Local Newspaper reporting on World War 2 Events - Dated 28/5/1841 = My War Part 15World War 2 Events reported By Local Newspaper - Special - Dated 28/5/1941Local Newspaper reporting on World War 2 events - Special _ My War Part 15 Battleship Bismarck Sunk = The Hess Riddleworld war 2, the hess riddle, battleship bismarck sunk, local newspaper dated 28/5/1941 special

Owner and donor details see Cat No. 5836.3.Soft Cover Book. Cover - cardboard, orange and white print on front, spine and back, on grey colour background. Illustrated - black and white photograph from back to front, single column of troops marching across and landscape. 224 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. Owner's signature - front endpaper.Front endpaper - handwritten owner's signature, blue ink, "Don Bollard".book, military history, ww2, tobruk

See Dean 4575PThis booklet has a strong cardboard cover . Inside are 32 pages consisting of text, history, photographs. Inside the rear cover is a list of contributors.Nilww2, tobruk, rats assn

Dean collection, refer Cat No 4575PPLAIN GLASS BEER POT WITH HANDLE. Volume about 10 Fluid ozs. On the side, in gold, is the logo of the Rats of Tobruk Association with other wording around it,souvenir, rats of tobruk

Brown and red softcover. Front cover has image of a soldier climbing a steep flights of steps.Written on first page "Donated by Len Bu(?) family", with signature. books, military history

ISBN 0-2411-0611-7Illustrated hardcover book with dust cover. Cover is black buckram with no wording. Dust cover has large B&W photo of St Paul's Cathedral in London, surrounded by smoke. Title is in large red text at top with author's name in white at bottom.Inside cover "RR Schiller" Flyleaf "Ivo Barrow Thurs 28.8.86" "[Mary Martin Aug 86 Booklist-B043-$2.00]"books, military history

The photograph shows William Partington in a cricket batting pose. Note on back of photo states that William was captain of a Greensborough cricket team playing against an English team.This was taken after Greensborough Cricket Club had played a game against a visiting English cricket team.A black and white copy of a photograph.Hand written notes on the back of the copy.cricket, greensborough cricket club, partington, william partington

Digital copy of a 1940s Sunday school text book for younger children. Illustrations depict Bible stories.Copy of Sunday school textbook. 20 pages, text and line drawings (some have been coloured by owner)Student's name on cover.bible stories, methodist church

Hard covered book, 479 pages, WW11 Australian soldier on front cover bearing sub-machine gun and pistolnon-fictionA book on war in New Guinea and Islands providing a detailed overview of Australian forces participation in the Battle for Australia. Concise for Kokoda and Milne Bay including copy of battle maps, but also covers Singapore, Borneo, Philippines, Wewak and Bougainville, and more.history, world war 2, south west pacific, keogh

Hard Cover book, 387 pagesbook, honour roll, raac, alh, book, honour roll, raac, alh

Hard Cover-Red, Title on Spine. Sub-title: The World at War Hanson W. Baldwin Harper & Row Publishers:1976

Hardback with dust cover By Vladimir Karpov Preface by Harrison E. Salisbury With text by Georgii Drozdov and Evgenii Ryabko Translated by Lydia Kmetyuk Edited by Carey Schofield Publisher The Vendome Press New York 1987

Black and white photograph "Written on face of photograph" Presentation to Mr Horace Fenton to Chatham P S. With Mrs Fenton and son Ross (Later killed in R.A.A.F) Mr Fenton retired 1937. Died 1967, aged 93 years.

non-fictionhe detailed history of the No.2 and No. 4 Independent Commando Companies and their operations during World War 2 against the Japanese. No dust jacket.you ww2, independent companies, commandos, australian special operations

Originally framed and shown up the stairs at the former Maroondah Sporting Club, the home of the East Ringwood Football ClubContains names of players, trainers, umpire and officials

Index, bibliography, notes, ill, p.271.non-fictionIn 1941 in the midst of the British military defeats in Greece and the Middle East, a bitter conflict was taking place between two of the most charismatic leaders of the time. Robert Menzies and Winston Churchill were engaged in a war of polite public faces and behind the scenes lobbying and manipulationaustralia - foreign relations - great britain - 1939-1945, world war 1939-1945 - diplomatic history

Index, bibliography, ill, p.388.non-fictionA biographical honour roll of the Australian Light Horse 1939-1947, Australian Armoured Corps 1941-47, & Royal Australian Armoured Corps post-1947 regimental histories - australia, soldiers - australia - biographies

Index, bibliography, ill, maps, p.224.non-fictionTimothy Hall tells the real story of Tobruk, the follies and bravery, the unexpected humaneness of both sides, the mutual respect of opposing armies locked in siege warfare and their common enemy - the North African desert.world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – north africa, siege of tobruk

Index, maps, p.414.non-fictionMarch 1941. The Allied forces have suffered one brutal defeat after another. For Hitler's forces the conquest of Egypt, and the rich oil fields of the Middle East, lie next on the horizon. All that stand in their way are a few Australian brigades defending a town called Tobruk. For eight months the Australian Imperial Forces defended the North African coastal fortress, battling almost unbeatable odds in the dust and the heat of the Libran desert. Under the command of General Morshead, the troops used unorthodox methods and sheer grit to withstand the superior might of General Rommel's elite 'Afrika Korpsworld war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – north africa, siege of tobruk 1941

Index, ill, maps, p.267.non-fictionA regimental history of the 39th battalion from 1941 to its disbandment in 1943 and its participation in the Kokoda campaignworld war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – new guinea, world war 1939-1945 - regimental histories - australia

Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.252.non-fictionAgainst the sun is a challenging account of the AIF's 8th division and the campaign against the Japanese in Malaya in 1941 - 1942world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – malaya, australian army - 8th division

Notes, ill, maps, p.146.non-fictionB/W and colour illustrations and stories on the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore and the experiences of the Australian Forces in 1941/42. world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – malaya, siege of singapore

Index, ill, p.644.non-fictionA political and social history of Australia during the war of 1939-45. This volume carries the story to December 1941, when Japan entered the waraustralia - politics and government 1939-1941, australia - social conditions - 1939-1941

Index, bib, ill, maps, p.163.non-fictionAustralian troops fighting against Japan in 1941 and 1942world war 1939-1945 - australian involvement, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - pacific area

Index, ill, maps, facsims, sound disc, p.61.Volume one of a four volume series featuring Blitzkrieg. A four-volume series, published in association with the Imperial War Museum, covering the whole six-year global conflagration. Each volume contains removable documents and memorabilia in pockets or pasted in, featuring personal accounts from British veterans and contemporary letters, diaries, maps and archival facsimile memoabilia from the Imperial War Museum. Memorabilia includes: Order No 1 - the German order to invade Poland which led to the British declaration of war against Germany; The fake passport used by Sub-Lieutenant Heinz Kummer of the Graf Spee to flee back to Germany following the Battle of the River Plate; and, Montgomery's personal diary charting the events of the evacuation from Dunkirk; Roosevelt's handwritten notes for his 'day of infamy' speech which saw America's entry into the war; the order to McArthur to abandon the Philippines; Stalin's handwritten notes on his 'scorched earth' policy; and the letters home of a British officer in Africa telling of his harrowing involvement in the battles of Gazala and Tobruk; Montgomery's orders for El Alamein; Stalin's annotated proof of his famous 5 September 1942 order regarding partisan warfare; and diary kept by a German soldier on the North African front; Montgomery's hand-written D-Day notes; Eisenhower's draft 'in case of failure' message written before D-Day; and, diary of a sergeant in the Royal Hampshire regiment covering his involvement in the D-Day landings, battle for Normandy and Operation 'Market Garden' - the battle for Arnhem.world war 1939-1945 - history, world war 1939-1945 - pictorial works

Index, ill, maps, facsims, sound disc, p.61.Volume two of a four volume series featuring Axis ascendancy. A four-volume series, published in association with the Imperial War Museum, covering the whole six-year global conflagration. Each volume contains removable documents and memorabilia in pockets or pasted in, featuring personal accounts from British veterans and contemporary letters, diaries, maps and archival facsimile memoabilia from the Imperial War Museum. Memorabilia includes: Order No 1 - the German order to invade Poland which led to the British declaration of war against Germany; The fake passport used by Sub-Lieutenant Heinz Kummer of the Graf Spee to flee back to Germany following the Battle of the River Plate; and, Montgomery's personal diary charting the events of the evacuation from Dunkirk; Roosevelt's handwritten notes for his 'day of infamy' speech which saw America's entry into the war; the order to McArthur to abandon the Philippines; Stalin's handwritten notes on his 'scorched earth' policy; and the letters home of a British officer in Africa telling of his harrowing involvement in the battles of Gazala and Tobruk; Montgomery's orders for El Alamein; Stalin's annotated proof of his famous 5 September 1942 order regarding partisan warfare; and diary kept by a German soldier on the North African front; Montgomery's hand-written D-Day notes; Eisenhower's draft 'in case of failure' message written before D-Day; and, diary of a sergeant in the Royal Hampshire regiment covering his involvement in the D-Day landings, battle for Normandy and Operation 'Market Garden' - the battle for Arnhem.world war 1939-1945 - history, world war 1939-1945 - pictorial works

Ill, p.96.non-fictionIllustrated history of the Australian participation in the Pacific campaignsworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - pacific area, world war 1939-1945 - australian involvement