Item #129526 The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF. Being the Story of the Vicissitudes of an Australian Unit during the Great War. 14th Battalion, Newton WANLISS.
The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF. Being the Story of the Vicissitudes of an Australian Unit during the Great War
The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF. Being the Story of the Vicissitudes of an Australian Unit during the Great War
The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF. Being the Story of the Vicissitudes of an Australian Unit during the Great War
The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF. Being the Story of the Vicissitudes of an Australian Unit during the Great War
The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF. Being the Story of the Vicissitudes of an Australian Unit during the Great War
The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF. Being the Story of the Vicissitudes of an Australian Unit during the Great War
The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF. Being the Story of the Vicissitudes of an Australian Unit during the Great War

The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF. Being the Story of the Vicissitudes of an Australian Unit during the Great War

Melbourne, The Arrow Printery (for the 14th Battalion and 4th Brigade Association), 1929.

Octavo, xiv, 416 pages with 16 maps plus a tipped-in dedication leaf (printed with the battalion's colour patch) and 17 plates.

Purple cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; cloth waterstained, unevenly faded and a little flecked, with slight wear at the extremities, and a little softening of the boards to the leading edges near the bottom corners; endpapers discoloured, marked and a little stained; occasional signs of age, use and wear; a fair copy externally, internally good (and certainly worth rebinding).

Provenance: F.S. Ross, with his ownership signature on both front and rear flyleaves. 5726 Lance Corporal Frederick Saltoun Ross was a member of the battalion. Loosely inserted are two duplicate message forms signed in ink ('Certified true copy') by Lieutenant-Colonel John Patrick McGlinn, Brigade Major of the 4th Australian Infantry Brigade. The first one is dated 8 October 1915: 'While at Mudros Brigadiers may at their discretion send to Alexandria one officer per regiment or battalion for any specific purpose ...'. The second one is addressed to Major C.M.M. Dare, 14th Battalion, detailing him to proceed to Alexandria and Cairo, and providing him with a list of what he must do (not least, 'during such absence you will keep in touch with Brigadier-General Monash at Alexandria'). This history of 'Jacka's Mob' has a three-page foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash.

Dornbusch 340; Fielding and O'Neill, page 226; Trigellis-Smith 216.

Item #129526

Price (AUD): $550.00

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