A Thousand Men at War. The Story of the 2/16th Battalion AIF
London, Heinemann, 1959.
Octavo, xii, 259 pages with 8 maps plus 35 plates.
Cloth a little flecked near the foot of the spine; top edge lightly foxed; endpapers a little offset; a few page numbers pencilled on to the front flyleaf, with minimal pencil underlining on those pages; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper worn and damaged (but still acceptable).
'The 16th Battalion, originally recruited in Western Australia, suffered heavy casualties, and eventually, through reinforcements, represented a wide cross-section of the typical Australian citizen-soldier'. A small newspaper cutting noting the death of the author in 1973 is mounted on the front flyleaf.
Item #83239
Price (AUD):
$300.00