Author: 1st Battalion A.I.F. History Committee (Australia)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684191178
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Revised facsimile of the First Edition, The History of the First Battalion, A.I.F., 1914-1919. Cover and spine title: First Battalion A.I.F., 1914-1919.Historical record of the Australian 1st Battalion AIF during World War One including a Nominal Roll and Decorations awarded to members.Publisher - T S Jones Books On War Australia admin@booksonwaraustralia
The History of the First Battalion, A. I. F. , 1914-1919
Author: 1st Battalion A.I.F. History Committee (Australia)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684191178
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Revised facsimile of the First Edition, The History of the First Battalion, A.I.F., 1914-1919. Cover and spine title: First Battalion A.I.F., 1914-1919.Historical record of the Australian 1st Battalion AIF during World War One including a Nominal Roll and Decorations awarded to members.Publisher - T S Jones Books On War Australia admin@booksonwaraustralia
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684191178
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Revised facsimile of the First Edition, The History of the First Battalion, A.I.F., 1914-1919. Cover and spine title: First Battalion A.I.F., 1914-1919.Historical record of the Australian 1st Battalion AIF during World War One including a Nominal Roll and Decorations awarded to members.Publisher - T S Jones Books On War Australia admin@booksonwaraustralia
History of the 15th Battalion Aif 1914-1918
Author: Lieut T. P. Chataway
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845748685
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
"This Bn was raised in September 1914 With volunteers from Queensland and Tasmania. It followed the familiar trail of so many other Australian units of that period - Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Flanders. The 1915 actions at Quinn's Post, Hill 971, and Suvla Bay, are well described, as are the bitter actions of 1916-1918 on the Western Front. An excellent history of a Bn which suffered, in total, 1200 killed and 2500 wounded. It also gained an exceptional number of awards, including one VC. Many individuals are named in the narrative. Roll of Honour(with dates causes and locations) Honours and Awards, and unit nominal roll complete this history"--Publisher description.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845748685
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
"This Bn was raised in September 1914 With volunteers from Queensland and Tasmania. It followed the familiar trail of so many other Australian units of that period - Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Flanders. The 1915 actions at Quinn's Post, Hill 971, and Suvla Bay, are well described, as are the bitter actions of 1916-1918 on the Western Front. An excellent history of a Bn which suffered, in total, 1200 killed and 2500 wounded. It also gained an exceptional number of awards, including one VC. Many individuals are named in the narrative. Roll of Honour(with dates causes and locations) Honours and Awards, and unit nominal roll complete this history"--Publisher description.
Legs-Eleven
Author: Captain Walter C. Belford
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1781496315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
For Australia the First World War remains the most costly conflict in terms of deaths and casualties. From a population of fewer than five million, 416,809 men enlisted, of which over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner. In general terms with Australian unit histories the quality of authorship is very good, most of them share the common strength of making plentiful mention of the individual officers and men who served, fought, died, was wounded, or taken prisoner, or who came safely home at the end of it all. They are a prime source for genealogists and military historians.
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1781496315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
For Australia the First World War remains the most costly conflict in terms of deaths and casualties. From a population of fewer than five million, 416,809 men enlisted, of which over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner. In general terms with Australian unit histories the quality of authorship is very good, most of them share the common strength of making plentiful mention of the individual officers and men who served, fought, died, was wounded, or taken prisoner, or who came safely home at the end of it all. They are a prime source for genealogists and military historians.
Battle Scarred
Author: Craig Deayton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1921941251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
"The dead and wounded of the 47th lay everywhere underfoot". With these words Charles Bean, Australia's Official War Historian, described the battlefield of Dernancourt on the morning of the 5th of April, 1918, strewn with the bodies of the Australian dead. It was the final tragic chapter in the story of the 47th Australian Infantry Battalion in the First World War. One of the shortest lived and most battle hardened of the 1st Australian Imperial Force's battalions, the 47th was formed in Egypt in 1916 and disbanded two years later having suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any Australian unit. Their story is remarkable for many reasons. Dogged by command and discipline troubles and bled white by the desperate attrition battles of 1916 and 1917, they fought on against a determined and skilful enemy in battles where the fortunes of war seemed stacked against them at every turn. Not only did they have the misfortune to be called into some of the A.I.F.'s most costly campaigns, chance often found them in the worst places within those battles. Though their story is one of almost unrelieved tragedy, it is also story of remarkable courage, endurance and heroism. It is the story of the 1st A.I.F. itself - punished, beaten, sometimes reviled for their indiscipline, they fought on - fewer, leaner and harder - until final victory was won. And at its end, in an extraordinary gesture of mateship, the remnants of the 47th Battalion reunited. Having been scattered to other units after their disbandment, the survivors gathered in Belgium for one last photo together. Only 73 remained.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1921941251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
"The dead and wounded of the 47th lay everywhere underfoot". With these words Charles Bean, Australia's Official War Historian, described the battlefield of Dernancourt on the morning of the 5th of April, 1918, strewn with the bodies of the Australian dead. It was the final tragic chapter in the story of the 47th Australian Infantry Battalion in the First World War. One of the shortest lived and most battle hardened of the 1st Australian Imperial Force's battalions, the 47th was formed in Egypt in 1916 and disbanded two years later having suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any Australian unit. Their story is remarkable for many reasons. Dogged by command and discipline troubles and bled white by the desperate attrition battles of 1916 and 1917, they fought on against a determined and skilful enemy in battles where the fortunes of war seemed stacked against them at every turn. Not only did they have the misfortune to be called into some of the A.I.F.'s most costly campaigns, chance often found them in the worst places within those battles. Though their story is one of almost unrelieved tragedy, it is also story of remarkable courage, endurance and heroism. It is the story of the 1st A.I.F. itself - punished, beaten, sometimes reviled for their indiscipline, they fought on - fewer, leaner and harder - until final victory was won. And at its end, in an extraordinary gesture of mateship, the remnants of the 47th Battalion reunited. Having been scattered to other units after their disbandment, the survivors gathered in Belgium for one last photo together. Only 73 remained.
Gallipoli
Author: David W. Cameron
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1921941715
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
In early August with the failure of the August Offensive at Gallipoli the senior commanders still believed that victory was possible. To help prepare for a new offensive sometime in the first half on 1916 the allied forces attempted to straighten out the line connecting Suvla and Anzac at a small hillock called Hill 60.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1921941715
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
In early August with the failure of the August Offensive at Gallipoli the senior commanders still believed that victory was possible. To help prepare for a new offensive sometime in the first half on 1916 the allied forces attempted to straighten out the line connecting Suvla and Anzac at a small hillock called Hill 60.
As Rough as Bags
Author: Ronald J. Austin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780646086002
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780646086002
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Anzac Pioneers
Author: Neville OAM. Browning
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958067485
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Unit history of the 2nd Pioneer Battalion AIF in World War 1. The history covers the formation of the battalion in Egypt in 1916 and its service on the Western Front. Anzac Pioneers chronicles the relatively unknown work of the pioneers on the Western Front, who worked in support of the infantry battalions. Eye-witness reports from contemporary diaries, letters, reports and journals of 2nd Pioneer Battalion men bring the history to life. Many of the photographs, journals and diaries are from private sources across Australia and therefore never published. The volume includes daily descriptions of life and death on the Western Front amidst battles such as Pozieres, Bullecourt, Menin Road, Amiens and Mont St Quentin. Detailed appendices include Nominal Roll, Honour Roll, Awards and Nominal Index.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958067485
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Unit history of the 2nd Pioneer Battalion AIF in World War 1. The history covers the formation of the battalion in Egypt in 1916 and its service on the Western Front. Anzac Pioneers chronicles the relatively unknown work of the pioneers on the Western Front, who worked in support of the infantry battalions. Eye-witness reports from contemporary diaries, letters, reports and journals of 2nd Pioneer Battalion men bring the history to life. Many of the photographs, journals and diaries are from private sources across Australia and therefore never published. The volume includes daily descriptions of life and death on the Western Front amidst battles such as Pozieres, Bullecourt, Menin Road, Amiens and Mont St Quentin. Detailed appendices include Nominal Roll, Honour Roll, Awards and Nominal Index.
Our Friend the Enemy
Author: David W. Cameron
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1922132756
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 667
Book Description
Our Friend the Enemy is the first detailed history of the Gallipoli campaign at Anzac since Charles Bean’s Official History. Viewed from both sides of the wire and described in first-hand accounts. Australian Captain Herbert Layh recounted that as they approached the beach on 25 April that, once we were behind cover the Turks turned their .. [fire] on us, and gave us a lively 10 minutes. A poor chap next to me was hit three times. He begged me to shoot him, but luckily for him a fourth bullet got him and put him out of his pain. Later that day, Sergeant Charles Saunders, a New Zealand engineer, described his first taste of battle, The Turks were entrenched some 50-100 yards from the edge of the face of the gully and their machine guns swept the edges. Line after line of our men went up, some lines didn’t take two paces over the crest when down they went to a man and on came another line. Gunner Recep Trudal of the Turkish 27th Regiment wrote of the fierce Turkish counter-attack on 19 May designed to push the Anzac’s back into the sea, It started at morning prayer call time, and then it went on and on, never stopped. You know there was no break for eating or anything … Attack was our command. That was what the Pasha said. Once he says “Attack”, you attack, and you either die or you survive.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1922132756
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 667
Book Description
Our Friend the Enemy is the first detailed history of the Gallipoli campaign at Anzac since Charles Bean’s Official History. Viewed from both sides of the wire and described in first-hand accounts. Australian Captain Herbert Layh recounted that as they approached the beach on 25 April that, once we were behind cover the Turks turned their .. [fire] on us, and gave us a lively 10 minutes. A poor chap next to me was hit three times. He begged me to shoot him, but luckily for him a fourth bullet got him and put him out of his pain. Later that day, Sergeant Charles Saunders, a New Zealand engineer, described his first taste of battle, The Turks were entrenched some 50-100 yards from the edge of the face of the gully and their machine guns swept the edges. Line after line of our men went up, some lines didn’t take two paces over the crest when down they went to a man and on came another line. Gunner Recep Trudal of the Turkish 27th Regiment wrote of the fierce Turkish counter-attack on 19 May designed to push the Anzac’s back into the sea, It started at morning prayer call time, and then it went on and on, never stopped. You know there was no break for eating or anything … Attack was our command. That was what the Pasha said. Once he says “Attack”, you attack, and you either die or you survive.
To Win the Battle
Author: Robert C. Stevenson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110702868X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
In 1915 the 1st Australian Division led the way ashore at Gallipoli. In 1916 it achieved the first Australian victory on the Western Front at Pozières. It was still serving with distinction in the battles that led to the defeat of the German army in 1918. To Win the Battle explains how the division rose from obscurity to forge a reputation as one of the great fighting formations of the British Empire during the First World War, forming a central part of the Anzac legend. Drawing on primary sources as well as recent scholarship, this fresh approach suggests that the early reputation of Australia's premier division was probably higher than its performance warranted. Robert Stevenson shows that the division's later success was founded on the capacity of its commanders to administer, train and adapt to the changing conditions on the battlefield, rather than on the innate qualities of its soldiers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110702868X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
In 1915 the 1st Australian Division led the way ashore at Gallipoli. In 1916 it achieved the first Australian victory on the Western Front at Pozières. It was still serving with distinction in the battles that led to the defeat of the German army in 1918. To Win the Battle explains how the division rose from obscurity to forge a reputation as one of the great fighting formations of the British Empire during the First World War, forming a central part of the Anzac legend. Drawing on primary sources as well as recent scholarship, this fresh approach suggests that the early reputation of Australia's premier division was probably higher than its performance warranted. Robert Stevenson shows that the division's later success was founded on the capacity of its commanders to administer, train and adapt to the changing conditions on the battlefield, rather than on the innate qualities of its soldiers.
Silent Voices
Author: Robert Kearney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741101751
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Provides a chronological history of the men of the Fighting Tenth - the Tenth Battalion of Australian Imperial Force (AIF) - during the Great War (1914-18). The book includes letters home from soldiers, official reports and diary entries.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741101751
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Provides a chronological history of the men of the Fighting Tenth - the Tenth Battalion of Australian Imperial Force (AIF) - during the Great War (1914-18). The book includes letters home from soldiers, official reports and diary entries.