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Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Hodder and Stoughton, Lord Wavell (1883-1941) : a military biography, 1948
... World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - North Africa... - Great Britain - Biography World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns ...A biography of Lord WavellIndex, ill, maps, p.488.non-fictionA biography of Lord Wavellgenerals - great britain - biography, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, McMillan and Co, The great ship ; and, Rabelais replies : two conversations, 1944
... World War 1939-1945 - Fiction... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...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 Library
Angus and Robertson, Behind bamboo, 1946
... World War 1939-1945 - Prisoners of war - Japan... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...The bestselling memoir of life as an Australian POW on the notorious Thai-Burma railway. Rohan Rivett was a journalist in Singapore when it fell to the Japanese in 1942. He escaped south - across the treacherous Bangka Strait - to Indonesia, but was soon captured and became just one of thousands of POWs struggling for existence in a Japanese camp. The struggle was to last for more than three years. Behind Bamboo is unflinching in its honesty and haunting in its realism. It is a vivid, compelling testament to the Australians' will to survive and their unassailable spirit in the face of the most callous inhumanity.Ill, p.391.non-fictionThe bestselling memoir of life as an Australian POW on the notorious Thai-Burma railway. Rohan Rivett was a journalist in Singapore when it fell to the Japanese in 1942. He escaped south - across the treacherous Bangka Strait - to Indonesia, but was soon captured and became just one of thousands of POWs struggling for existence in a Japanese camp. The struggle was to last for more than three years. Behind Bamboo is unflinching in its honesty and haunting in its realism. It is a vivid, compelling testament to the Australians' will to survive and their unassailable spirit in the face of the most callous inhumanity. world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - japan, burma railway -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Angus and Robertson, They shall not pass unseen, 1956
... World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations - Australia... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...The Sunderland flying-boats and the Junkers 88s and U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic through the eyes of the No. 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.Ill, p.204.non-fictionThe Sunderland flying-boats and the Junkers 88s and U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic through the eyes of the No. 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.world war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - australia, battle of the atlantic -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume one: The gathering storm, 1950
... World War 1939-1945 - History... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...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 Library
Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume two: Their finest hour, 1950
... World War 1939-1945 - History... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...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 Library
Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume two: Their finest hour, 1950
... World War 1939-1945 - History... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...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 Library
Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume three: The grand alliance, 1950
... World War 1939-1945 - History... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...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 Library
Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume four: The hinge of fate, 1950
... World War 1939-1945 - History... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...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 Library
Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume five: Closing the ring, 1950
... World War 1939-1945 - History... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...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 Library
Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war volume six: Triumph and tragedy, 1950
... World War 1939-1945 - History... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...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 Library
Book, Cassell and Co, The second world war: Abridged one-volume edition with a new epilogue on the years 1945 to 1957, 1950
... World War 1939-1945 - History... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...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 Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, Middle East and Far East, 1953
... World War 1939-1945 - Australia... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...A history of the Australian army medical corps in the middle and far east during world war two.Index, ill, maps, p.674.non-fictionA history of the Australian army medical corps in the middle and far east during world war two.world war 1939-1945 - australia, australian army - medical corps -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942, 1957
... World War 1939-1945 - Australia... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...This volume tells briefly the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars, and then records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean and particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942. When the volume ends most of the surviving ships are on the Australia Station again and the Japanese fleets dominate half the Pacific Ocean and the seas to the north of Australia. The author describes not only the actions of the Australian ships but the problems and policies of the British fleets of which they often formed a part, and discusses the strategical and administrative questions encountered by the senior leaders in AustraliaIndex, ill, maps, p.654.non-fictionThis volume tells briefly the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars, and then records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean and particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942. When the volume ends most of the surviving ships are on the Australia Station again and the Japanese fleets dominate half the Pacific Ocean and the seas to the north of Australia. The author describes not only the actions of the Australian ships but the problems and policies of the British fleets of which they often formed a part, and discusses the strategical and administrative questions encountered by the senior leaders in Australiaworld war 1939-1945 - australia, royal australian navy - history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, The government and the people, 1939-1941, 1952
... World War 1939-1945 - Australia... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...A political and social history of Australia during the war of 1939-45. This volume carries the story to December 1941, when Japan entered the war. Includes illustrations.Index, ill, maps, p.624.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 war. Includes illustrations. world war 1939-1945 - australia, australia - social and political conditions -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, As you were 1946, 1946
... World War 1939-1945 - Personal narratives - Australia... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...A cavalcade of events with the Australian services from 1788 to 1946Ill, p.202.non-fictionA cavalcade of events with the Australian services from 1788 to 1946world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia, australia - military history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, As you were 1947, 1947
... World War 1939-1945 - Personal narratives - Australia... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...A cavalcade of events with the Australian services from 1788 to 1946Ill, p.202.non-fictionA cavalcade of events with the Australian services from 1788 to 1946world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia, australia - military history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, As you were 1948, 1948
... World War 1939-1945 - Personal narratives - Australia... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...A cavalcade of events with the Australian services from 1788 to 1946Ill, p.202.non-fictionA cavalcade of events with the Australian services from 1788 to 1946world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - australia, australia - military history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Royal Australian Air Force. Directorate of Public Relations, These eagles : Story of the RAAF at war, 1942
... World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations - Australia... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...The Royal Australian Air Force during World War twoIll, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Air Force during World War twoworld war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - australia, royal australian air force - history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Royal Australian Air Force. Directorate of Public Relations, RAAF log, 1943
... World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations - Australia... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...The Royal Australian Air Force during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Air Force during World War Twoworld war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - australia, royal australian air force - history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Royal Australian Air Force. Directorate of Public Relations, RAAF Saga, 1944
... World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations - Australia... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...The Royal Australian Air Force during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Air Force during World War Twoworld war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - australia, royal australian air force - history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Royal Australian Air Force. Directorate of Public Relations, Victory Roll, 1944
... World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations - Australia... Main Rd Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges World War ...The Royal Australian Air Force during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Air Force during World War Twoworld war 1939-1945 - aerial operations - australia, royal australian air force - history -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, HMAS, 1942
... World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations - Australia... Australian Navy - History World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations ...The Royal Australian Navy during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Navy during World War Tworoyal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, HMAS Mk II, 1942
... World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations - Australia... Australian Navy - History World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations ...The Royal Australian Navy during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Navy during World War Tworoyal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, HMAS Mk III, 1942
... World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations - Australia... Australian Navy - History World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations ...The Royal Australian Navy during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Navy during World War Tworoyal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Australian War Memorial, HMAS Mk IV, 1942
... World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations - Australia... Australian Navy - History World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations ...The Royal Australian Navy during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Navy during World War Tworoyal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, F H Johnston, The Australian soldier : a portrait, 1943
... World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - North Africa... - Australia - Pictorial works World War 1939-1945 - Campaigns - North ...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 Library
Book, J. Murray & the Pilot Press, The Royal Navy at war, 1941
... World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations - Britain... Navy - History World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations - Britain ...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 -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Santiago A Flores, Mexicans at war: Mexican military aviation in the second world war 1941-1945, 2018
... World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations...World War 1939-1945 - Aerial operations Mexico - Aviation ...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 -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Postcard - Esplanade Lakes Entrance, 1945c
... World War 1939 - 1945... cm Township Waterfront Transport World War 1939 - 1945 World ...Original from wallet of miniature postcards produced by Bulmer, two copies. 01419.1 and .2 Also two enlargements 17 x 25 cmBlack and white small format postcard of Esplanade, taken from the WW2 Air Observers Spotting Tower. In the foreground is the Cenotaph erected 1922 on the grass verge between road and lake. Trimmed WW1 Cypress trees also on verge. Cars and truck on highway all travelling in easterly direction. Houses and businesses on north side of road, Princes Highway, which follows the margin of the lake shore. Lakes Entrance VictoriaThe Esplanade Lakes Entrancetownship, waterfront, transport, world war 1939 - 1945, world war 1914-1918