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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Ryan, Merv J, Vietnam Conscript
the author served in the Vietnam conflict and has drawn on his knowledge and experience to present this powerful story of two young men, one militant and aggressive, the other basically a pacifist, who are conscripted and sent to fight on the jungle.fictionthe author served in the Vietnam conflict and has drawn on his knowledge and experience to present this powerful story of two young men, one militant and aggressive, the other basically a pacifist, who are conscripted and sent to fight on the jungle.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- fiction, conscription -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Rowe, John, Count Your Dead: A Novel of Vietnam. (Copy 2), 1968
... - Fiction War stories John Rowe puts his fingers into the open ...John Rowe puts his fingers into the open wounds of the Vietnam War. His book hursts, but it is essential reading for those who want to understand the warJohn Rowe puts his fingers into the open wounds of the Vietnam War. His book hursts, but it is essential reading for those who want to understand the war vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, war stories -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Australia. Dept. of Veteran's Affairs, Bravo: Recollections and Reflections of the Veteran Community: Story Writing and Art Competition, 2012, 2012
True Wartime Experience; True Life Experience; Fiction; Poetry; Women and War; Art; Craft; PhotographyTrue Wartime Experience; True Life Experience; Fiction; Poetry; Women and War; Art; Craft; Photographyenglish literature - competitions, veterans - services for - australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Krasnoff, Stan, Where To? For Valour: The Keith Payne Story (Copy 1)
A True Story...Keith Payne's citation for the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration awarded in the British Commonwealth for valour, reads like a touch of madness.A True Story...Keith Payne's citation for the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration awarded in the British Commonwealth for valour, reads like a touch of madness.australia. australian army - officers - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, keith payne, victoria cross, aattv -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Krasnoff, Stan, Where To? For Valour: The Keith Payne Story (Copy 2)
A True Story...Keith Payne's citation for the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration awarded in the British Commonwealth for valour, reads like a touch of madness.A True Story...Keith Payne's citation for the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration awarded in the British Commonwealth for valour, reads like a touch of madness.australia. australian army - officers - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, military decorations, keith payne, victoria cross, aattv -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Count your dead: a Novel of Vietnam. (Copy 1), 1968
... - Fiction War stories Count your dead: a Novel of Vietnam. (Copy 1 ...vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, war stories -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Merle Reiffel, Story of Italian taken prisoner of war in Africa and sent to Tatura
Fiction based on true story. Story of Italian taken prisoner of war in Africa and sent to Tatura, Australia. He is billeted out to a farmer at Tylden, Central Victoria. Describes life on the farm. Returns to Italy after war but then returns to the Victorian farm. Marries and moves to Gilgarre. His son becomes a league football player, Adrian Batterson. Attached are two photos of people in the story.A4 folder with 8 pages. 2 photos included.italian pow, adrian batterson, billeting, farm life -
Unions Ballarat
The fall of the Russian Empire (Don Woodward Collection), James, Donald, 1982
Futuristic/fiction novel. The story includes issues of power and food riots in Russia; political assassination; political imprisonment and eventual revolt; civil war.Fictional/political. Particular relevance to Russia.Book; 509 pages. Front cover: black and white background; picture of red star; yellow and white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, russia, politburo, ukraine, political imprisonment, civil wars, civil disobedience, politics and government -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Non-fiction book, Khaki and Green With The Australian Army at Home and Overseas, 1943
Stories from Australian fighting men. Successor to "Active Service" and "Soldier On"Hardcover book, khaki green cover -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Book - non-fiction book, As you were 1949. Stories from serving WWII service men and women, 1949
stories written by service personnel both men and womenkhaki green hardcover bookas you were, 1949, non-fiction, world war two, second world war, wwii, ww2 -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Non-fiction book, These Eagles. The story of the RAAF at war, 1942
the contribution of the RAAF to WWIIKhaki greenWings on bottom of hardcover -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
soft cover non-fiction book, D-Day As They Saw It, 1994
The extraordinary and compelling story of June 6, 1944 and the battle for Normandy is told here through first-hand testimonies from civilians and soldiers on both sides. D-Day: As They Saw It features classic accounts by soldiers such as Rommel and Bradley, together with frontline reports by some of the world's finest authors and war correspondents, including Ernest Hemingway and Alan Melville. Published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Normandy landings, highlights of this unique collection include the break-out from Omaha beach as told by the GI who led it, a French housewife's story of what it was like to wake up to the invasion, German soldiers' accounts of finding themselves facing the biggest seaborne invasion in history, a view from the command post by a member of Eisenhower's staff, combat reports, diaries and letters of British veterans of all forces and services, and accounts of the follow-up battle for Normandy, one of the bloodiest struggles of the warForeword by Field Marshall Lord Carversoft cover book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Hard cover non-fiction book, Australian War Memorial, SIGNALS Story of the Australian Corps of Signals, 1944
"Signals" is an outline of the achievements of the Australian Corps of Signals over the years from the campaigns in the Middle East to the present day of the victories in New Guinea.The rise of the Australian Signal Corpsblue hard cover non-fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, The Footsoldier (Rebuilding the past)
What can the life of the modern professional soldier have in common with a Roman legionary, a Frankish warrior, or the musketeer of the English Civil War? The Footsoldier tells the story from the personal viewpoint of individual soldiers over the last 2,500 years. With stories ranging from Timocrates of Athens -- practising his shield and sword skills at the gymnasium -- to Corporal Joe Borelli, US 2nd Armored Division -- complaining about 'C' rations after more than eighteen months active service in World War II Europe -- a clear account of the development of warfare emerges, with no lack of insight into its prizes and its costs. Detailed information about uniforms and equipment is accompanied by superb color illustrations. ..".informative, exciting, accurate and realistic."part of a serieshard cover bookStamped "Withdrawn from Moorabbin Library" -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Convoy Publications, Eureka stockade, 1949
The intriguing literary phenomenon of the revival of interest in the story of Eureka Stockade in Australia is discussed. The reason for the revival and a number of publications on the subject is that it began when Australia was not only involved in war, but when, for the first time, she faced a real and imminent danger of invasion.Ill, p.208.fictionThe intriguing literary phenomenon of the revival of interest in the story of Eureka Stockade in Australia is discussed. The reason for the revival and a number of publications on the subject is that it began when Australia was not only involved in war, but when, for the first time, she faced a real and imminent danger of invasion. australia - fiction, eureka stockade - motion picture -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Readers Library, The dawn patrol, 1914-1918
... 1914-1918 - Fiction War stories - English The dawn patrol ...The dawn patrol was novelized by Guy Fowler from the first national and vitaphone picture, directed by Howard Hawks and is based on an original story by John Monk Saunders.p.188.fictionThe dawn patrol was novelized by Guy Fowler from the first national and vitaphone picture, directed by Howard Hawks and is based on an original story by John Monk Saunders.world war 1914-1918 - fiction, war stories - english -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell, The Cruel sea, 1953
Based on the author's own vivid experiences, The Cruel Sea is the nail-biting story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys during World War II.Darting back and forth across the icy North Atlantic, Compass Rose played a deadly cat-and-mouse game with packs of German U-boats lying in wait beneath the ocean waves.Packed with tension and vivid descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts, this tale of the most bitter and chilling campaign of the war tells of ordinary men who had to master their own fears before they could face a brutal menace--one which would strike without warning from the deep.p.416.fictionBased on the author's own vivid experiences, The Cruel Sea is the nail-biting story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys during World War II.Darting back and forth across the icy North Atlantic, Compass Rose played a deadly cat-and-mouse game with packs of German U-boats lying in wait beneath the ocean waves.Packed with tension and vivid descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts, this tale of the most bitter and chilling campaign of the war tells of ordinary men who had to master their own fears before they could face a brutal menace--one which would strike without warning from the deep. world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - britain, world war 1939-1945 - fiction -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Wyatt & Watts, The snow goose, 1948
A curious story involving not only the Snow Goose, the Canada-bred wanderer of the airways, but also a couple and their travels.p.64fictionA curious story involving not only the Snow Goose, the Canada-bred wanderer of the airways, but also a couple and their travels.world war 1939-1945 - fiction, world war 1939-1945 - dunkirk evacuation -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Martha Finley (Martha Farquharson et al, Mildred's Boys and Girls, copyright 1886, 1914
A family story of Mildred's life with her children and husband set in the time of the Civil War in America. The Landreths harbour a family of fugitive slaves and fear the possibility of sending fathers, sons brothers and cousins off to fight. Strong religious themes throughout.Tan coloured floral fabric hardcover novel, Mildred's Boys and Girls by Martha Finley (Martha Farquharson) with black lettering for title and author. Spine has title, author and publisher in black lettering and a coloured flower.fictionA family story of Mildred's life with her children and husband set in the time of the Civil War in America. The Landreths harbour a family of fugitive slaves and fear the possibility of sending fathers, sons brothers and cousins off to fight. Strong religious themes throughout.family life fiction, civil war united states, children's fiction, religious fiction -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Leo Tolstoy et al, Childhood, boyhood and youth, 1912
Tolstoy's first published novel and the beginning of his Autobiographical Trilogy. Written when he was just twenty-three years old and stationed at a remote army outpost in the Caucasus Mountains, Childhood won Leo Tolstoy immediate fame and critical praise years before works like War and Peace and Anna Karenina would bring him to the forefront of Russian literature. It is the story of the ten-year-old son of a wealthy Russian landowner in the mid-1800s, as told by the child himself. Not a mere chronicle of events and characters, the novel is an intense study of the boy's inner life and his reactions to the world around him. With an intricacy of thought and substance, Tolstoy describes the everyday thoughts of a child-innocent and mischievous, bold and afraid, and curious above all. Childhood, followed by Boyhood and Youth, is the first part of Tolstoy's semiautobiographical series, originally planned as a quartet tentatively called the "Four Epochs of Growth." The completed works together form a remarkable expression of the great Russian novelist's early voice and vision, which would ultimately make him one of the most renowned and revered authors in literary history.p.314.Tolstoy's first published novel and the beginning of his Autobiographical Trilogy. Written when he was just twenty-three years old and stationed at a remote army outpost in the Caucasus Mountains, Childhood won Leo Tolstoy immediate fame and critical praise years before works like War and Peace and Anna Karenina would bring him to the forefront of Russian literature. It is the story of the ten-year-old son of a wealthy Russian landowner in the mid-1800s, as told by the child himself. Not a mere chronicle of events and characters, the novel is an intense study of the boy's inner life and his reactions to the world around him. With an intricacy of thought and substance, Tolstoy describes the everyday thoughts of a child-innocent and mischievous, bold and afraid, and curious above all. Childhood, followed by Boyhood and Youth, is the first part of Tolstoy's semiautobiographical series, originally planned as a quartet tentatively called the "Four Epochs of Growth." The completed works together form a remarkable expression of the great Russian novelist's early voice and vision, which would ultimately make him one of the most renowned and revered authors in literary history. rusian fiction, leo tolstoy 1828-1910 -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Mannin, Ethel, Julie : the story of a dance-hostess, 1939
176 p. : plain red cover, title and author's name hand written on spine.fictionfiction, ethel mannin -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Wilson, Margaret, The able McLaughlins, 1925
A story of life in Iowa after the American Civil War, focused on a family which originated in Scotland.254 p. : plain red cover, brown tape along spine, with remnants of paper labels. (Original dust jacket removed.)fictionA story of life in Iowa after the American Civil War, focused on a family which originated in Scotland.fiction, margaret wilson -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Hill, Anthony, Animal Heroes, 2005
Here are twenty-one fascinating stories about the forgotten heroes of war: animals who have served beside Australian ForcesThrilling true stories of animals who have worked and played alongside Australia's fighting forces.fictionHere are twenty-one fascinating stories about the forgotten heroes of war: animals who have served beside Australian Forcesanimals - war use - fiction, animal heroes - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, French, Albert, Patches of Fire: A Story of War and Redemption
An extraordinary, tumbling, sweaty, proface torrent of prose. It is mesmeric.An extraordinary, tumbling, sweaty, proface torrent of prose. It is mesmeric. 1961-1975 - african americans - fiction, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - veterans - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Dodge, Ed, Dau: A Novel Of Vietnam
... Vietnamese conflict 1961-1975 - Fiction War stories Nam ...Nam: Not the way it was supposed to be. The way it was.Nam: Not the way it was supposed to be. The way it was.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - fiction, war stories -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Foley, Dennis, Long Range Patrol: A Novel of Vietnam (Copy 2)
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Fiction War stories Must reading ...Must reading for every Ranger candidate. Highly authentic.Must reading for every Ranger candidate. Highly authentic.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, war stories -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Pronzini, Bill and Greenberg, Martin, War stories
Some of the worst conflicts ever witnessed are chronicled in this comprehensive collection of war stories.fictionSome of the worst conflicts ever witnessed are chronicled in this comprehensive collection of war stories.short stories, english, world war, 1939-1945 - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Wilson, Mark, Vietnam Diary
The story through a childs mind.The story through a childs mind. 1961-1975 - juvenile literature, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - juvenile fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Gaye, Carol, Air Force girl : a romantic novel, 1941
Romantic fiction set during World War II.251 p. : blue-green cover with brown spine. Section of original dust jacket pasted to front, summary of story pasted inside front cover.fictionRomantic fiction set during World War II.fiction, romance, carol gaye -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Mannin, Ethel, Darkness my bride, 1938
Intertwined story of the lives of two young men in the 1930s, set against the background of European politics and the Spanish Civil War.296 p. : black cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to front, with image of a woman with dark hair, in black robe. Title and author's name hand printed on spine.Intertwined story of the lives of two young men in the 1930s, set against the background of European politics and the Spanish Civil War.fiction, ethel mannin