Item #118977 Purple and Blue. The History of the 2/10th Battalion AIF (the Adelaide Rifles), 1939-1945. 2/10th Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Frank ALLCHIN.

Purple and Blue. The History of the 2/10th Battalion AIF (the Adelaide Rifles), 1939-1945

[Adelaide, 2/10th Battalion Association], November 2008/ 1993 [facsimile reprint with a new supplement]/ 1958.

Octavo, [iv], xxviii, 408, [2], 102 pages with a map plus 35 plates and 6 maps (including one folding map attached to the rear pastedown).

Laminated papered boards; a fine copy.

The history is updated to 2008, and contains complete nominal and honour rolls, a foreword by Peter Brune, and much else. Limited to 250 copies. Loosely inserted is a program for the 'Salute to the ANZACS Concert' featuring the 10/27th Battalion Royal SA Regiment Band, held at Keswick Barracks, 23 April 2010.

Item #118977

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