The four items in the presentation are displayed together behind glass in a heavy period-style moulded wooden frame (external dimensions 845 × 1200 mm). They are behind individual windows cut in one large mat: the display comprises a very large full-length portrait photograph of Hayes in uniform (573 × 269..... More

Melbourne, City of Melbourne YMCA, 1912. The military camps were organised with the Second Infantry Brigade and the Third Light Horse; a short article on their involvement appears on page 14. More

Melbourne, Government Printer, 1914. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 52 of 1914 (Second Session); only 1000 copies printed. The Commissioners were Alfred Deakin, Dugald Thomson and G.H. Knibbs; with a detailed 11-page list of imports from Germany and Austria-Hungary considered in the light of probability of supply by local production. More

London, Constable, 1914. The Balkans on the cusp of the Great War. Sir Reginald Rankin, 2nd Baronet (1871-1931) 'retells the story of how in 1912-13 all Balkan Slavdom turned against the Turk and, having defeated him, against itself. Much of the book ... carries a flavour of first-hand reality' ('The..... More

Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1914. More

At Sea, Printed by Walter Wade for the Expeditionary Force, October 1914. HMAT A19 'Afric' departed Sydney on 18 October 1914, and left Albany with the first convoy on 1 November. This first issue, on linen, is undated, but our research has unearthed the fact that the second issue, on..... More

Cairo, F. Diemer (printed by John Swain & Son, Ltd., London), [1914]. Provenance: 'Chas. Barrett. Cairo, 24/5/18' is written in ink on the inside front cover. Charles Leslie Barrett (1879-1959), naturalist and journalist, enlisted in June 1916 'in the Australian Imperial Force and joined the Camel Brigade Field Ambulance which..... More

Adelaide, Holland Print (issued by F.J. Stephens), (1915)? More

Strathfield, A.M. Parsons, 1915. 'This little paper is, with kind assistance, the loving effort of the "Old Girls" of a small school. May it do its part on Australia Day. A.M. Parsons, Wooroonook, Strathfield' (at the foot of the second-last page). Alice Mary Parsons was the wife of Frederick William..... More

(London), Daily Telegraph... 1915. More

London, Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (Printed by David Allen & Sons Ltd), 1915. The publication details are printed in the bottom margin, now matted out. This is Poster Number 113; the portrait of Kitchener is after a photograph by Bassano. More

London, The Alfieri Picture Service, [1916] (first edition). The contents of the book comprise a facsimile 'envoi' from Sir George Reid, a foreword, 93 captioned plates from photographs taken during the Gallipoli Campaign, and a 'Description of the Operations from Sir Ian Hamilton's Despatch' (15 pages). Loosely inserted is an..... More

London, Wilson and Co. [Printers, for the Brigade] (Volumes 1 and 2), 1916 and December 1916, and [Sydney, Government Printer, 1920] (the Preface is dated 1 February 1920). The cover subtitles are 'Troopship Issue' (Volume I), 'Camp Life in England' (Volume II), and 'Active Service Issue' (Volume III). These three..... More

Rouen, The Editors, September 1917. Melbourne-born William Farrow described himself as a 'Black & White Artist' on his enlistment form in March 1916. He was in the 3rd Division Cyclists' Corps, before transferring to the 2nd Battalion and going to France in September 1916. His service records indicate that for..... More

London, Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck and Sons, [1917]. Despite its title, the greater part of this attractive poster is given over to a nominal roll of the men who served with the 18th Battery, attractively laid out within six cartouches in the shape of large-calibre..... More

London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1917. With photographs by Frank Hurley. An excellent and surprisingly frank depiction of life at the front published in London in 1917, with a frontispiece by Will Dyson and a preface by General Birdwood. The series of photographs are acknowledged as being taken by four..... More

Adelaide, Rigby, Limited (for the Committee of the South Australian Children's Patriotic Fund), [1917]. The very small number of copies in Trove (one of which we supplied nearly two decades ago) make no reference to the secondary title, which we have not seen before. Many of the illustrations depict children..... More

London, Macmillan, 1918. More

[At Sea, The Societies, as above], 10 August 1918. Not surprisingly, we can find no record of this most ephemeral item. 'Pte C. Spencer Smith' is written at the head of the first page. The service record of 55891 Cecil Spencer Smith (courtesy of the invaluable National Archives of Australia..... More

[Printed in the Field? AIF Printing Section?], December 1918. + 'Aussie. The Australian Soldiers' Magazine.' Number 4, April 4, 1918. Printed in the Field, AIF Printing Section, 1918. Small quarto, 16 pages with numerous illustrations (mainly cartoons) plus pictorial wrappers with additional cartoons and text on the inside panel, and..... More

Melbourne, Australasian Authors' Agency, [1918]. The author was an Australian who was killed in August 1917 while serving with the Royal Flying Corps. More

Sydney, NSW Bookstall Co. Ltd., 1918. William Morris Hughes (1862-1952) became prime minister of Australia in October 1915. He travelled to England, arriving there 'on 7 March 1916. His public activity, in which he urged greater economic pressure on Germany and more co-operation with the dominions, was strenuous. Coming at..... More

London, Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons, [1918]. Despite its title, the greater part of this fine display piece is given over to a nominal roll of the men who served with the 18th Battery, attractively laid out within five cartouches in the shape of..... More

London, Panora Limited, September 1918. 'In the pre-war period, an officer or NCO seeking to become an instructor would have attended a six-week preliminary course at a Command gymnasium followed by an intensive and wide-ranging four-month course ... at the HQ School Aldershot; this in turn was followed by a...... More

Melbourne, printed by Exchange Press [for the No. 5 A.G.H. Magazine Committee], August and September 1918. A third and final number was published in October. A short article in 'The Argus' on 18 September 1918 announced that the 'use of the Base Hospital in St Kilda Road as a general..... More