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Canterbury History Group
Book, Janine Wood, Names to Lives From World War II: The Canterbury Baptist Church Honour Board, 2016
... World War 1939-1945... or role of the church to war Baptist Church Canterbury World War ...This booklet tells the story of 75 men and women who served in World War II from the Canterbury Baptist Church congregation.This booklet tells the story of 75 men and women who served in World War II from the Canterbury Baptist Church congregation. Includes photographs, bibliography and index. 247 pagesnon-fictionThis booklet tells the story of 75 men and women who served in World War II from the Canterbury Baptist Church congregation. baptist church, canterbury, world war 1939-1945 -
Canterbury History Group
Book, Alicia Cerreto, North Balwyn RSL sub-branch : remembering our members, July 2018
... World War 1939-1945... World War 1939-1945 This book gives photographs and brief ...This book gives photographs and brief profiles of the RSL members commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance at the North Balwyn RSL Memorial Hall, which was started in the 1990's. This book celebrates its members both past and present and their commitment to the Australian defence forces in times of war and peace.Profiles of 191 members of the North Balwyn RSL Sub-Branch. Includes colour photographs and index of names. 197 pagesnon-fictionThis book gives photographs and brief profiles of the RSL members commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance at the North Balwyn RSL Memorial Hall, which was started in the 1990's. This book celebrates its members both past and present and their commitment to the Australian defence forces in times of war and peace.north balwyn, north balwyn rsl sub-branch, veterans, biographies, plaques, war memorials, world war 1914-1918, world war 1939-1945 -
Canterbury History Group
Book, Dr. David S. Bird, The adventure of military life: A Century of the Camberwell Grammar Cadets 1888-1988, n.d
... World War 1939-1945... World War 1914-1918 World War 1939-1945 "This book outline's ..."This book outline's the [Camberwell Grammar Cadets] unit's first hundred years and reveals the contributions of those who were its champions and which explain its persistence and its success. As with any institution, the people are the key, and Dr Bird introduces us to some of the heroes behind the success of the unit." (Forward - Paul Hicks, Headmaster)283 pages; includes colour photos and indexnon-fiction"This book outline's the [Camberwell Grammar Cadets] unit's first hundred years and reveals the contributions of those who were its champions and which explain its persistence and its success. As with any institution, the people are the key, and Dr Bird introduces us to some of the heroes behind the success of the unit." (Forward - Paul Hicks, Headmaster) camberwell grammar school, education, military training, world war 1914-1918, world war 1939-1945 -
Canterbury History Group
Document - Honour Roll St Mark's Canterbury, c1945
... World War 1939-1945... Canterbury Honour Boards World War 1939-1945 List of names ...List of names on the Stone of Record in the Chapel of St. George, St. Mark's Canterbury. World War 2. copied by Jenny Fullard.canterbury, burke road, canterbury road, churches, st marks canterbury, honour boards, world war 1939-1945 -
Canterbury History Group
Document - Highfield Road Uniting Church Roll of Honour, 1/10/2006 12:00:00 AM
... World War 1939-1945... Churches Honour Boards World War 1939-1945 Cooloongatta Road ...List of names on the Highfield Road Methodist Church Roll of Honour for World War Two copied by Jenny Fullardcanterbury, highfield road methodist church, highfield road, churches, honour boards, world war 1939-1945, cooloongatta road methodist church -
Canterbury History Group
Document - Roll of Honour Baptist Church, 1/10/2006 12:00:00 AM
... World War 1939-1945... Honour Boards World War 1939-1945 List of names on the World War ...List of names on the World War Two Roll of Honour in the Baptist Church Canterbury copied by Jenny Fullardcanterbury, canterbury baptist church, balwyn road, churches, honour boards, world war 1939-1945 -
Canterbury History Group
Document - Honour Roll Congregational Church Canterbury, 1/10/2006 12:00:00 AM
... World War 1939-1945... Uniting Church Balwyn Road Churches Honour Boards World War 1939 ...List of names on the World War Two Honour Roll of the Congregational Church Canterbury , copied by Jenny Fullard, now in the Balwyn Road Uniting Church.canterbury, canterbury congregational church, balwyn road uniting church, balwyn road, churches, honour boards, world war 1939-1945 -
Canterbury History Group
Document - Presbyterian Church Canterbury, Book of Remembrance, 1/10/2006 12:00:00 AM
... World War 1939-1945... Churches Book of Remembrance War Memorials World War 1939-1945 List ...List of names in the Book of Remembrance for World War Two in the Presbyterian Church Canterbury copied by Jenny Fullard.canterbury, canterbury road, canterbury presbyterian church, churches, book of remembrance, war memorials, world war 1939-1945 -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Tobruk to Turkey : with the Army of the Nile, Frank Clune, 1949
... World War 1939 - 1945... War 11 World War 1939 - 1945 Middle East One of a series ...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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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 -
The 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