ill, p32.non-fictionA pictorial history of the 3 steam locomotives preserved for operation in Queensland: PB15 732, C17 974 and BB18¼ 1079.locomotives - queensland - history, preserved steam locomotives - queensland - history

index, ill, p.112non-fictionA history of the locomotives used on the Queensland Government Railways from 1894 to 1910. locomotives - queensland - history, railroads - queensland - history

index, ill, maps, p.154.non-fictionA history of the building of the railway from Brisbane to Cairns in Queensland.railroad construction - australia - history, railroad construction - queensland - history

index, ill, p.112non-fictionA history of the locomotives used on the Queensland Government Railways from 1910 to 1958 and beyond. locomotives - queensland - history, railroads - queensland - history

Alfred Maskell No VX25221 enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 25.6.40 aged 19 years. Posted to 4th Anti Tank Regt with the rank of Gunner he was taken POW at the fall of Singapore. He was held in Changi Gaol then went to work on the Thai-Burma Railway 1942-43 followed by Prison ship to Japan where he worked on the Docks until Wars end. He was discharged from the AIF on 12.12.45.Medals, court mounted, set of (6) re A Maskell. 1. 1939-45 Star. 2. Pacific Star. 3. Defence Medal. 4. War Medal 1939-45. 5. Australian Service Medal 1939 - 45 6. Australian Service Medal 1945-75 with clasp "SW PACIFIC"."VX25221 A.R Maskell"military, history, medals

ill.p96.non-fictionPictorial of steam locomotives in Australia.railroads -- australia -- history, steam locomotives - australia - history

ill, p.128.non-fictionPictorial history of railways in New South Wales from the photographic collection of Dennis O'Brien.railroads - new south wales - australia, railway operations - new south wales - pictorial

Ill, p.224.non-fictionThe unit originally left Australia as a completely Victorian unit but returned with representatives from all Sates in the Commonwealth. The 2/29th Battalion was the fist Victorian unit into action in the Malauan campaign and has the distinction of two set of battle honours, one for the bloody Muar Road battle where the battlion initially and later in association with the 2/19th Battalion held the crack Japanese 5th Division, the Imperial Guards for six days to enable the whole British force to be withdrawn behind Yong Peng, and the second for their part in the battle for Singapore Island. It was during the intial battle with the Japanese Imperial Guards on Sunday, January 18, 1942 that the Battalion with the supporting anti-tank guns of the 2/4th Anti Tank Regiment accounted for 8 Japanese tanks in one morning. Two commanding officers were killed during the Muar Road battle and total casualties for the week were 13 officers and 296 O/R/'s. It was when Lt.-Col. S. A. F. Pond, who took command, set about re-forming the Battalion after Muar that reinforcements from all States joined the unit. The battalion spent 3 1/2 years as P.O.W.'s of the Japanese and a long period of this working on the infamous Burma-Thailand railway where 260 lost their livesworld war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – malaya, australian army - 8th division

ill, p.96.non-fictionPictorial history of railway operations on the New South Wales railways.railroad operations - new south wales - history, railroads - new south wales - australia

ill, p.31.Pictorial history of the steam locomotives on the New South Wales railways.railroad operations - new south wales - history, railroads - new south wales - australia

ill, maps, p.150.non-fiction A pictorial history of steam locomotives working on the New South Wales Government Railways.steam locomotives - nsw – pictorial, railroads - new south wales - australia

ill, maps, p.112.non-fictionA series of illustrated essays on railway operations in New South Wales Railways.railroad operations - australia and new zealand, railroads - nsw - history