Behind Enemy Lines is an honest, personal account of one man's career as an SAS soldier.australia. army. special air service - biography, soldiers - australia - biography, australia. army. special air service regiment, sas soldier

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black anmd white scanned copy of a biography of Denis Gibbons.document, biography, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war

Index, ill, p.301.non-fictionBiography and analysis of controversial Australian Lieutenant General, Gordon Bennett from his early years through the Royal Commission's examinations of his actions during the surrender of Singapore in World War II.australian army - biography, gordon bennett

As he flew over South East Asia towards Vietnam, Captain Barry Petersen struggled to keep an aura of calm. Inwardly he was incredibly excited. Age 28, highy trained, with experience in anti-communist guerill warfare, he was about to embark on the biggest and most important mission of his life.petersen, barry -- career in armed forces, vietnam -- officers -- biography, vietnam -- officers, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, montagnard (vietnamese people), aattv, australian army training team vietnam (aattv)

From the title page: "18/HOURS/ The true story/ of an SAS war hero". Original owner: "KEITH JOHNSTON", CMF enlisted 1/11/1940 No. 9864, 2nd ARMD Reg (Part-time). AIF enlisted 27/06/1942 Army NX117081, 12th Aust. Mobile Decontamination Unit.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, grey and white colour print on front, spine and back. Illustrated - colour portrait photograph of an SAS soldier on front. 316 pages - cut, plain, white colour paper. Illustrated in colour photographs.publication, book, biography, afghanistan, sas, keith johnston

p.204.non-fictionIn 1942, a group of Australian Army nursing sisters was evacuated from Malaya a few days before the fall of Singapore. two days later their ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Of the fifty-three survivors who scrambled ashore, twenty-one were murdered and the remainder taken prisoner. this engrossing record was kept by one of the surviving sisters, Betty Jeffrey, during the three-and-a-half gruelling years of imprisonment that followed. world war 1939 – 1945 - prisons and prisoners - japanese, prisoners of war - biography - australia

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a cerulean blue cover, with the emblem of the Royal Melbourne Hospital nurse training school embossed in gilt on the front. Abbreviated title and authors names are embossed in gilt on the spine. The dust jacket has a pale blue background, with title and authors names printed in dark blue ink on the front and spine. Also on the front cover is a coloured illustration of a nurse in uniform, wearing a cap and cape (portrait of Jane Bell O.B.E by Vernon Jones, 1948). On the back cover is a black and white photograph of doorway (What is now Jane Bell House, Lonsdale St Melbourne, formerly, the Melbourne Hospital, established 1846). non-fictionThis book explores the life and contributions of Jane Bell, who served as the Lady Superintendent at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. It provides insights into her leadership from 1910 to 1934 and highlights her legacy in the nursing profession, including a good account of her service as a Principal Matron in the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War 1.jane bell, nurse administrators-victoria-biography, royal melbourne hospital, nursing-education

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a cerulean blue cover, with the emblem of the Royal Melbourne Hospital nurse training school embossed in gilt on the front. Abbreviated title and authors names are embossed in gilt on the spine. The dust jacket has a pale blue background, with title and authors names printed in dark blue ink on the front and spine. Also on the front cover is a coloured illustration of a nurse in uniform, wearing a cap and cape (portrait of Jane Bell O.B.E by Vernon Jones, 1948). On the back cover is a black and white photograph of doorway (What is now Jane Bell House, Lonsdale St Melbourne, formerly, the Melbourne Hospital, established 1846). non-fictionThis book explores the life and contributions of Jane Bell, who served as the Lady Superintendent at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. It provides insights into her leadership from 1910 to 1934 and highlights her legacy in the nursing profession, including a good account of her service as a Principal Matron in the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War 1.jane bell, nurse administrators-victoria-biography, royal melbourne hospital, nursing-education

Ill, index, p.306.non-fictionPrivate Wars: Personal Records of the Anzacs in the Great War offers a new perspective on Australia's engagement in the twentieth century's bloodiest war. It retraces the journey of Australian troops from Gallipoli in 1915 to the final penetration of the Hindenburg Line in 1918. Although the author summarises the general strategic course of the war and the success or otherwise of each campaign, his primary concern is with the personal factor - the human burden of combat and its aftermathaustralian army - anzac corps, soldiers - australia - biographies