19 Days from the Apennines to the Alps. The Final Campaign across North-West Italy, 14 April - 2 May 1945. (The Story of the Po Valley Campaign)
Nashville, Battery Press, 1987 (reprint)/ 1945. More
Australian Unit Histories
Combat History of the Second Infantry Division in World War 2
Nashville, The Battery Press, 1979. More
Report of Operations. The Seventh United States Army in France and Germany, 1944-1945
Nashville, Battery Press, 1988/ 1946. This two-volume reprint edition contains all the material found in the original three-volume set published in Germany in 1946. More
Souvenir Brochure. The 27th Infantry Battalion, South Australian Scottish Regiment
Adelaide, [1952]. A small piece of tartan is mounted on the front cover. More
The Story of 46 Division, 1939-1945
Styria, The University Book Press, [1946]. Forwards by Sir Richard L. McCreery, Commander of 10th Corps, and by Major General C.E. Weir, who took over 46th Division from Lieutenant-General Sir J.L.I. Hawkesworth. Raised in 1939, 46 Division was a North West Midland and West Riding Territorial Division which saw distinguished..... 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
Purple and Blue. The History of the 2/10th Battalion AIF (the Adelaide Rifles), 1939-1945
[Adelaide, 2/10th Battalion Association, 1958]. The author was also Chairman of the 2/10th Battalion AIF History Committee; his signature (E.F. Allchin) appears at the end of the acknowledgements section (page ix). Fellow-committeeman Hec Ellis, who contributed the chapter on sport, has also signed this page (appending the date 6 May..... More
Purple and Blue. The History of the 2/10th Battalion AIF (the Adelaide Rifles), 1939-1945
[Adelaide, 2/10th Battalion Association, 1958]. Loosely inserted is a photograph (mounted on card, flush-cut to 203 × 152 mm) of a member of the 2/10th, identified on the verso as QX 32901 Private G.J. Porter (see the nominal roll, page 447). The photograph is inscribed in ink by him 'All..... More
Purple and Blue. The History of the 2/10th Battalion AIF (the Adelaide Rifles), 1939-1945
[Adelaide, 2/10th Battalion Association], November 2008/ 1993 [facsimile reprint with a new supplement]/ 1958. The history is updated to 2008, and contains complete nominal and honour rolls, a foreword by Peter Brune, and much else. Limited to 250 copies. Loosely inserted is a program for the 'Salute to the ANZACS..... More
A History of the 2/29 Battalion, 8th Australian Division, AIF
[Malvern], 1983. More
Tobruk to Tarakan. The Story of the 2/48th Battalion AIF
Adelaide, Rigby, 1960. This presentation binding is rarely seen. The text is the preferred 'member's' edition containing the Honour Roll, Awards and Postings at Time of Embarkation. The version with the sub-title 'The Story of a Fighting Unit' lacks this information. Dornbusch 444; Trigellis-Smith 415. More
Etched in Green. The History of the 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939-1946
Melbourne, 22nd AIB Association, 1961. The half-title carries a lengthy (and prescient) gift inscription to Mathew [sic] Donovan, dated 3 June 1993: 'You have come far and done your parents proud. I give to you this book, that you will understand the hardships, the valour of our troops whose name..... More
The 28th. A Record of War Service with the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-1919. Volume ... 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. ...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. ...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
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
The Chronicle of the 45th Battalion AIF
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1992 (facsimile edition)]/ 1927. The limitation is not stated, but the Burridge editions were typically limited to between 200 and 300 copies. More
The Story of a Battalion
Melbourne, Melville and Mullen, 1919. The history of the 48th Battalion AIF. More
The Story of the Fifth Australian Division. Being an Authoritative Account of the Division's Doings in Egypt, France and Belgium
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [circa 1920]. With a foreword by Marshal Foch. 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 311; Fielding and..... More