The Blue and White Diamond. The History of the 28th Battalion, 1915-1919
Bassendean, [The Author], 2002 (first edition).
Octavo, 607 pages with 'over 200 photographs (the majority from private collections and never published) and maps reproduced from period trench maps'.
Papered boards lettered in white on the spine, with the battalion patch printed there and on the front cover; a fine copy with the dustwrapper a little sunned, chipped and scratched on the spine.
'Lieutenant Colonel H.B. Collett wrote "The 28th, A Record of War Service, Volume 1" in 1922. His volume covered the history of the Battalion from April 1915 to March 1916. It was always intended by the 28th Battalion Association that a second volume covering the period 1916 to 1919 would be published. Unfortunately this project was never realized, until now. My volume was originally intended to cover the history of the 28th Battalion on the Western Front from March 1916 until its final disbandment in May 1919. However, for the benefit of those people who do not have a copy of Lieutenant Colonel Collett's volume, I deemed it necessary to write this volume of the 28th Battalion's activities from formation in April 1915 until after Armistice in November 1918' (Author's Note, page 5). The 'Compiler's Note' in Collett's 1922 volume cuts straight to the chase: 'For the second volume a good deal of material is already in hand, but success cannot be ensured unless ex-members will co-operate with the 28th Battalion Association Committee and the Compiler'.
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