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Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK WW1, Bert Bishop, The Hell, The Humour & The Heartbreak, 1991
The Hell, The Humour & The Heartbreak - A Private's view of World War I.Soft cardboard cover. White / black / gold print on front, spine & back. Orange background illustrated dark blue in silhouette showing Australian troops at Ypres. 268 cut, plain, white pages. No illustrations.book, humour, heartbreak -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, BATTLEFIELDS, Kangaroo Press, Australian Battlefields of the Western Front 1916-1918
.1) Soft card cover with black & white photo of battlefield on front & back. Coloured photo of soldier carrying a wounded comrade over his shoulder. History of Author, John Laffin on back cover. 204 pages black & white with photos & maps. Complete history covering cemeteries, battlefields, commemorations, etc. .2) - .6) Tourist Information in Belgium, French & English.“3rd Edition on front cover”books - military history, battlefields -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Tom Henling Wade et al, Prisoner of the Japanese From Changi to Tokyo, 1994
186 page cut edged paperback book with B&W photos, drawings and maps. Front cover has drawing of the inside of a POW hut with Japanese characters beneath. Top left has a large Japanese sun symbol, bottom right has B&W photo of a British officer"John W Toon OAM 8th Div AASC" "Donated by Bendigo YMCA"books- military history, internment - japan -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Sheila Allan, Diary of a Girl in Changi 1941 - 1945, 1994
Book, 168 pages, soft cover. Front cover has an image of grass & trees over which is an image of a lady with glasses. Print is white & red ink. Illustrated with photos, maps & drawings.Donated by C & J Rotering. To Spike Best Wishes from 'A Girl in Changi' Sheila Allan Sept 1995.books, military, history, diaries -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Chris Cunningham, The Blue Mountains rediscovered: beyond the myths of early Australian exploration, by Chris Cunningham, 1996_
Written from both an historical and geographical view, this book tells the story of early inland exploration across the Blue Mountains.Paperback, 192 p., col. photographs, black and white maps.blue mountains nsw -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Book, R.S. (Bill) Billett, War trophies : from the First World War 1914-1918 / Major R.S. (Bill) Billett, 1999
Paperback; xvii, 94 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN 0864179774world war 1, artillery, equipment -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Book, Roeder, Romy, Who is my doll? : Australia's first guide to identifying and valuing antique and old dolls, 1985
128 p. : ill. Includes index.non-fictiondolls identification, collecting dolls -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Kangaroo Press, Singapore samurai, 1998
The authors escape from Changi jail and their subsequent recaapture and ill treatment.p.250.non-fictionThe authors escape from Changi jail and their subsequent recaapture and ill treatment. world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – japanese, changi jail -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Lachie Mc Donald, Bylines: Memoirs of a war correspondent, 1998
A biography of Lachie Mc Donald - war and diplomatic correspondentIndex, ill (plates). pg.299.non-fictionA biography of Lachie Mc Donald - war and diplomatic correspondentwar correspondents - biography, mc donald lachie -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Colin Jones, Wings and the Navy 1947-1953, 1997
This book tells the story of the Royal Australian Navy in the years following the Second World War - an optomistic and confident period following the commissioning of Australia's first aircraft carrierIndex, Bibliography, ill (b/w), p.108.non-fictionThis book tells the story of the Royal Australian Navy in the years following the Second World War - an optomistic and confident period following the commissioning of Australia's first aircraft carrierroyal australian navy - aviation history, royal australian navy - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, george Franki et al, Mad Harry : Harry Murray, Australia's most decorated soldier, 2003
To each character of Australian war history is attached a story inevitably of bravery, courage, and humour, and Mad Harry is no exception. Yet there is to his story a distinguishing significance, for Mad Harry is Australia's most decorated soldier.Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.276.non-fictionTo each character of Australian war history is attached a story inevitably of bravery, courage, and humour, and Mad Harry is no exception. Yet there is to his story a distinguishing significance, for Mad Harry is Australia's most decorated soldier. australian armt - imperial force - 1914-1921, australian army - harry murray - biography -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Kangaroo Press, Gallipoli diaries the Anzacs' own story day by day, 2008
Although generals, historians and war scholars might have told their versions, it is only when you read the words of the men in the frontline that you know what it was really like. The complete lists of the Australians and New Zealanders killed at Gallipoli are published for the first time in this new edition.Index, notes, ill, p.413.non-fictionAlthough generals, historians and war scholars might have told their versions, it is only when you read the words of the men in the frontline that you know what it was really like. The complete lists of the Australians and New Zealanders killed at Gallipoli are published for the first time in this new edition.world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli, gallipoli campaign - personal recollections -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Kangaroo Press, The war, the whores and the Afrika Korps, 1997
Personal account of the experiences of a soldier during the North African campaigns in World War twoIndex, ill, map, p.140.non-fictionPersonal account of the experiences of a soldier during the North African campaigns in World War twoworld war 1939-1945 - personal narratives, world war two 1939-1945 - australian involvement - tobruk -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Kangaroo Press, Battle of the wine dark sea : the Aegean campaign 1940-1945, 1994
The war fought in the Aegean sea during World War TwoIll, maps, p.191.non-fictionThe war fought in the Aegean sea during World War Twoworld war two - naval operations, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - mediteranean -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Kangaroo Press, Diggers at Colditz, 1997
On June 23 1943 Lieutenant Jack Champ of the 2nd/6th Australian Infantry Battalion was marched into one of the most famous prisoner-of-war camps in Germany. Known then as Oflag IVC, it is now better know as Colditz. By the end of the war there were nineteen Australians in Colditz, and this is the first book to look at life there specifically from their point of view. It was a very special camp. It was designed to retain under escape-proof conditions, a select group of Allied prisoners who had already escaped from other camps and who had been recaptured whilst still in occupied territory. Having seen action in the Western Desert and in Greece, Jack Champ had been captured by the Germans in 1941. He was, however, a reluctant prisoner and took part in two escapes from different POW camps, one of which was a mass break-out of sixty officers through a tunnel that had taken weeks to make. Although the guards frequently outnumbered prisoners, there were more escapes from Colditz than from any other prison of comparable size during both World Wars. In this vivid book Jack Champ and Colin Burgess explain what it was like to be a prisoner in Nazi Germany. It is a curious blend of brutality and humanity, of routines and dreams, and occasional and dramatic excitement as men tried to turn those dreams into the reality of freedom.Index, ill, maps, p.224.non-fictionOn June 23 1943 Lieutenant Jack Champ of the 2nd/6th Australian Infantry Battalion was marched into one of the most famous prisoner-of-war camps in Germany. Known then as Oflag IVC, it is now better know as Colditz. By the end of the war there were nineteen Australians in Colditz, and this is the first book to look at life there specifically from their point of view. It was a very special camp. It was designed to retain under escape-proof conditions, a select group of Allied prisoners who had already escaped from other camps and who had been recaptured whilst still in occupied territory. Having seen action in the Western Desert and in Greece, Jack Champ had been captured by the Germans in 1941. He was, however, a reluctant prisoner and took part in two escapes from different POW camps, one of which was a mass break-out of sixty officers through a tunnel that had taken weeks to make. Although the guards frequently outnumbered prisoners, there were more escapes from Colditz than from any other prison of comparable size during both World Wars. In this vivid book Jack Champ and Colin Burgess explain what it was like to be a prisoner in Nazi Germany. It is a curious blend of brutality and humanity, of routines and dreams, and occasional and dramatic excitement as men tried to turn those dreams into the reality of freedom.world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners – germany, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Kangaroo Press, Destination Buchenwald, 1995
An account of the experiences of Allied POW's held in Buchenwald concentration camp.Index, ill, maps, p.184.non-fictionAn account of the experiences of Allied POW's held in Buchenwald concentration camp. concentration camps - buchenwald, world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - germany -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Norman Macswan, The Man Who Read The East Wind : A Biography Of Richard Hughes Extraordinary Correspondent, 1982
Hardcover w/ Dust JacketGift tag used as a bookmark "To Patricia dear a happy birthday from Hector & Glenda with loverichard hughes - biography, journalist - australian - biography, walsh st library -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Fabian Suzane et al, Australian children through 200 years, 1985
63 p. : ill., ports. ; 19 x 21 cm.children -- australia -- history. | children -- australia -- history -- pictorial works. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - AIR WAR DIARY, DAVID SCHOLES D.F.C, 1997
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - WINGS AND THE NAVY, COLIN JONES, 1997
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Moorabbin Air Museum
Book - CLASH OF EAGLES, DENNIS NEWTON, 1996
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Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Growing up in the goldrush, 1983
Other title: Forty years in the Wilderness Michael Dugan was a local resident. The story of John Chandler's early life has been extracted from his "Forty years in the wilderness" published in Hartwell, in 1893. It includes his arrival in Australia and his jobs as an errand boy, a carter, and a cook; the goldrush, bushrangers, entertainment, the Bendigo Run and the Eureka Stockade.The book has a place in this collection by virtue of Michael Dugan having been a local resident.The story of John Chandler's early life has been extracted from his "Forty years in the wilderness" published in Hartwell, in 1893. It includes his arrival in Australia and his jobs as an errand boy, a carter, and a cook; the goldrush, bushrangers, entertainment, the Bendigo Run and the Eureka Stockade.(mr) john chandler, pioneers, poverty, dairywoman, errand boy, goldrush, (mr) michael dugan -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Major R. S. Billett, War Trophies - From the First World War 1914-1918, 1999
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Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, John Laffin, The Western Front Illustrated 1914-1918
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Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Gilbert Mant, Massacre at Parit Sulong, 1995
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Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, George Franki & Clyde Slatyer, MAD HARRY, AUSTRALIA'S MOST DECORATED SOLDIER, 2003
non-fictionharry murray vc cmg dso & bar dcm c de g., australian army, australian imperial force (1914-1921), world war 1914-1918 -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, John Meredith, The COO_EE March, 1981
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Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Lew Lind, The Navy Day by Day, 1996
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Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Vic Cassells, For Those in Peril, 1995
A Comprehensive Listing of the Ships and Men of The Royal Australian Navy Who have paid the Supreme sacrifice in the Wars of the Twentieth CenturyBooknon-fictionA Comprehensive Listing of the Ships and Men of The Royal Australian Navy Who have paid the Supreme sacrifice in the Wars of the Twentieth Century -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, T. R. Frame, The Garden Island, 1990