![Item #130122 Our Kind of War. [The History of the VAD/AAMWS (cover subtitle)]. Mary CRITCH](/pictures/thumb/130122_01.jpg?v=1659081250)
Our Kind of War. [The History of the VAD/AAMWS (cover subtitle)]
[Perth], Artlock Books Trust, 1981. A history of the Voluntary Air Detachment and Australian Army Medical Women's Service. More
Militaria
Pedlar Palmer of Tobruk. An Autobiography. [Pedlar Palmer, alias "Stooge" or "Pirate" (half-title)]
Canberra, Roebuck Society, 1981. Number 29 in the Roebuck Series. More
And Far From Home. Flying RAAF Transports in the Pacific War and After
Melbourne, Macmillan, 1985. Not least, a chapter on Morotai in 1945, and flying the Australian POWs home. More
'Per Crucem Ad Lucem'. 'Through the Cross to the Light'. Woodlands Old Scholars' and students' contributions to the war effort, 1939-1945 ...
Glenelg, Woodlands Glenelg, 1995. Women in the Australian armed forces during WW2. More
The 36th Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939-1945. The Story of an Australian Infantry Battalion and its Part in the War against Japan
Sydney, 36th Battalion Association, 1967. Inscribed 'To Jamie from Uncle Rex' above a pasted-in sepia-toned photograph (a later reproduction) of a young Aboriginal serviceman, presumably a member of the battalion. Cover subtitle: "Ike's Marines" More
Extracts from Orders and Memoranda published for the Guidance of Officers, Commanding Columns and Posts in the Orange River Colony [cover title]
Bloemfontein, O.R.C., The Argus Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd., 1901. These extracts from 17 'Confidential Memos, etc.' left little to the imagination. Number $ simply states that 'All prisoners of war dressed in British uniforms, or when disguised in the distinctive dress worn by our troops, are to be shot..... More
A small archive of artwork, including original field sketches from Sinai and Palestine, by the South Australian artist and illustrator William Otho Hewett (1887-1942)
William Otho Hewett (1887-1942) enlisted in Adelaide on 26 November 1914; he 'served with the 9th Light Horse Regiment [at Gallipoli] and 3rd Light Horse Brigade Headquarters during the First World War. Trained as a designer is South Australia, he joined the ANZAC Divisional Headquarters at Romani as a panoramic..... More
Parliamentary Patriotic Concert. Thursday 22d Feby 1900, Town Hall, commencing 8 o'clock [a souvenir programme]
[Melbourne], Robert S. Brain, Government Printer, 1900. Contemporary newspaper accounts record that the concert was 'in aid of the Patriotic and Bushmen's corps funds'. More
Their Sacrifice. Australia Remembers, 1945-1995
Adelaide, Openbook Publishers, 1995. More
2/2 Australian C.C.S. A Brief History and Personal Anecdotes, 1940-1945 [cover title]
Sheffield, Think Small Printing Service, 1995 (first reprint)/ 1994. The 2/2 Casualty Clearing Station in the Second World War; not least, Tobruk and New Guinea. More
History of the Women's Australian National Services, South Australia
[Kingswood, Women's Australian National Services of South Australia, 1981]. More
Legacy. The First Fifty Years
Melbourne, Legacy Co-Ordinating Council/ Lothian Publishing Company, 1978. 'This study, commissioned by Legacy for its fiftieth anniversary, provides the first detailed history of this uniquely Australian organization [and] traces Legacy's first fifty years in considerable detail, [placing] it firmly within its social environment ... Its members are all returned servicemen..... More
Geelong Grammarians at World War Two
Corio, The Old Geelong Grammarians Incorporated, 2002. Dated (11 November 2002) and signed in ink by the editor on the title page, and with the ink ownership signature of Flying Officer Robert Oswald Jose (sometime flying instructor at Point Cook and Sale, and later a Ventura pilot at 13 Squadron..... More
Mud and Blood in the Field
Victoria, John Sissons (Bookseller) Pty Ltd, 1984. 'This complete collection of Newsletters was written and composed by the Officers and Men of the 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion, 'Albury's Own', 9th Division, while on active service ... from December 1940 on the way to the Middle East until the end of..... More
![Item #129792 A Bastard of a Place. The Australians in Papua. Kokoda, Milne Bay, Gona, Buna [and]...](/pictures/thumb/129792_01.jpg?v=1655432603)
A Bastard of a Place. The Australians in Papua. Kokoda, Milne Bay, Gona, Buna [and] Sanananda
Crows Nest, Allen and Unwin, 2003. More
The Spell Broken. Exploding the Myth of Japanese Invincibility
St Leonards, Allen and Unwin, 1997. More
The Rise, Fall and Regeneration of the 2/7th Australian Field Ambulance A.I.F. in World War 2
Norwood, Peacock Publications, 1995. More
The Grey Battalion
Sydney, Angus & Robertson Limited, 1934 (second edition)/ 1933. The war experiences of the author, 'Nursing Sister with the AIF, 1915-18'. She was attached to the 1st Australian General Hospital, at Heliopolis from January 1915 to March 1916, then in France. This copy is inscribed and signed 'Very sincerely yours..... More
Ghosts in Khaki. The History of the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion, 8th Australian Division, AIF
Carlisle, Hesperian Press, 1997 (first edition). The author, a former member of the battalion, has signed the title page. Provenance: 'WX10790 Norris H.C. (CPL), 2nd 4th Machine Gun Battalion (W.A.)' is written in ink on the front pastedown. The 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion website has the following information about Harry..... More
The Blue and Brown Diamond. A History of the 27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, 1915-1919
Adelaide, Lonnen and Cope, 1921. Dornbusch 310; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 226. More
Lineage Book of the British Land Forces, 1660-1978. Biographical Outlines of Cavalry, Yeomanry, Armour, Artillery, Infantry, Marines and Air Force Land Troops of the Regular and Reserve Forces [in two volumes]
Wakefield, Microform Academic Publishers, 1984 (revised and expanded edition)/ 1969. [2 items]. More
Mission Française en Australie. Itinerary in South Australia. November 1-16, and November 30 - December 2, 1918, with Notes
Adelaide, Intelligence and Tourist Bureau (R.E.E. Rogers, Government Printer), November 1918. The French economic mission was touring South Australia when the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918. In his welcome at the beginning of this publication the Premier, Archibald Peake, presages this development. 'Australia rejoices that her citizen soldiers..... More
Soap Box Derby, Saturday April 24th. Official Souvenir Program. Organised by the Apex Club of Adelaide in Aid of the Schools' Patriotic Fund. Saturday, April 24th, 1943 [cover title]
Adelaide, The Apex Club (printed by Thornquest Press), 1943. Loosely inserted is a duplicate typescript letter (annotated in ink and pencil) to Vernon Branson of Rigby Limited (author of 'The Golden Jubilee of the Apex Club of Adelaide, 1936-1986'). It is from a fellow Apex member; it contains details of..... More
Soap Box Derby, Saturday April 24th. Official Souvenir Program. Organised by the Apex Club of Adelaide in Aid of the Schools' Patriotic Fund. Saturday, April 24th, 1943 [cover title]
Adelaide, The Apex Club (printed by Thornquest Press), 1943. The results for many of the races are pencilled in (as the publisher intended). A loosely-inserted newspaper tearsheet gives some interesting details: 'Spurred on by a crowd estimated at 20,000, Alf Wormald, 14, won the Soapbox Derby today in his "Kitty-Hawk"..... More
An original photograph of a large group of people, including Australian officers in uniform, at a formal dinner for General Sir William Birdwood, held at Geelong on 24 March 1920
[Melbourne?], Oxford Studios, [1920]. The Melbourne 'Argus' (Wednesday 24 March 1920) contains an account of the visit. The final paragraph notes that 'In the City Hall tonight the mayor (Alderman H. Hitchcock) gave a dinner in honour of the General. There were present as guests 150 returned AIF officers who..... More