Blue Lightning. The Story of 6 Squadron AFC and RAAF, 1917-2005
Loftus, Australia Military History Publications, 2007. More
Loftus, Australia Military History Publications, 2007. More
Melbourne, Victorian Education Department, [1921]. An important biographical and pictorial record of both 'the men who fell' and 'the men who returned'. This copy was presented to the next of kin of Captain Alfred J. Glendinning, 'killed in action [in Belgium] on the 3rd of August, 1917' (page 52; his..... More
Maryborough, Maryborough Central State School, 2002. More
Worthing, The Author, 1988. More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, 1993. Geoffrey Farmer, Norah's only son, discovered the letter, written to her in 1917, after her death in 1992. It told of the death at Gallipoli in June 1915 of a penfriend, 1874 Private Geoffrey Flemming, 2nd Battalion, who was killed by sniper fire three..... More
Istanbul, Denizler Kitabevi, 2001. English edition translated and prepared for publication by Hasan Basri Danisman. More
Richmond, Hodja Educational Resources Cooperative Ltd, [1985]. Dated (April 1985) and signed by Kevin Fewster. More
[Melbourne, 1941 - see centrefold]. A souvenir programme for the 'unique, uncensored film from the National Archives ... edited, and narrated in person' by Captain George Deane Mitchell MC DCM. + 'Sons of the Anzacs' (Sydney, 1945; octavo; a very good copy; a souvenir programme for this Australian Government film..... More
Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham Limited, Printers (for The College), 1918. 'First Speech Day. HRA' is written in pencil at the head of the front cover; we presume this is a later inscription by the H.R. Adamson who was awarded third prize in Junior A at the Preparatory School that year..... More
Images include a row of rough graves; heavily damaged buildings; numerous Army camp scenes, including interiors of tents and huts (one captioned 'Church Army Hut Etaples ? 1918/19'), and a priest celebrating mass; a large mural of 41 General Hospital; Greek soldiers; routine peasant life, including laden camels, Muslim women..... More
London, J. Miles & Co. Ltd., Printers to His Majesty The King, 1915. The front cover of the programme is inscribed and signed by 'Corpl W. Vaughan Edwards, 2nd Batt AIF, KGH London'. 1844 Corporal Edwards was recuperating at the King George Hospital, London after receiving gunshot wounds in action..... More
Melbourne, Chappell & Co. Ltd., [copyright 1914] (Colonial Edition). The rear cover contains the words and music to 'Knitting' ('A Charming Patriotic Song. Dedicated by permission to The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire'). More
Melbourne, Allan & Co. Pty. Ltd. (printed by Atlas Press Pty. Ltd.), [copyright 1914]. 'As sung in the film "The Fighting Forces of Europe" ... the Great Kinemacolour Film'. The inside rear cover contains an extract of the music and words for 'Where are the Lads of Australia Tonight?', written..... More
The photographs are numbered and captioned in the space between the two images; this collection comprises an unbroken run of 100 from '2597. Sentinelles avancées derrière un talus' to '2696. Pêche à la ligne'. There are numerous scenes depicting the misery of life in the trenches (especially when flooded); other..... More
Ballarat, [The Author, circa 1920s] (printed by S.L. Vale). The photographer, 319 Private William Edwin Leslie Clapham, was at Gallipoli at the time of the landings, in which he almost certainly took part. Evacuated to Malta with a gunshot wound to his hand on 14 May 1915, he served there..... More
Two of the portraits are dated (France, July 1917 and [London], October 1918); one of the others is credited to an English photographer; the fourth one was almost certainly taken while Dixon was on active service. They give a graphic portrayal of the impact the war has had on him..... More
London, Allen and Unwin, 1984. With review requests and review notes (to and by the historical author, Dr Heinz Kent) loosely inserted. More
Alexandria, Hale & Iremonger, 2000. More
London, Grub Street, 2000. More
The author's short introduction to this work speaks for itself: 'I'm getting towards the afternoon of life now. Looking back to the Dardanelles and Gallipoli in 1915, and the part played by the naval forces and squadrons, I am not only surprised, but am definitely annoyed that, although innumerable volumes..... More
Sydney, The Premier's Department, 1990. Loosely inserted is a processed letter on NSW Premier Department letterhead (slightly creased and marked) presenting the book 'for inclusion in your Sub-Branch library'. The front flyleaf carries a signature similar to the two facsimile signatures of Nick Greiner (then Premier of NSW) present in..... More
Prahran, Hardie Grant, 2009. More
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, [1916]. Wartime nursing staff feature in many of these well-executed and appealing illustrations. A couple in which they do not appear are more than topical: 'C is for Canada / gallant and true / whose sons make the Huns / look decidedly blue', and..... More
London, The Folio Society, 1981 (first thus). The introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan is new to this edition, which follows that of the 1957 revised edition, with new Prologue and Epilogue by the author. More
South Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 2001. The Australian Centenary History of Defence. Volume 1. More