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The Story of the Fifth Australian Division. Being an Authoritative Account of the Division's Doings in Egypt, France and Belgium
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [circa 1920]. With a foreword by Marshal Foch. The book is not identified as such, but it comes from the personal collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Thomas Paterson (1886-1950), Commanding Officer of the 39th Battalion AIF, and the author of that battalion's history. Dornbusch 311; Fielding and..... More
A cabinet card portrait photograph signed 'Kitchener of Khartoum'
One of several portraits of Kitchener taken by Alexander Bassano. Kitchener's decorations indicate that this one was taken after the Sudan campaign but before the Boer War. Provenance: Collection of The Hon Barry Jones AC. More
A letter signed by Elisa Bonaparte to her brother Napoleon's Minister of War, Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, Duc de Feltre
After his conquest of Italy, Napoleon appointed his sister Elisa as ruler of a client state in the north-western part of the peninsula. In this official letter, stamped 'Secret' and written soon after the departure of Napoleon on his ill-fated Russian campaign, Elisa informs the French Minister of War of..... More
A portrait photograph signed by Marshal Pétain ('Mal Pétain')
In 1934, during a period of political unrest, Pétain reluctantly allowed himself to be appointed minister of war, becoming secretary of state in 1935, petitioning the government for more funding for the army, and to increase the period of compulsory conscription from two to three years. After the Nazi invasion..... More
A First Day of Issue 'Australian Legends: The Last ANZACS' postcard signed by Alec Campbell
The stamp is captioned 'Alec Campbell, aged 100'; it features a portrait photograph of Campbell at the age of 16, when he first joined up in 1915. He 'landed at Anzac Cove in early November 1915. He assisted in carrying ammunition, stores and water to the trenches. He received a...... More
A typed letter signed by Evelyn Wood to General Sir Andrew Clarke GCMG
'My dear Clarke, I hope your friend Miss Ada Cunningham saw the march past. I have received only this morning your letter of the 2nd inst, which as you will see has been sent about to various places, Blandford, Warminster, Chilmark, Aldershot, and to London.' Evelyn Wood (1838-1919) served as..... More
A small laminated poster featuring 'The Last Anzac', signed by Alec Campbell when he was 102
The poster was apparently produced by the Norfolk Island Military Museum in 2001. The laminate on the verso has been inscribed in felt-tipped pen: 'Carried by LS Phoebe Evans | Federation Guards, Gallipoli | 25 April 2015 [with her signature]'. Ms Evans was one of only eighteen members of the..... More
Australians Awarded. A Concise Guide to Military and Civilian Decorations, Medals and Other Awards to Australians from 1772 to 2013 with their Valuations. 2nd Edition
Banksmeadow, Renniks, 2014 (second edition, revised and expanded)/ 2008. The title page is signed and inscribed by Keith Payne VC, and three (of the five) Cross of Valour recipients (Timothy Britten, Allan Sparkes and Darrell Tree). The Cross of Valour is awarded 'only for acts of the most conspicuous courage..... More
Australians Awarded. A Concise Guide to Military and Civilian Decorations, Medals and Other Awards to Australians from 1815 to 2007 with their Valuations
Banksmeadow, Renniks, 2008 (first edition). Number 2 of only 50 copies signed by the author on a large card mounted on the front flyleaf. The card is printed with small colour portraits of Keith Payne VC and Cross of Valour recipient Timothy Britten; small cards with their signatures (and place..... More
The Hourglass. A History of the 7th Infantry Division in World War 2
Nashville, Battery Press, 1950. A unique copy, containing signed testimonials to the 7th Infantry Division from four two-star and three one-star US generals, including the five Commanding Generals from August 1941 to September 1945. These are Major-General Charles H. White; Major-General Albert Eger Brown; Major-General Charles H. Corlett; Major-General Archibald..... More
Ubique. The Royal Australian Engineers. [Volume 1]: 1835 to 1902. The Colonial Engineers. [Volume 2]: 1902 to 1919. Making and Breaking. [Volume 3]: 1919 to 1945. Teeth and Nail. [Together with] GREVILLE, Brigadier P.J.: Ubique. The Royal Australian Engineers. [Volume 4]: 1945 to 1972. Paving the Way
Canberra, Corps Committee of the Royal Australian Engineers, 1977, 1979, 1982 and 2002. More
Backs to the Wall
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1937 [first edition]. Memoirs of an Australian in France and Belgium in the First World War. George Dean Mitchell (1894-1961) embarked with the 10th Battalion in October 1914 and saw service at Gallipoli before arriving in France in September 1916. He was then drafted into the..... More