Owner and donor details, see Cat. No. 5836.3.Hard cover book with dust cover. Cover - cardboard with navy blue buckram. Gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, black colour print on yellow background, front and spine. Front illustration - black print of RAN portrait. Back cover, sepia tones, photograph of trucks and boats dockside. 384 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. End papers front and back - maps.books, military history, ww2, ran, autobiography

Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3. "HALF A LIFE" "The Diary of a Tobruk Rat". From foreword "The man and soldier about whom this book is written is QX8135, Private E.H. (Snowy) ROSELT and the story is written by his daughter" Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard with paper adhered. Brown and black colour print on front, spine and back with dark beige background. Illustrated front to back - black print silhouette of a "Garry (Snowy) Roselt at Post R20, Tobruk - 1941". 197 pages - cut , plain, white paper. Illustrated - black and white photographs and maps. Front and back end papers - illustrated, sepia toned pages of a diary. front end papers - owners signature and author's signature.Front end papers - handwritten owner's information blue ink "B.D. Carr/ V6/32 Jan St/ Cheltenham, 3192" Handwritten author's signature black ink "Kind Regards/Marge Smith/ 28 Jan 1999"books, military history, ww2, tobruk, biography

Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.Hard cover book with dust cover. Hard cover - cardboard, pale blue colour linen look buckram paper. Gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, gold, black and white print on front, spine and back with pale blue background. Illustrated - front (top) 2 Tobruk soldiers (bottom) patrol moving through barbed wire entanglements. Back - wounded soldier. 580 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Black and white photographs and maps. End papers - front and back - illustrated sepia tones - half portraits of "General Field Marshal Rommel and Corporal John Edmondson AIF".books, military history, ww2, campaigns, tobruk

Owner and donor details, see Cat No. 5836.3. "HMAS TOBRUK/ UNITED STATES/ CANADA/ DEPLOYMENT/ 1989" 101 day long cruise 1989 30 January - 10 May.Hard cover book. Cover - cardboard with black colour buckram, gold print on front and spine. Illustrated front - gold print HMAS TOBRUK Ships crest. 147 pages - cut, plain, white. Illustrated - pictorial book, black and white and colour photographs.books, military history, ran, hmas tobruk

Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3. "The Paths I've Trod / Autobiography of an Australian Nurse"Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, brown print on front, spine and back. Illustrated two sepia toned photographs - front 1/2 portrait of author (1940, back - author receiving her Bachelor of Arts. 249 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs. Title page and endpapers back - handwritten signature and notes.Title page - handwritten, blue ink, author's signature "E. Burchill B.A., B Lits, R.N., R.M., I.W. (AUTHOR)/ Melbourne/ 1987" End papers - back - handwritten, blue ink. ("David/ 855937") name and no's have been crossed out.books, military history, ww2, nurses

Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, red, black and green print on front, spine and back. Illustrated front - red, black and green colour cartoon of two men with tools. Back - cartoon portrait of author. 88 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Biographical stories and black and white cartoon illustrations. Front end paper - handwritten notes.Front end paper - handwritten notes, grey lead pencil "$6.95/ NID"books, military history, ww2, cartoons

Owner and donor details - See Cat No. 5836.3.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, black print on front and spine. Illustrated front, black ink, Rising Sun Badge above light green and dark green unit colour patch. Dark green background. 175 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps.books, military history, aif, ww2

Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3,Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, black and white colour print on front, spine and back. Background, white, red and black. Illustrated map, South East Asia and three red, and white flags. 262 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs, maps and drawings.books, military history, ww2, pow's

Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, dark green print on front, spine and back. Illustrated sepia tones, three small photographs superimposed over indistinct photograph, front, back two small photographs. 153 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs, maps and drawings.books, military history, ww2

Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.SOFT COVER BOOK. Cover - cardboard, white colour print on front, red colour background. Illustrated - front, colour photograph of a vehicle on a flat top railway wagon. 134 pages - cut, plain, semi gloss, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs, maps and papers. Page 1. handwritten signature.Page 1 - handwritten in blue ink - signature "Aubrey Jarrott".books, military history, ww1, ww2, biography

Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3.Hard cover book with dust cover. Cover - cardboard, with yellow buckram. Gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, cream colour print on front and spine. Illustrated in black and white, a collection of ten photographs and artwork. 323 pages - cut, plain, white paper, Illustrated - colour and black and white photographs, posters, drawings and artwork. Front and back end papers - illustrated sepia tones photograph of troops and barbed wire in silhouette. Front end paper - handwritten name.Front end paper - handwritten blue ink signature "Ron Bollard".books, military history, pictorial books

Owner and donor details - see Cat No. 5836.3. This book has been written in Polish - a number of photographs have captions with Australian Cities named. Appears to be an Association history.Soft cover book. Cover cardboard, red and black print on front and back. Off white background. Illustrated - grey print, crowned eagle emblem with the word "TOBRUK". Back - map in black and white. 185 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated - black and white photographs and maps.books, military history, ww2, polish

"BECAUSE OUR FATHERS LIED" "FROM BOER/ TO WORLD WAR:/ AUSTRALIA'S/ BAPTISM BY FIRE". "Australian soldiers sent needlessly to their death during the Boer and Great War"Soft cover - cardboard, white and red print on front, spine and back. Black background, illustrated black and white photograph, view through an arched window of a graveyard, soldier in uniform, church and buildings in background - on front. "Book Illustration "Monochrome black and red colour indistinct archway with poppies. 292 pages, cut, plain, white, No illustrations. Signature on Title Page.Title page - handwritten in blue ink "Paula Astridge"books, military history, boer war, ww1, biography

Soft cover book Soft cover - cardboard, brown and beige colour print on front, spine and back. Front illustration - sepia, half portrait of two soldiers in uniform. 323 pages - cut, off white, illustrated black & white photographs and map.books, military history, ww1

Hard cover book with dust cover. Hard cover - cardboard, gold colour buckram with white print front and spine. Dust cover - paper, with folded edges top and bottom. Dark grey coloured background with white and gold print on front, spine and back. Illustrated with front two two red poppies and names frtom Roll of Honour. Illustrations on spine - in colour portion of stained glass windows. 611 pages, cut, plain white, illustrated in colour, black and white photographs. Front and back end papers - dark grey colour, illustrated monochrome photographs. Bookmark - ribbon - brown. books, military history, australian war memorial

Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, white print on front, spine and back. Background illustrated in grey monochrome front.- Walled city and fort, with image of Victoria Cross and Ribbon in colour. Back - on parade personnel with gun carriages. 311 pages, cut, plain white.books, military history, biography

Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, black print on front and spine. Illustrated background, colour (light) picture of a landscape. Front below title - colour photograph of group of men marching on parade. Two men at front holding banner. Back cover in colour - "Rats of Tobruk" emblem. 172 pages, cut, plain white, illustrated black and white photographs, many portraits. End papers - colour copy. Extra paper - one, colour illustration of Siege of Tobruk" . Colour patches. Title page - donation information.Biography of Bendigo's Rats of Tobruk"books, military, ww2, local history

"Australian War Diary" Australian Armed Force4s in a Changing World: 1870 - 2010.Hard cover book Hardcover cardboard with Glossy paper finish. White print on front, spine and back. Cover black and white and colour illustrations - montage of photographs in strips top and bottom, front to back of various Armed Forces scene. 303 pages, cut, plain white paper. Illustrated black and white and colour photographs, posters and paintings.books, military history, australia

From the front cover " REMEMBERING THOSE/ DESPARATE DAYS/ WHEN THE JAPANESE/ DROPPED 683 BOMBS ON DARWIN IN THE/ FIRST EVER ATTACK/ ON AUSTRALIA BY/ AN ENEMY FORCE/ AND THE 62 OTHER RAIDS/ OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, yellow and black print on front, spine and back. Illustrated front - colour photograph of a beach scene, back - small colour photograph of the author's superimposed over colour photograph of a beach scene. 368 pages, cut, plain, glossy white, illustrated black and white and colour photographs, maps and documents. DVD Plastic, adhered to back end paper.books, military history, darwin, ww2

Juvenile fiction, diary of a 14 year old soldier to land at ANZAC Cove 25th April 1915. The book is dedicated to the Fighting 10th/1st AIF, 3rd brigade and Clifford Claudias Schroder 1st Div Signal Company.Book, soft cover cardboard, dark green and black print on front, spine and back covers, front cover illustrated B & W photograph of “Troops landing at Gallipoli Cove Gallipoli 1915”, back cover has small black silhouette of a slouch hat.books military, history, juvenile fiction, ww!

"The Sir John Monash Centre tells the remarkable story of Australia's men and women who served on the Western Front a century ago"Soft cover, cardboard, front and back covers, yellow and white print on front cover and spine, 220 pages, B & W and colour, maps, photos, paintings.books, military, history, wwi

"This is a revised edition of the original 1919 Regimental History" "From the beaches of Anzac Cove to the gas ridden trenches of the Western Front" "The pyramids to the rolling plains of Stone Henge" "Ground traversed by the Twenty-Second (Victorian) Infantry Battalion during World War One"Hard cover book with dust cover. Hard cover cardboard with grey coloured buckram , gold coloured print on front and spine. Illustrated with purple over red diamond colour patch. Dust cover, paper, pinkish/orange glossy coloured background, purple coloured print on front, spine and back. Illustrated with purple over red diamond colour patch (small) front and back and black and white photograph of a group of soldiers 'somewhere in France. 245 pages, cut, plain, semi gloss white. Illustrated - black and white photographs and maps.Front fly leaf - printed donation label - "Donated by 39th Australian Infantry Battalion (1941-43) Association Inc www.39battalion.com" Top right front flyleaf - printed label with handwritten in black ink "No. 120 of 500"books, military, history, wwi

Stories from the 39th Battalion 1941-43, Kokoda to Gona. 70th Anniversary Edition of the Kokoda Track operations, WWII.Hard cover book with dust cover (dust cover same as book). Hard cover - cardboard with dark green glossy coloured background. White and gold print on front, spine and back. Front - illustrated black and green toned photograph of 2 soldiers in uniform in jungle. Back - black and white photograph of 7 soldiers. Brown over red oval colour patch front and back. Front and back flyleaf and end papers illustrated dark green and white maps. 320 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated black and white photographs, portraits, documents and maps.Opposite Title Page - printed donation label - "Donated by 39th Australian Infantry Battalion (1941 - 43) Association Inc. www.39battalion.com” books, military, history, wwii

"Narrative of the service history of the Fifth (Victorian) Infantry Battalion 1st AIF". "A remarkable testimony of their sacrifice in the First World War".Hard cover with dust cover. Hard cover, cardboard with black coloured buckraw, red print on front and spine. Front - illustrated - silhouette drawing of soldier in uniform Back - black and white photograph of 2 soldiers on camel back. Small black over red rectangular colour patch front and back 342 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated black and white photographs, portraits, maps and documents.Opposite Title Page - printed donation label - "Donated by 39th Australian Infantry Battalion (1941-1943) Association Inc. www.39battalion.com"books, military, history, wwi

Hard cover book with dust cover. Hard cover - cardboard, black buckraw with gold print on spine. Dust cover - paper, black, brown and white print on front, spine and back. Front image - in black, grey tones, photograph of Observers scan the enemy lines for targets on 30 April 1915." 376 pages, wt, plain, white, illustrated in black and white and colour photographs and maps. Owners label - opposite page to Title page.Analysis of the Artillery at ANZACbooks, military history, anzac, ww1, artillery

Hard cover book with dust cover. Hard cover - cardboard, black, brown, white and red print on front, back and spine. Front - colour poster type illustration of three figures, male in uniform, woman and child. Dust cover - paper with glossy colour finish, same as hard cover. 244 pages, cut, plain, white, illustrated with black and white photographs.non-fictionA book which studies the Australian home front in depth and detail. books, military history, australians at home

.1) Property of Howard M DAY. .2) A digest of happenings in Australia 1940 - 1945, distributed by the Red Cross. Both items issued to Howard Maxwell DAY VX31282, 2nd AIF. Refer Reg No 92.2 for service details also 87, 88, 89, 90..1) Red leatherette covered book, 128 pages. Titled The Australian Soldier's Pocket Book. .2) Soft covered green book, 96 pages. Titled While You Were Away. books - military, diaries, documents - notebooks

Contains information on services, sport, currency & cinemas, as well as advertisements for shops. Issued to Howard Maxwell DAY VX31282, 2nd AIF. Refer Reg No 92.2 for service details also 87, 88, 89, 91.2.Book, rectangular, light grey cardboard covers, 48 pages. Faded blue inside cover. Fold-out map of Alexandria inside rear cover.Handwritten in red ink top right corner front cover: H M Day. Middle centre front cover: Services Guide to Alexandriabooks - military, travel, alexandria

Items belonged to Arnold Oakley JORDAN TX3528 (Tasmanian) POW. Refer Cat No 176 for his service history..1) Book. 'Return to Civil Life.' Paperback, white writing on dark blue, red, and light blue cover. .2) Document 'Discharged Servicemen's Clothing Priority Form.' No. 41233 re TX3528, Jordan, A.O. .3) Booklet. 'Information for Forces in the Far East on Recovery’. Dated 30th Sept. 1945 - light brown in colour. .4) Document, relating to 'Grant of Proficiency Pay' from 15.8.45 re Mr. A.O.Jordanbooks-military, documents-letters

The Author Arnold Oakley JORDAN enlisted in the 2nd AIF No TX3528 on 21.6.40 age 28 years 9 months. Posted to 2/40th Bn 25.6.1940, hospital with Influenza 24.8.1940, rejoin unit 9.9.1940, appointed group 3 Nursing Orderly and posted to 2/4 ACCS, embarked for Singapore 1.2 1941, hospital 23.5.1941 with Acute Tonsilitis, hospital 24.12.1941 with Malaria, rejoin unit 17.1.1942, reported missing 16.2.1942 (POW) Malaya, reported alive in Siam 22.8.1945, recovered in Siam 22.8.1945, embark for Australia 18.10.1945, evacuated to 111 AGH then 2/1st Con Depot, discharged from the 2nd AIF 23.1.1946. ACCS (Aust Casualty Clearing Station) AGH (Aust General Hospital) Siam (Thailand) Con Depot (Convalescent Depot)Paperback book written by Arnold Jordan. Japanese flag on front cover. Handwriting on page 3. Gift inscription inside.books, military, pow’s, ww2