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Auckland: Reed Books, 2002. 208pp, index, footnotes, bw ills. Pictorial card. Very light edge wear to covers. The story of the 28 (Maori) Battalion of the New Zealand Army from its formation at the onset of WWII. The Battalion gained a reputation for fearless aggression in numerous encounters in Greece, Crete, the Western Desert and Italy.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very… Read more about this item

London: Quadrant Books, 1984. 185pp + biographical index, appendix, map, bw & col ills. Green card. Light edge wear to cover. The original of this diary was buried in the cemetery at Chungkai for fear of discovery by the Japanese, and dug up in 1945. It tells the true story of the 16000 Allied POWs that died during the construction… Read more about this item

Bungendore, NSW: The Author, 1980. 295pp + 2 folding charts, maps, tables, appendix, bw ills. Pictorial green card. Bottom front corner creased, light rubbing. SIGNED by author on half-title page. The history of the medical stores services of the Australian Army. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Melbourne: Mostly Unsung Military History, 1992. xii, 231pp, subscriber list, appendices, nominal roll, bw ills, map. Brown cloth in jacket. Slightest of edge wear to jacket with crease to front flap. Unit history of the 4th Anti-tank Regiment of the Royal Australian Artillery in WWII. From the formation of the Regiment at Puckapunyal to the Japanese onslaught down the Malayan… Read more about this item

Adelaide: The Author, 1991. xix, 300pp, index, bibliography, nominal rolls, endnotes, appendices, num bw ills. Pictorial glossy boards in jacket. Ex-public library with 2 stamps, slight scuff to front free endpaper. Offset toning to endpapers, minor edge wear to jacket. The 121st Australian General Transport Company (AIF) in WWII, mainly stationed in the Northern Territory.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item

San Jose: R. James Bender Publishing, 1987. 272pp, index, bibliography, 10 appendices, bw ills, maps. Pictorial boards. Light foxing to boards, edges and prelims. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Farnham, Surrey, UK: Rosignoli, 1980. 120pp + 40 bw plates at rear, map, bibliography, appendices. Pictorial card. A few light marks to covers, very small scuff at top of spine and prev owner stamp on title page. SIGNED by author at top of title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: The Author, 1995. xvi, 280pp, index, bibliography, appendices, honours/awards, bw ills, + several errata slips, amended index and another related article loosely inserted. Pictorial card. Near new. The enlisted voluntary aids and others who became members of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service and served from 1941-1951.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Ballarat, Victoria.: The Author, 2000. 35pp, map, bw ills, repertoire. Pictorial card. As new. The reproduction of photos is not the best quality but a scarce history of a regimental band during WWII.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Melbourne: 2/11th Australian Army Field Regiment Association, 1989. viii, 215pp, nominal and honour rolls, bw ills, maps. Blue cloth in jacket. A couple of small insect spots on lower fore-edge, very light foxing to prelims. An excellent copy of this hard to find unit history. The unit saw action in the Middle East and New Guinea.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

Australia: The Author, 1987. Paginated in parts (approx 180pp), maps, appendices, Rolls of Honour. Pale green card with green plastic comb binding. Slightest of edge wear. Unclear whether this is a stencilled manuscript or stencilled publication. The frontis portrait is of poor quality.The history covers both World Wars and the inter-war period. Extensive Rolls of Honour by Battalion.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

Canberra: The Author, 2000. 265pp, appendices, bibliography, bw ills, maps (some folding). Pictorial card. Near new. The 3rd Australian Infantry Brigade was part of Australia's northern defences during WWII both in Darwin and Townsville.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Melbourne: The Author, 2002. x, 230pp, index, appendices, nominal roll, bw ills, maps. Pictorial card. Near new. Includes loose certificate stating For ..... From One of the "Gunners of the Sixteenth" With Best Wishes" and SIGNED by the author. The 'for' name has not been filled in. The certificate is slightly larger than the book hence some edge wear. More… Read more about this item

Bassendean, WA: Advance Press, 2002. HEAVY. 607pp, nominal index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills.NOTE: includes 28th Battalion, 7th Brigade bookmark loosely inserted. Gray cloth in jacket. Jacket a bit faded on spine, moderate edge wear and very short tears to jacket, gutter cracked at title page but holding firm. No date c2002. INITIALED with personaised inscription by author on front free… Read more about this item

Sydney: 2/2 Aust. Inf. Bn. Assoc. (printed by Printcraft Press), 1977. x, 454pp, index, 20 appendices, nominal roll, honour roll, bw illsmaps. Or green cloth in jacket. Minor rubbing to bottom of boards, jackety rubbed at folds with several very short tears to edge, signs of spine label having been removed. Stamp of the Royal Australian History Society on copyright… Read more about this item

Sydney: Seventeenth Australian Infantry Brigade, 1944. 144pp, num bw ills. Brown card. Covers rubbed and creased, moderate foxing. The 17th Brigade saw action in every theatre of WWII apart from Malaya.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to.

Melbourne: 26th Battalion Reunion Association, 1992. xiv, 194pp, list of subscribers, bibliography, appendices (inc nominal roll), bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Blue cloth in jacket. Very slight fading to jacket spine, very light edge wear to jacket, ruubed at front flap fold with 2 tiny holes. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page. Excellent unit history of the 26th Infantry… Read more about this item

Sydney: The Author, 2014. xiii, 557pp, index, bibliography, endnotes, nominal rolls, appendices, bw ills. Black cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. The 2/40 Battalion-mainly Tasmanians- were sent to garrison an airfield in Dutch Timor immediately after the Japanese entered WWII. Assigned a hopeless military task with misguided strategy they were captured a week after the fall of… Read more about this item

Sydney: Australian Military History Publications., 2001. xvi, 288pp, index, appendices, nominal roll, glossary, maps, bw ills. Pictorial glossy boards. As new. The 61st Australian Infntry Battalion was sent to Milne Bay in mid-1942 and within weeks found itself in the front line against the Japanese. The inexperiencedmilitia battalion soon learned on the job, as they slowed and stopped the first… Read more about this item

Sydney: 2/5th Australian General hospital Association, 1988. 279pp, personel list, num bw ills. Brown boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket, light foxing to endpapers. 2/5th AGH at Darwin, Palestine, Greece, Crete, Eritrea, New Guinea, Morotai and POW Europe. Scarce first edition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.