will never admit defeat.' ...
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H.M.A.S.
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The first of a series of four books published by the Australian War Memorial on the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.
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Harts 1908 Annual Army List
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Details of serving, reserve and retired officers for every regiment in the British Army. With more than 1250 pages this is an incredibly useful resource for genealogists and military historians.
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He Came from Australia: Lieutenant Percival Ralph, MM, MID (53rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force)
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As well as a brief outline of the history of the 53rd Battalion in the last years of the war, this is primarily the story of Lieutenant Percy Ralph ...
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Hell's Heroes: The Forgotten Story of the Worst P.O.W. Camp in Japan
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This is the story of the POW camp that never was - so dubbed by one old soldier because the atrocities that occurred there went largely unreported at the time. In his gripping history of the men who were POWs in Japan, the author draws on the diaries and memories of those who survived ...
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Heroes Before Gallipoli: Bita Paka and that One Day in September
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Seven months before the troops landed at Gallipoli, a sailor from Melbourne became the nation's first casualty of World War I. Able seaman William 'Billy' Williams was shot in the ...
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Heroes Have Wings: The Stories of Australian Airmed in the Great Air Battles of World War Two
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Peter Firkins is a West Australian who volunteered for service in the RAAF during World War II at the age of seventten. He completed a tour of operations on No.
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History of the 31st Canadian Infantry Battalion C.E.F., November 1914-June 1919
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This is the story of the the 31st Battalion, otherwise known as the Alberta Regiment, which was raised in November 1914 and took part in battles at Flanders, Ypres and the Salient, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele ...
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History of the Royal Australian Army Pay Corps in Victoria
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This book records the history of the Pay Corps from its beginnings in the Colonial period through the Boer War, the Great War 1914-1918, the Second World War, the post-War period, and Korea, Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam as well ...
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HMAS Mk III
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This is the third of a series of four books published by the Australian War Memorial on the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. Written and prepared by serving personnel of the RAN in 1944, it presents “a further unfolding of the story of this war” and the part played by sea power.
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HMAS Mk IV
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In this, the last book in the HMAS series, serving personnel have again recorded stories of the battles, experiences and achievements of the RAN during the war. At last the veil of anonymity that has cloaked the contributors has been lifted and the final pages of this book record a full list of pseudonyms and names ...
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Home Front 1914-1918: How Britain Survived the Great War
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The war years brought far-reaching changes in Britain, as ordinary people - from schoolchildren to the elderly, ladies of leisure to coalminers - struggled to adapt to new conditions and an often perilous world ...
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How to Trace Your Military Ancestors in Australia and New Zealand
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Do you have a soldier in the family? Most families do. From the mass recruitment drives of the two world wars, right back to the days when a career in ...
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Ike's Marines: 36th Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1945
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This reprint of the 1967 unit history of the 36th Australian Infantry Battalion again makes available the proud story of this unit. They played a part in the Kokoda campaign ...
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In the Anzac Spirit: The 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/NZ (ANZAC) South Vietnam 1968-1969
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In the Anzac Spirit' vividly describes the conditions under which 4RAR/NZ fought, and demonstarted the co-operation received from the other arms and forces involved in the war.p Few books have so ...
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In the Footsteps of Private Lynch
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Imagine this. You are a country boy and just eighteen. The war has been raging for two years and because of your age, you have not been eligible for enlistment. Your mates older by a few months are joining up and disappearing ...
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In the Line of Fire: Real Stories of Australians at War, from Gallipoli to Vietnam
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Over 100,000 Australians have laid down their lives in the service of their country over the past 100 years. Conflicts including the two world wars, Korea and Vietnam ...
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Invading Australia: Japan and the Battle for Australia 1942
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Our Price: AU$35.00
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1942 was a key year in Australia's history. As its people had so long feared, White Australia, an outpost of empire, seemed about to be invaded by the Japanese. In that one year, Darwin was bombed, submarines torpedoed ships in Sydney Harbour ...
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Ireland's Memorial Records World War I 1914-1918
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The objective of these volumes was to preserve the names of over 49,000 Irishmen who lost their lives fighting in the Great War (World War I 1914-1918). The ...
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Irish Army Lists 1661-1685
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Our Price: AU$33.00
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Much of the information contained in the Irish Army Lists, 1661-1685 was taken from the Calendars and Reports of the Marquis of Ormond MSS, but it also draws a plethora of information from the Irish State Papers, as well as the King's Letter and Entry Books.
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Irish Heroes in the First World War
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This CD contains pictures and biographies of soldiers who earned the Victory Cross and Honours. These include background, career and family information with details on the circumstances in which their awards were earned ...
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Jacka VC: Australian Hero
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Albert Jacka was the people's hero of the Great War. In 1919 he returned to a triumphant welcome as thousands lined the streets to cheer the first Australian to be ...
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Japanese Submarine Raiders 1942: A Maritime Mystery
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Just over three months after the surprise air raid over Darwin in 1942, Australians were once again shaken when the Japanese launched a surprise midget submarine attack on ...
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Jungle Warfare With the Australian Army in the South West Pacific
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Our Price: AU$19.50
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'Jungle Warfare' is the fourth book in the series on the Australian Army during World War II. It tells the story of the events in the jungle, mountains and swamps of New Guinea. Again the stories were penned by those actively serving bringing the individual's perspective on the war. ...
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Khaki and Green
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Our Price: AU$19.50
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Khaki and Green includes “reports of the two major campaigns fought by Australian troops - the battle for Papua and the closing stages of the fighting at El Alamein”.
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Killer Caldwell: Australia's Greatest Fighter Pilot
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Our Price: AU$24.00
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Clive 'Killer' Caldwell was a natural and brilliant pilot, a superb shot, and born leader. He saw action against the Germans, Italians and Japanese, and remains Australia's greatest ...
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Kitchener's Lost Boys: From the Playing Fields to the Killing Fields
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Our Price: AU$55.00
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In the early days of the World War 1, Lord Kitchener made his famous appeal for volunteers to join the New Army. Men flocked to recruiting offices to enlist, and on some days thousands soldiers responded to his call. With a minimum age of eighteen required, many younger boys came to enlist, many were turned away, but a lot were illegally signed up ...
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Kokoda
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Our Price: AU$34.95
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Peter FitzSimons weaves together the extraordinary story of Kokoda. For Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know the names of the ...
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Kokoda to the Sea: A History of the 1942 Campaign in Paupa
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The book is the first substantial overview of the Kokoda and Gona campaigns. It discusses how the Australian government neglected Papua prior to the Japanese invasion; the conflict between Blamey ...
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Legacies of Our Fathers: World War II Prisoners of the Japanese - their Sons and Daughters Tell their Stories
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During World War II, thousands of Australians headed overseas to various theatres of war. Families farewelled their loved ones, never sure if they would see them again. Many of these ...
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Let Enemies Beware: The History of the 2/15th Battalion 1940-1945
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Our Price: AU$60.00
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This is a history of the 2/15th Battalion, written by those who experienced it. Maps, photographs and nominal roll and honour rolls are all included to make this the definitive history of this battalion ...
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Life in Wellington's Army-S
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Our Price: AU$66.00
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Little by Little: A Centenary History of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
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Our Price: AU$60.00
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This history covers the development of Australia's army medical services from the Boer War through to Timor as well as various peace-keeping deployments. The Australian Army Medical Corps came into ...
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Lord Kitchener and the War in South Africa 1899-1902
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On 29 November 1900 Lord Roberts handed over the command in South Africa to Kitchener, convinced that only some 'police work' still remained to be done. However, within a fortnight, the war escalated geographically as well as in intensity, and Kitchener had to ask for more troops. This book contains 115 letters written by or to Kitchener ...
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Luck is No Accident: Flying in War and Peace 1946-1986
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Our Price: AU$33.00
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The author learned to fly as a teenager, and here he describes his experiences in both the RAAF and civil aviation. He flew with No. 77 (Fighter) Squadron flying Meteor ...
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Major and Mrs Holt's Battle Map of Gallipoli
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Our Price: AU$17.00
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A full colour, double-sided, fold-out battle map of Gallipoli. It is a modern road map, which also shows contours, war cemeteries, forts/ramparts, guns/emplacements, battle lines, memorials, museums, personalities on the ...
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Major and Mrs Holt's Battle Map of Somme
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Our Price: AU$17.00
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A full colour, double-sided, fold-out map of the Battle of Somme. It is a modern road map, which also shows contours, war cemeteries, bunkers and trenches, demarcation stones, memorials, museums, ...
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Maker and Breaker: 2/1 and 2/14 Field Company Engineer Officer 1939-1945
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This book tells the the true story of John Grover, engineer, and his experiences of World War Two. Aged only 24 by the end of the war, John joined up in the Engineers when war broke out in 1939 and was part of 2/1 and 2/14 Field Companies ...
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Maygar's Boys: A Biographical History of the 8th Light Horse Regiment AIF 1914-1919
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Our Price: AU$50.00
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The 8th Light Horse Regiment AIF was formed in Melbourne in 1914. This well-illustrated study will serve as a detailed unit history, a medal roll, at Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine service records and a ready "who's who" of the members of the renowned "Fighting 8th Light Horse" ...
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McGill University at War: 1914-1918 and 1939-1945
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A full and detailed account of the activities and contributions of this world famous university and those of its staff and students to the allied efforts through both World Wars ...
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Medals: The Researcher's Guide
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This exceptional guide to researching medals shows how to trace individuals and actions using Britain's best record collections. In combines in a single volume the unique resources of ...
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Men of Mont St Quentin: Between Victory and Death
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Our Price: AU$35.00
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On 1 September 1918, the dozen men of Nine Platoon, 21st Australian Infantry Battalion, walked across a weedy beet-field toward the German defenders of Mont St Quentin. Within hours, three were dead and five more were wounded, one of whom died six weeks later. The survivors returned from war, to live the next sixty-odd years in ...
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Men of the Ninth: A History of the Ninth Australian Field Ambulance 1916-1994
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This absorbing account of the work of the 9th Field Ambulance over a 78 year period from its inception in 1916, through to its disbandment in 1994 ...
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Military Barracks
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Military barracks have played an important part in the social as well as the military history of Britain. They have served many purposes, being homes, training establishments and recruitment depots, ...
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Military History Sources for Family Historians: Nelson's Navy 1793-1815
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Britain's 'Wooden Wall' kept the country free from invasion from the French for 20 years from 1793. Each ship was manned by hundreds of seamen: the Royal Navy was the biggest employer of the period ...
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Military History Sources for Family Historians: The Crimean War 1854-56
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The Crimean War is remembered for the heroism of Florence Nightingale and the Light Brigade, as well as the incompetence of the British high command. If your ancestor ...
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Military History Sources for Family Historians: The Second World War 1939-1945
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Researching British ancestors who took part in the Second World War can be challenging because individual service records and not yet available. However, there is much else that is ... and this little book will guide you in our search.
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Military in British India: Land Forces
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Military Photographs and How to Date Them
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This book is profusely illustrated with over 230 photographs and offers a brilliant guide to dating our precious family heirlooms that relate to those in the British military ...
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Milne Bay Radar: Unit History of the No. 37 Radar Station 1942-1945
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The author of this book, Tim Jones, was a member of No. 37 Radar Station and witnessed many of the events that befell the unit. He carried a camera with ...
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Monash: The Outsider Who Won a War
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Australian General Sir John Monash changed the way wars were fought and won. When the British and German High commands of the 1914-1918 War failed to gain the ascendency after ...
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Muzzle Blast: Six Years of War with the 2/2 Australian Machine Gun Battalion, AIF
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'Muzzle Blast' was written by Bill Oakes, who served with the 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion during its Desert Campaigns and in new Guinea and was on Tarakan ...
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My Ancestor was a Royal Marine
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This new book fills a gap in the genealogical market and provides guidance in tracing ancestors who served in the Royal Marines. The book outlines the records available and where to find them and includes a chapter on the history of the service ...
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My Ancestor was in the British Army: A Guide to British Army Sources for Family Historians
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A new edition of this book, aiding the modern family historian in researching their ancestors who served in the British Army from 1660. The book covers the wealth of sources available in archives and online ...
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My Corps Cavalry: A History of the 13th Light Horse Regiment 1915-1918
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The traditional image of the Australian Light Horseman is of a bushman galloping across the sandy deserts of Palestine. In 'My Corps Cavalry', Doug Hunter provides readers with ...
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Myth Maker, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett: The Englishman who Sparked Australia's Gallipoli Legend
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It is one of the history's great ironies that an English war correspondent sparked Australia's Gallipoli legend.p An accident of fate placed Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett on the battleship 'London' ...
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Nelson's Fleet at Trafalgar
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The Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 was the most famous of the age of sail, and the last in the long series between Britain and France. It is famous ...
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Never Late: The 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1945
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This book tells the story of one of the finest battalions of the Second AIF. Formed in November 1939 the 2/9th was the first battalion raised in Queensland and it fought in Giarabub and Tobruk in North Africa, Milne Bay, Cape Endaiadere and Sanananda in Papua, on Shaggy Ridge ...
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New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1914-18 War
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Our Price: AU$140.00
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Includes: NZEF Embarkation Rolls, 4 vols. published 1914-1918. Entries contain regimental number, rank, full name of the person enlisting, body or reinforcement draft, unit or regiment, single or married, last ...
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New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Rolls 1939-48
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Our Price: AU$81.00
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16 vols of Embarkation Rolls, published 1940-1948. The surnames of those enlisting are alphabetical for each roll. Entries contain, full name, regimental number, occupation, address, and the name, address and ...
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New Zealanders and the Boer War
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A history of what New Zealanders did and saw in South Africa during the Boer War.
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No Ordinary Determination; Percy Black and Harry Murray of the First AIF
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Jeff Hatwell's epic tale is shaped by the lives of two extraordinary individuals thrown into the extraordinary and surreal work of the Gallipoli campaign as soldiers of the ...
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No Quarter: Unlawful Killing and Surrender in the Australian War Experience 1915-18
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One of the rarely discussed aspects of the experience of soldiers in the First World War was the refusal to take prisoners during battle and in some cases ...
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Nominal Roll: Queensland Deaths WWII
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Divided into two parts, part 1 consists of a print out of the following information in columns: Number, Rank, Surname, Initials, Service, Date of Death, Cause of Death, Place of ...
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North Queensland: World War II 1942-1945
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This booklet has been compiled to complement the map (which is included) on North Queensland World War II. It attempts to cover, in bare detail, the activities of the Royal ...
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Not a Conquering Hero: The Siege of Tobruk, Battles of Milne Bay, Buna, Shaggy Ridge
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This book is an excellent first-hand account of some of the toughest battles fought by Australian soldiers in World War Two. Frank Rolleston was a cane ...
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Officers and Men in the First Canadian Contingent 1914
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A comprehensive listing of those who served in the First Canadian Contingent during the Great War.
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Officers of the Queensland Defence Force 1891-1898
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Essentially this is a specialised directory covering the those in the defence force in Queensland during the last decade of the nineteenth century. With over 200 pages in this book, you can expect to find people named in their positions in the defence force along with the date ...
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