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
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
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
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 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 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
The 28th. A Record of War Service with the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-1919. Volume 1. Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula ^[all published]^
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1983 facsimile edition]/ 1922. Number 84 of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 227. More
Imperishable ANZACS. A Story of Australia's Famous First Brigade. From the Diary of Pte. H.W. Cavill, No. 27, 2nd Battalion, First Inf. Brigade
Sydney, William Brooks, 1916. The rare, and very attractive, deluxe edition. Dornbusch 355; Fielding and O'Neill, page 242; Trigellis-Smith 190. More
Nulli Secundus. A History of the Second Battalion AIF, 1914-1919
Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1992 (facsimile edition)/ 1942. The limitation is not stated, but the Burridge editions were typically limited to between 200 and 300 copies. More
The Thirty-Seventh. History of the Thirty-Seventh Battalion AIF
Melbourne, printed by The Modern Printing Company, 1936. The book is not identified as such, but it comes from the personal collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Thomas Paterson (1886-1950), Commanding Officer of the 39th Battalion AIF, and the author of that battalion's history. Dornbusch 330; Fielding and O'Neill, page 228; Trigellis-Smith..... More
The Thirty-Seventh. History of the Thirty-Seventh Battalion AIF
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1984 (facsimile edition)]/ 1936. One of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 233. More
The 38th Battalion AIF. The Story and Official History ... Foreword by Rt. Hon. W.M. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia
Bendigo, 38th Battalion History Committee (printed by the 'Bendigo Advertiser' Pty Ltd and the Cambridge Press), 1920. The book is not identified as such, but it comes from the personal collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Thomas Paterson (1886-1950), Commanding Officer of the 39th Battalion AIF, and the author of that battalion's..... More
The Story of the 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Adelaide, 3rd Light Horse Regiment (South Australian Mounted Rifles), 1950. Part 1, 'The Regiment prepares for War' and 'Gallipoli Campaign' (pages 1-52), was compiled by 111 Trooper Frank Mead Blackwell, who enlisted on 24 August 1914. Part 2, 'Western Egypt, Sinai, Palestine. Rewritten from the original history of the 3rd..... More
Randwick to Hargicourt. History of the 3rd Battalion, AIF
Sydney, Ronald G. McDonald, 1935. The title page is inscribed 'From the 3rd to the 39th with best wishes, very sincerely yours, Eric Wren'. Captain Wren was an original member of the battalion who 'lost his right arm as the result of injuries received at the battle of Pozieres ....... More