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Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Angus and Robertson, Bluey Truscott : Squadron Leader Keith William Truscott, RAAF, DFC and Bar, 1958
Biography of Keith William Truscott ('Bluey') concentrating on his service during World War II. Truscott, born at Prahran, Melbourne became one of Australia's best-known flying aces of the Second World War. Already famous as a footballer, playing Australian Rules for Melbourne's premiership team in 1939, Truscott enlisted in the RAAF in 1940 amidst considerable publicity.Ill, p.202.non-fictionBiography of Keith William Truscott ('Bluey') concentrating on his service during World War II. Truscott, born at Prahran, Melbourne became one of Australia's best-known flying aces of the Second World War. Already famous as a footballer, playing Australian Rules for Melbourne's premiership team in 1939, Truscott enlisted in the RAAF in 1940 amidst considerable publicity.world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia, world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - australia -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Collins, The wooden horse, 1955
The Wooden Horse is a superbly told story of the most ingenious and daring escape of the Second World War. The book became a modern classic. This revised and expanded edition tells the tale. The escape itself was conceived on classical lines. The Greeks built a wooden horse and by means of it got into the city of Troy In 1943 two British officers built a wooden horse and by means of it got out of a German prison camp. Together with a third companion, they were the only British prisoners ever to escape.Ill, p.256.non-fiction The Wooden Horse is a superbly told story of the most ingenious and daring escape of the Second World War. The book became a modern classic. This revised and expanded edition tells the tale. The escape itself was conceived on classical lines. The Greeks built a wooden horse and by means of it got into the city of Troy In 1943 two British officers built a wooden horse and by means of it got out of a German prison camp. Together with a third companion, they were the only British prisoners ever to escape. world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war, world war 1939 1945 - escapes -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook - The Great Escape, Faber & Faber, 1951
With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored german uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from the German "ferrets" who prowled the compounds with nerve-racking tenacity and suspicion. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb.Ill, p.263.non-fictionWith only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored german uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from the German "ferrets" who prowled the compounds with nerve-racking tenacity and suspicion. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war, world war 1939 1945 - escapes -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, T. Nelson, An atlas-history of the Second Great War : v. 7. July 1942 to January 1943, 1943
An atlas of the war from 1942 to 1943Ill, p.111.non-fictionAn atlas of the war from 1942 to 1943world war 1939-1945 - atlases, world war 1939-1945 - history -
Wodonga & District Historical Society IncBook - Tobruk to Turkey : with the Army of the Nile, Frank Clune, 1949
One of a series of travel books produced by Frank Clune. This volume details his travels and observances in the Middle East during 1942. Clune was an honorary commissioner of the Australian Comforts Fund. Clune allegedly “left a very bad impression” on General Sir Thomas Blamey for his ‘irregular methods and indiscreet utterances’ about the British ‘only playing at war’. Blamey therefore ensured that Clune was subject to military censorship. Royalties from this book and funds raised during a lecture tour promoting it in 1943 were donated to the Australia Comforts Fund to whose voluntary workers it is dedicated.non-fictionOne of a series of travel books produced by Frank Clune. This volume details his travels and observances in the Middle East during 1942. Clune was an honorary commissioner of the Australian Comforts Fund. Clune allegedly “left a very bad impression” on General Sir Thomas Blamey for his ‘irregular methods and indiscreet utterances’ about the British ‘only playing at war’. Blamey therefore ensured that Clune was subject to military censorship. Royalties from this book and funds raised during a lecture tour promoting it in 1943 were donated to the Australia Comforts Fund to whose voluntary workers it is dedicated. world war 11, world war 1939 - 1945, middle east -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, McMillan and Co, The great ship ; and, Rabelais replies : two conversations, 1944
Fictional conversations in the context of the Second World warp.65.fictionFictional conversations in the context of the Second World warworld war 1939-1945 - fiction, imaginary conversations -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume one: The gathering storm, 1950
Volume one of a six volume history of the second world warIndex, p.601non-fictionVolume one of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume two: Their finest hour, 1950
Volume two of a six volume history of the second world warIndex, p.556.non-fictionVolume two of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume two: Their finest hour, 1950
Volume two of a six volume history of the second world warIndex, p.556.non-fictionVolume two of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume three: The grand alliance, 1950
Volume three of a six volume history of the second world warIndex, p.629.non-fictionVolume three of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume four: The hinge of fate, 1950
Volume four of a six volume history of the second world warIndex, p.743.non-fictionVolume four of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume five: Closing the ring, 1950
Volume five of a six volume history of the second world warIndex, p.558.non-fictionVolume five of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume six: Triumph and tragedy, 1950
Volume six of a six volume history of the second world warIndex, p.584.non-fictionVolume six of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Cassell and Co, The second world war: Abridged one-volume edition with a new epilogue on the years 1945 to 1957, 1950
Abridges one volume edition of the six volume history of the second world warIndex, maps, p.973.non-fictionAbridges one volume edition of the six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Australian War Memorial, To Benghazi, 1953
Between the wars A second A.I.F. The volunteers To the Middle East After the fall of France Victory at Sidi Barrani Before Bardia The battle of Bardia The capture of Tobruk The engagement at Derna Beda Fomm and Benghazi The capture of Giarabub Appendixes : 1. The A.I.F. in the United Kingdom ; 2. The 6th Division's operation order for the capture of Bardia ; 3. Abbreviations ; 4. A.I.F. colour patches, 1941.Index, ill, maps, p.312.non-fictionBetween the wars A second A.I.F. The volunteers To the Middle East After the fall of France Victory at Sidi Barrani Before Bardia The battle of Bardia The capture of Tobruk The engagement at Derna Beda Fomm and Benghazi The capture of Giarabub Appendixes : 1. The A.I.F. in the United Kingdom ; 2. The 6th Division's operation order for the capture of Bardia ; 3. Abbreviations ; 4. A.I.F. colour patches, 1941. world war 1939-1945 - australia, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Vernon Bartlett, W. Gordon Williams and Geoffrey Dennis, The war of 1939 : a history dealing with every phase of the war on land, sea, and in the air, including the events which led to the outbreak of hostilities v.1, 1940
Volume one of a history of the Second World Warill, v.1.Volume one of a history of the Second World Warworld war 1939-1945 - history, world war 1939- 1945 - diplomacy -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Vernon Bartlett, W. Gordon Williams and Geoffrey Dennis, The war of 1939 : a history dealing with every phase of the war on land, sea, and in the air, including the events which led to the outbreak of hostilities v.1-6, 1940
Volumes one to six of a history of the Second World Warill, v.1-6.Volumes one to six of a history of the Second World Warworld war 1939-1945 - history, world war 1939- 1945 - diplomacy -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Specialty Press, The Corps of Royal Australian Engineers in the Second World War 1939-45, 1946
A history of the Royal Australian Engineers during the second world warIll, p.54.non-fictionA history of the Royal Australian Engineers during the second world war world war 1939-1945 - engineering and construction, world war 1939 - 1945 - regimental histories -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, F H Johnston, The Australian soldier : a portrait, 1943
A description of the Australian soldier fighting in Greece, Syria and Egypt during the Second World WarIll, p.102.non-fictionA description of the Australian soldier fighting in Greece, Syria and Egypt during the Second World War soldiers - australia - pictorial works, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, J. Murray & the Pilot Press, The Royal Navy at war, 1941
A history of the Royal Navy with an emphasis on the Second World WarIll, maps, p.71.non-fictionA history of the Royal Navy with an emphasis on the Second World Warroyal navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - britain -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.Document, The Call to Arms S McDonald
This plaque was awarded to S McDonald for contribution to the World war 11 effort. The certificate is one of many given by local authorities to those who served in many different capacities during the second world war. A common article which links a local person to a world event.Coloured plaque with the coats of Arms of the Australian states as well as Canada, India New Zealand and South Africa included in border of green leaves around the edge. Photograph of the King with flags on either side at centre top. It has a variety of military pictures in top part of the certificate. The city of Warrnambool seal in red is in bottom left corner. Plastic cover over top.The Mayor councilors and citizens of the city of Warrnambool pay tribute to S. McDonald who served in the World War No 2 1939-1945.Signed by J F Knights Mayor s mcdonald ww2, the call to arms warrnambool -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Santiago A Flores, Mexicans at war: Mexican military aviation in the second world war 1941-1945, 2018
This book introduces the reader to an unknown ally of the Second World War. Few people remember that Mexico, like Brazil, took an active part in that conflict. This volume covers Mexican participation in the Second World War for the first time using photos, documents and testimony from official and personal archives.Bib, ill, maps, p.216.This book introduces the reader to an unknown ally of the Second World War. Few people remember that Mexico, like Brazil, took an active part in that conflict. This volume covers Mexican participation in the Second World War for the first time using photos, documents and testimony from official and personal archives.world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations, mexico - aviation
