Aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force
[Canberra, Royal Australian Air Force, 1971]. More
First World War
Australian Imperial Force. Staff Regimental and Gradation Lists of Officers. 1st Australian Division; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigades; 4th Infantry Brigade; L. of C. Units and Reinforcements. Revised to 6th December 1914
[No Place, No Publisher], [1980s facsimile]/ 1914. The AIF commanders and officer corps in 1914; the first complete list after they sailed for Egypt in November 1914. The original, and this facsimile, remain surprisingly scarce, and an important snapshot of the AIF. With the binder's ticket of Norman J. Tyack..... More
The Australian Soldiers' Guide to Easy French and Arabic
South Melbourne, Popular Publications, [circa 1915]. With the ownership signature of a captain of the 2/48th. Cover title: 'Easy Conversational Arabic and French for the Australian Soldier. An Indispensible Guide for the Soldier Abroad'. More
Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour
Sydney, Printed by W.C. Penfold and Co. [for the Bank of New South Wales], 1921. As 'many as 793 officers enlisted from the Head Office and nearly every branch in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua, and London, out of a staff of 1750 men' (actually 1880, according to the erratum)..... More
Commonwealth of Australia. Department of Defence. Manual of War Precautions. Fourth Edition. Containing amendments and corrections to 9th August, 1916
Melbourne, Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, 1916. More
The Con Camp Chronicle. Published by Permission of Lt. Col. H.L.W. Norrington DSO RAMC. Editors: Rev. H.F.S. Collier ... [and] Pte. William Farrow AIF. September, 9 1917, No 10 ... 1 Penny weekly [drop-title]
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
The De Havilland Legacy. Hatfield Aerodrome Remembered
Hatfield, University of Hertfordshire Press, 2010. More
HMT 'Orontes'. Saturday August 10th, 1918. Final Reunion of South Australians under the auspices of the Literary and Debating Societies of 2nd General Reinforcements 'S' UK, and South Australian Reinforcements AAMC ... [cover title]
[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
King Albert's Book. A Tribute to the Belgian King and People...
(London), Daily Telegraph... 1915. More
Lloyd's Calendar, 1925
London, Lloyd's, 1924. More
'Plan of Turkish Positions in attack on Serapeum and Toussoum'. A large-scale map ('12 ins = 1 mile') printed on paper and mounted on linen (overall dimensions 1120 × 885 mm), produced by '3rd Field Coy. A.E. 1st Australian Div. 15th Feb. 1915. Reproduced by the Survey Dept. Egypt. (683)'
A detailed map of the battleground of the failed attempt by Turkish troops to invade Egypt on 3 February 1915. At the head of the map are large sketches of 'Frame of Kerosene Tin Raft in Turkish Attack' and 'Sketch of Turkish Pontoons captured at Toussoum-Serapeum 4.2.1915'. The Australian War..... More
Sands & McDougall's South Australian Directory for 1914
Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1914. More
Sands & McDougall's South Australian Directory for 1918
Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1918. More
Sands & McDougall's South Australian Directory for 1920
Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1920. More
Staff and Regimental Lists of the Australian Military Forces. 1st January 1914
[No Place, No Publisher], [1980s facsimile]/ 1914. The AIF commanders and officer corps in 1914 prior to the outbreak of the Great War. The original, and this facsimile, remain surprisingly scarce, and an important snapshot of the AIF. With the binder's ticket of Norman J. Tyack, Warburton. More
The Fighting 10th. A South Australian Centenary Souvenir of the 10th Battalion AIF, 1914-19
Adelaide, Webb, 1936. Black lettering on the spine is found on the second impression; the first impression is blocked in gilt. Dornbusch 332; Fielding and O'Neill, page 226; Trigellis-Smith 211. More
History of the 10th Battalion AIF [1914-1918. Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Belgium (cover subtitle)]
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1989 (reset and enlarged edition)]/ 1919. This reprint edition, limited to 300 copies, is reset, and contains additional material, a two-page preface by the author's great-nephew, the frontispiece portrait, and a six-page index. See Trigellis-Smith 212. More
History of the 10th Battalion AIF [1914-1918. Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Belgium (cover sub-title)]
London, Cassell, 1919. The first edition of this anonymously published book is fiendishly rare in our experience. This is only the fifth copy we have had in almost forty-three years as booksellers in Adelaide, and the 10th is a local battalion. Arthur Limb (1893-1920) was a member of the battalion;..... More
The Story of the Twelfth. A Record of the 12th Battalion AIF, during the Great War of 1914-1918
Swanbourne, John Burridge, 2000 [large-format revised edition]/ 1925. 'Unusually for Burridge, this is not a facsimile, but a new edition in a larger format. John Burridge told me in 1996 that he had put off this project for some years because of the challenge presented by the squat, thick format..... More
The History of the Thirteenth Battalion, AIF. [The Fighting Thirteenth: cover title]
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1989 (facsimile edition)]/ 1924. One of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 215. More
A very large framed presentation commemorating the war service of 7509 Private John Hugh Hayes, 14th Battalion
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
The Old Sixteenth. Being a Record of the 16th Battalion AIF, during the Great War, 1914-1918... With Foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash ..
Perth, History Committee of the 16th Battalion Association, 1929. On the front pastedown is the ballpoint-pen ownership name 'E.C. Longbottom'. This is possibly 5372 Private Edward Charles Longbottom (mentioned in the nominal roll), who received serious injuries to the face and eyes from a shell-blast in France in September 1916..... More
The Old Sixteenth. Being a Record of the 16th Battalion AIF, during the Great War, 1914-1918... With Foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash ..
Perth, History Committee of the 16th Battalion Association, 1929. Dornbusch 324; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 219. More
The Royal New South Wales Lancers, 1885-1985. Incorporating a Narrative of the 1st Light Horse Regiment AIF, 1914-1919
Parramatta, RNSW Lancers Centenary Committee, 1986. More
A group photograph of 19 members of the 22nd Battalion at Heliopolis in January 1916
A later handwritten note taped to the verso states this is the 'Leongatha Group - Heliopolis (at YMCA Hut') in January 1916, and that the image was published in 'A Valley in France [World War I Letters to his Parents and Sister while on Active Service from Egypt, France and..... More