Ill, p.240.non-fictionLeading military historian Richard Holmes has selected over 200 rare and unusual photographs to illustrate the wide range of the British Army's experience in the First World War - on all fronts, from Mesopotamia (Iraq) and Gallipoli to the Flanders trenches." "The book's topics include the preparations for war and the mobilisation of 1914; the 'roses of no-man's land' - the contribution made by nurses; 'blighty ones and other ones' - the wounded and their treatment; 'brother lead and sister steel' - soldiers and their weapons; scenes from the battlefield and the campaigns where Tommies fought; the armistice and its aftermath.world war 1914 -1918 - pictorial works, great britain - army - military life

p.192.fictionA full-cast dramatisation of one of the greatest war novels of all time. First published as a novel in 1929, it tells the story of a group of young German soldiers who are enduring, and then coming to terms with, the realities of the First World War. At the age of 19, following the outbreak of the First World War, Paul Bäumer enlists in the German Army. He is deployed to the Western Front, where the experience of life and death in the trenches has an enormous effect on him. He begins to feel disconnected from his past life: his family, his love of poetry, and his feelings. As the war progresses, Paul becomes increasingly lost in battle. world war 1914-1918 - fiction, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france

Index, ill, maps, p.614.non-fictionTwo men came to personify generalship in the Second World War: Bernard Montgomery for the British and Erwin Rommel for the Germans. In the span of a few years, they fought a series of extraordinary duels across several theaters of war. Ever since, historians have assessed their leadership, personalities, and skill. Born four years apart, the two men followed a remarkably similar trajectory. Military historian Peter Caddick-Adams explores their lives, beginning with their provincial upbringing and the brutal trench fighting of World War I--where both nearly died. Obsessed with fitness and training, the future field marshals emerged with glowing records. They taught in staff colleges, wrote infantry textbooks, and fought each other as divisional commanders in 1940 before taking charge of their respective armies as the war raged on. This first comparative biography of these two soldiers explores how each was "made" by their war leaders, Churchill and Hitler, and how their strategies permeate down to today's armies.generals - germany - biography, generals - great britain - biography

Index, bib, ill, map, p.230.non-fictionThis is a study of Sir Ian Hamilton VCs command of the Gallipoli campaign. Appointed by Kitchener after the failure of the initial Allied naval offensive in the Dardanelles, Hamilton was to lead the ambitious amphibious landings that were intended to open the way to Constantinople. In the event, however, opportunities immediately after the landings were squandered and, in the face of unexpectedly effective Turkish resistance, soon stalled in attritional trench warfare like that on the Western Front. Hamilton has often been criticized for this failure and in many ways seen to typify the stereotype of a British general clinging to outdated Victorian thinking. Yet this fresh reappraisal, drawing on original archival research, shows that Hamilton did display some progressive ideas and a realization that warfare was rapidly changing. Like all generals of this period he faced the challenge of unprecedented technological and tactical revolution as well as the political and media battle.world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli, generals - great britain - biography

Ill, p.336.non-fictionIn the harsh Libyan desert in the middle of the second world war, Private Jim Moody, a signaller with the First Australian Machine Gun Battalion, found a starving puppy on a sand dune. Moody called the dog Horrie. Much more than a mascot, Horrie's exceptional hearing picked up the whine of enemy aircraft two minutes before his human counterparts and repeatedly saved the lives of the thousand-strong contingent. The little Egyptian Terrier's ritual of sitting, barking, then dashing for the trenches, had the gunners running for cover before their camp was strafed and bombed. Where Moody went, Horrie went too, through the battle zones of the Middle East and far beyond. As the Japanese forces began their assault in Asia Moody and his soldier mates joined the fight, but not before they had smuggled Horrie onto a troop ship and a harrowing journey back to Australia where they thought their little friend would be safe. The war over, Moody brought Horrie out of hiding to raise money for the Red Cross, and the brave little dog's story became widely known. When quarantine officers pounced and demanded that the dog be put down there was a huge public outcry. Horrie had saved a thousand lives. How could a cruel bureaucracy heartlessly kill him? But defying the authorities would mean gaol for Moody and certain death for Horrie. Was Horrie, the gunner's hero, condemned to die or could Moody devise a scheme to save him? animals - war use, australia - armed forces - mascots

Ill, maps, p.244.non-fictionThe Carthew brothers participated in some of history's most legendary battles, but theirs is more than a story of guns and bullets - it is also a lovestory; of the love and devotion of three brothers for their womenfolk and their country.world war 1914-1918 - personal narratives, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - gallipoli

They fought on the African Veldt. They fought in the mud-choked trenches of France. they fought in the searing heat of the Western Desert and the tropocal jungles of the pacific and Vietnam...australia's soldiers.australia. army - history, australia. dept of defense - history

The war turned boys into men, if it didn't kill them first. 1961-1975 - atrocities, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - campaigns, us marines, trenches

Base of a mortar cylinder which has been made into an ash tray. Lining of inside of tray has been painted red. there is a brass post in the centre of the tray. the post has cord wound around it.Engraved on the outside of the tray is "HMAS Vandetta - vietnam 1969HMAS Vandetta - Vietnam 1969trench art, hmas vendetta

Wangaratta Comfort Fund final Meeting Report dated 18th December 1945 and 2 x Lists of Camouflage Nets sent to CWA Headquarters dated 24th and 31st of August 1943 2 x newspaper cuttings 3 page photocopy of handwritten notes dated 13th August 1941 detailing gift of Autoclave (medical apparatus) for use by the AIF presented by the then Mayor of Wangaratta Cr J F Dundas and President of the Wangaratta Branch of RSSILA Mr W Law The ACF provided a source of comfort, support and encouragement for the troops abroad and offered a means for women at home to contribute to the war effort and identify with the men in the trenches. The ACF acted as a vital link between home and the battlefields. The Australian Comforts Fund officially closed on the 27th June 1946. Typed and photocopied handwritten notes.Wangaratta Comforts Fund.comfort fund, wangaratta, ww2

RAF Sweetheart Brooch most likely made during WW2. The heart has possibly been made from llucite acrylic. Sweetheart badges were momentos given to loved ones by troops departing for foreign shores. Originally regimental badges worn close to the heart, they represent a close connection to a particular armed force.Clear plastic sweetheart brooch in the shape of a heart with crown above eagle with pin fastening attached to rear.raf, sweetheart brooch, trench art

Part of Mitcham RSL collection (WW2)Brass shell casing inscribed with Chinese and Japanese characters forming a vase,See Supplementary file (5303)ww2, trench art, japan, mitcham rsl, vase

From the Collection of the Mitcham RSL Sub Branch which closed on 16 January 2014An oval shaped container decorated wih bullets and a uniform button on the hindged lid. Inside are stones, shrapnel and a half of a German Badge.

Aluminium. Part of a Japanese Zero Fighter Plane shaped in form of Boomerang. Has Royal Aust Navy badge attached in middle. Blue brass and red with anchor in middle crown on top. Incription Darwin Feb 1942. Refer also to item 0136-02.Stamped on souvenir Part of Jap Fighter Zero on left hand side and Darwin Feb 1942. Badge Royal Aust Navy. with anchor.trench art

Aluminium boomerang shaped piece of a Japanese Zero souvenir. Refer also to item number 0136-01Stamped on left side -Part Jap Zero. Stamped on right side Darwin June 1942.trench art

Two letter openers. 303 chrome bullet handles stamped 1941 with shaped blades attached. 00057.1 plane shaped blade 00057.2 cloud / leaf shaped blade

Cut down brass shell case of a 4.5 inch shell. Inert fuse still in place. Height 5.5 Width 17cm Mo 3. No 17 Mk2 ANMF. Lot 10 MF

Thought to have been made in WW1, possibly on the Western Front.Brass cigarette lighter. Probably made in WW1 from a French Lebel Bullet.3/11. IART.DI. IVW MI

WW1 April 1918 Brass Shell Case Base.Polte Madgeburg SP406

50 Cal. Bullet Chromed with Metal detachable Base. Part of a Salt and Pepper Shaker Set.

A number of US M1 Carbine inert bullets mounted on a wooden base for display.

Dog tag made to be worn as a bracelet. Oblong tag on 2 pieces of chain.VX12588 A.M. Griffin 2 / 2 AFW to Doreen ( 2nd / 2nd Australian Field Workshop )

Circular unofficial dog tag.VX12588 A. M. Griffin P - A2 on the front. Doreen to Alan inscribed on the reverse.

Brass shell casingAIF Syria 1941. D2091, 188D, 75DEC, Ln

Chrome plated shell casingCoat of arm, Australia. S8/17.

Ash tray Spitfire piston head Model Spitfire over head on wire

Serviette ring Propeller on ring with eagle mounted on top