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

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

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

Oxford, Printed at the University Press, 1914. Mounted on the front pastedown is a small presentation plate, printed in blue ink on white paper: 'Presented to the Members of the NSW Contingent of Australian Imperial force, by Friends of The British and Foreign Bible Society ... Sydney, July, 1915' (followed..... 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

Sydney, William Brooks, 1916. The rare, and very attractive, deluxe edition. Dornbusch 355; Fielding and O'Neill, page 242; Trigellis-Smith 190. More

London, Heinemann, 1916 (first edition). More

[London], By Permission of the 'Manchester Guardian', [1916]. A piece of hemmed white linen (overall dimensions 610 × 465 mm), the map (510 × 382 mm) printed in black, within a decorative blue and red border; in fine condition. The area depicted is roughly from Arras, Pozieres, Albert and Rosieres-en-Santerre..... 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

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

Auckland, Whitcombe and Tombs, 1918. The last five sonnets are war poems: August 1914, Anzac, Glory, Peace, and Roses. More

Brisbane, Watson, Ferguson & Company, 1918 (second edition)/ 1916. The second edition has an extra plate. The author, 902 Private Eric Hanman, 15th Battalion, writes in the preface that he 'has not the slightest intention of presenting to the public this little effort as an authentic, or detailed history of..... More

Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1918. More

Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham Limited, Printers (for The College), 1918. 'First Speech Day. HRA' is written in pencil at the head of the front cover; we presume this is a later inscription by the H.R. Adamson who was awarded third prize in Junior A at the Preparatory School that year..... 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, H.K. Lewis & Co., 1918. James (later Sir James) Barrett (1862-1945), a leader of the medical profession in Melbourne and an able publicist, was Assistant Director of Medical Services, Australian Forces, in Egypt until August 1915, when he was dismissed due to disorganisation at the 1st Australian General Hospital..... More

Melbourne, Melville and Mullen, 1919. The history of the 48th Battalion AIF. More

Adelaide, John Francis Hills, 1919. 'It is not my intention to be drawn into any newspaper controversy either about what is contained in this book ... or about the notes and appendix matter I have added to it. My friend and collaborator, John P. Fletcher, is at present serving, as..... More

[Melbourne, Gordon and Gotch, circa 1919]. Primarily a picture book; there is one introductory page of text, and a two-page prose piece, 'The March Past' at the rear. Trove correctly attributes authorship of this work to Roy Bridges. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. More