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Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Derrik Mercer, Chronicle of the Second World War, 1990
This volume continues to use the approach of previous "Chronicles" and details the events of the war from September 1939 to August 1945, week by week and even hour by your for certain key events such as the D-Day landing. It contains black and white and colour photographs, some of them full page size and the content has been checked by senior British military chiefs: Lord Lewis, Sir John Stanier and Sir Michael Armitage. Topics range from "My War", which gives personal war memoirs from well-known public figures including Spike Milligan, Dr Robert Runcie, Denis Healey and Vera Lynn, and "The Technology of the War", which details machinery as it developed in all waring nations for the war in the air, on land and at sea, to "The Heroes of the War", which contains details of every individual who won the Victoria Cross or the George Cross during the war.Index, ill, maps, p.731.non-fictionThis volume continues to use the approach of previous "Chronicles" and details the events of the war from September 1939 to August 1945, week by week and even hour by your for certain key events such as the D-Day landing. It contains black and white and colour photographs, some of them full page size and the content has been checked by senior British military chiefs: Lord Lewis, Sir John Stanier and Sir Michael Armitage. Topics range from "My War", which gives personal war memoirs from well-known public figures including Spike Milligan, Dr Robert Runcie, Denis Healey and Vera Lynn, and "The Technology of the War", which details machinery as it developed in all waring nations for the war in the air, on land and at sea, to "The Heroes of the War", which contains details of every individual who won the Victoria Cross or the George Cross during the war.world war 1939-1945 - history, world war 1939-1945 - pictorial works -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Arnold, Hitler's ghettos : voices from a beleaguered society, 1939-1944, 2003
This book examines, as a whole, the Jewish ghettos of Europe during the second world war. The study draws on testimonies of former inhabitants, and makes use of memoirs and diaries (exploring the problems inherent in such sources). Although the author also draws on German documentary sources, the focus of the study is the ghettos 'from below'.Index, bib, map, p.358.non-fictionThis book examines, as a whole, the Jewish ghettos of Europe during the second world war. The study draws on testimonies of former inhabitants, and makes use of memoirs and diaries (exploring the problems inherent in such sources). Although the author also draws on German documentary sources, the focus of the study is the ghettos 'from below'. holocaust - jewish - 1939-1945, holocaust - personal narratives -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, The Text Publishing Company, The Pacific, 2010
Historian Hugh Ambrose deepens the experience of the HBO miniseries The Pacific, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and broadcast on the Seven Network. These are the true stories of the men who put their lives on the line for their country, who were dispatched to the other side of the world to fight an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender; men who suffered hardship and humiliation in POW camps; men who witnessed casualties among soldier and civilian alike; and men whose medals came at a shocking price. Covering nearly four years of combat, with unprecedented access to military records, letters, journals, memoirs, photographs and interviews, this volume offers a unique historical perspective on the war against Japan-and ultimately the triumphant yet uneasy return home.Ill, map, p.449.non-fictionHistorian Hugh Ambrose deepens the experience of the HBO miniseries The Pacific, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and broadcast on the Seven Network. These are the true stories of the men who put their lives on the line for their country, who were dispatched to the other side of the world to fight an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender; men who suffered hardship and humiliation in POW camps; men who witnessed casualties among soldier and civilian alike; and men whose medals came at a shocking price. Covering nearly four years of combat, with unprecedented access to military records, letters, journals, memoirs, photographs and interviews, this volume offers a unique historical perspective on the war against Japan-and ultimately the triumphant yet uneasy return home. world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - pacific area, world war 1939 – 1945 – personal narratives – united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Dang Vu Hiep, Memory of Tay Nguyen (The Central Highlands), 2012
Memoirs of war from VietnamMemoirs of war from Vietnamvietnam war (1961-1975), central highlands -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Brown, Wayne, Medic
Medic - Memoirs of an Australian Infantry Medic is based on the author's 1968-69 tour of South Viet NamMedic - Memoirs of an Australian Infantry Medic is based on the author's 1968-69 tour of South Viet Namaustralia. army. medical corps - field service, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - medical care -
Unions Ballarat
Never a White Flag: The Memoirs of Jock Barnes, Jock Barnes, 1988
The story of the 1951 confrontation and lockout of waterfront workers in New Zealand (1951).A memoir that tells the story of a key event in New Zealand's union history.Paper. Front cover: red background; sepia picture of Jock Barnes; black and white text.Front cover: author's name, editor's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, new zealand, unions, waterfront workers, never a white flag, barnes, jock, memoir, history -
Unions Ballarat
Felicia: the political memoirs of Don Dunstan, Dunstan, Don, 1981
Don Dunstan was a South Australian state politician known for progressive reforms. He was premier of South Australia over the periods June 1967-April 1968 and June 1970-February 1979. He resigned from politics in 1979 and died in 1999.The book forms part of Labor Party history in South Australia and is of an autobiographical nature.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white photograph of Don Dunstan; red and yellow lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, dunstan, don, south australian parliament, premier - south australia, politics, politicians -
Unions Ballarat
Don't you worry about that! The Joh Bjelke-Petersen Memoirs (Don Woodward Collection), Bjelke-Petersen, Joh, 1990
Autobiography - Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Petersen was the longest serving Premier of Queensland from 1968-1987, representing the National Party. His wife, Flo Bjelke-Petersen, served in the federal senate. He is known for the Joh for PM campaign (unsuccessful) and as a participant in the downfall of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1975. By use of the Queensland police force, he obstructed street demonstrations for a long period of time. Political autobiography - Queensland - National Party.Book; 259 pages. Front cover: white text; author's name and title; colour photograph of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, premier - queensland, politics, national party of australia, premiers - bjelke-petersen, joh, autobiography, senators - bjelke-petersen, florence -
Unions Ballarat
Special tasks : The memoirs of an unwanted witness - a Soviet spymaster (Don Woodward Collection), Sidoplatov, Pavel et al, 1994
Pavel Sudoplatov a member of the intelligence services of the Soviet Union. He was a key player in Soviet espionage including the assassination of Leon Trotsky.History and politics - Soviet Union. Biographical interest.Book; 509 pages. Dustjacket: red background; yellow, white and black lettering; authors' names and title. Cover: red background; gold lettering; authors' names and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, sudoplatov, pavel, political espionage - ussr, politics and government, wallenberg, raoul, 1912-1947, stalin, joseph, 1878-1953, trotsky, leon, 1879-1940, spies -- soviet union -- biography, espionage -- soviet union -- history -- 20th century, soviet union -- politics and government -- 1936-1953, biography, autobiography -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Bernard Law Montgomery, Montgomery of Alamein, 1958
The Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount MontgomeryBooknon-fictionThe Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomerybattles in france, alamein, operation overlord -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Sq. Ldr. M C Cotton DFC. OAM, Hurricanes over Burma, 1995
non-fictionthe memoirs of wing commander "bunny" stone dfc, cotton mc, world war 1939-45, burma campaign, aerial operations british, 17 and 43 squadrons. -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Barry Heard, Well Done Those Men, 2007
Memoirs of a Vietnam VeteranBooknon-fictionMemoirs of a Vietnam Veteranvietnam war 1961-1975, veterans biography, australia armed forces biography -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Erich von Manstein, Lost victories, 1958
The war memoirs of Field Marshal Erich von MansteinIndex, ill, maps, p.574non-fictionThe war memoirs of Field Marshal Erich von Mansteinworld war 1939-1945 - germany - history, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - germany -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Flora Annie Steel, King-errant, 1926
Based on memoirs of Zahir-Ud-Din, called Babar.Ill, p.335.fictionBased on memoirs of Zahir-Ud-Din, called Babar.england - fiction, babur - emporor of hindustan - fiction -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, James Nisbet in association with Victor Gollancz, Fire of life, 1935
This book is an abbreviation of my three volumes of memories, Changes and chances (1923), More changes More Chances (1925), Last Changes Last Chances (1928)p.448.non-fictionThis book is an abbreviation of my three volumes of memories, Changes and chances (1923), More changes More Chances (1925), Last Changes Last Chances (1928)great britain - history, henry nevinson - memoirs -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Angus & Robertson, Jacka's mob, 1933
The memoirs of an Australian farmer who served, as a private, NCO and officer in the battalion which included Captain Albert Jacka, V.C.Index, p.346.non-fictionThe memoirs of an Australian farmer who served, as a private, NCO and officer in the battalion which included Captain Albert Jacka, V.C.world war 1914-1918 - fiction, world war 1914-1918 - personal recollections -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Angus and Robertson, Last train from Berlin, 1943
Memoirs of an American correspondent in pre-war berlinp.290.Memoirs of an American correspondent in pre-war berlingermany - history - 1933-1943, world war 1939-1945 - personal narratives - united states -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - Just a Local Builder- Maurice Chick looks back, Jan Hunter, 2008
Maurice Chick's memoirs are the story of an apprentice carpenter working for his father who became the managing director of a company that erected many of the landmark buildings in the Albury-Wodonga region. It is a story of work, entrepreneurial ventures and travel that were part of a life lived with enthusiasm. Included are comments from workmen, business associates and friends, and a pictorial archive of buildings erected in a 50 year career.non-fictionMaurice Chick's memoirs are the story of an apprentice carpenter working for his father who became the managing director of a company that erected many of the landmark buildings in the Albury-Wodonga region. It is a story of work, entrepreneurial ventures and travel that were part of a life lived with enthusiasm. Included are comments from workmen, business associates and friends, and a pictorial archive of buildings erected in a 50 year career.maurice chick, businessmen albury wodonga, buildings albury wodonga, companies albury wodonga -
Clunes Museum
Book, M. DE BOURRIENNE, THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, 1831
THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE WITH NOTES, NOW FIRST ADDED, FROM THE DICATION OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA. FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE OF ROVIGO, OF GENERAL RAPP, OF CONSTANT, AND NUMEROUS OTHER AUTHENTIC SOURCESHARDCOVER BOOK MARBLED COLOURING ON FRONT AND BACK COVERS WITH RED LEATHER TOOLED IN GOLD COLOURE VOL. 11 OF A BOOK IN THREE VOLUMES. 423 PAGESnon-fictionTHE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE WITH NOTES, NOW FIRST ADDED, FROM THE DICATION OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA. FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE OF ROVIGO, OF GENERAL RAPP, OF CONSTANT, AND NUMEROUS OTHER AUTHENTIC SOURCESbiography, book -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Nick Anchen, Iron Roads in the Outback, 2017
The Iron Roads of the Australian Outback - the legendary Commonwealth Railways were built through some of the harshest landscapes on Earth. They were railways like no other, where men and women battled extreme temperatures, flash floods and maddening isolation to keep the trains running. This publication is the culmination of 25 years of Outback exploration, research, photography and interviews by author Nick Anchen. The result is a diverse book which brings to life both the beauty and harshness of the Australian Outback, through a collection of fascinating and historic images, along with the memories of former Commonwealth Railways employees. Following an introductory chapter on the vastness and grandeur of the Australian interior - highlighted by the memoirs of 1950s flying doctor Macarthur Job - the book delves into the story of the Central Australia Railway. This was the line built through the 'back of beyond' - the forbidding desert country of South Australia and the Northern Territory. It was here that operators of famous trains such as The Ghan battled searing heat, dust storms and raging floodwaters to keep the trains running. The chapter includes stories by well known Ghan conductor 'Aspro' Lyons, and 'Piano Playing Chef' Paddy Greenfield - along with enginemen Wolf Markowski and John Theel, both of whom worked trains on this famous railway. The story of the North Australia Railway - 'The Line to Nowhere' - is the tale of a ramshackle railway which came alive during the dark days of World War II. The memoirs of wartime engineman Jim Prentice are eye opening, as are the hair raising accounts of surviving Tropical Cyclone Tracy, as told by rolling stock foreman Bill Donaldson. The Trans-Australian Railway was built across one of the harshest and loneliest environments on Earth - the vast Nullarbor Plain. Stories from enginemen Jack Slattery and Ron Howrie, along with Nullarbor resident and roadmaster's wife Cathy Beek, tell not only of the rudimentary living conditions and maddening isolation, but of the great camaraderie amongst the railway people who kept trains such as the Trans-Australian and the Tea and Sugar running. As well as examining the ruins and relics from the long-closed CR narrow gauge lines, the book also includes a chapter on the much-loved Pichi Richi Railway - the last surviving portion of that great Transcontinental Railway dream from another age.ill, maps, p.208.non-fictionThe Iron Roads of the Australian Outback - the legendary Commonwealth Railways were built through some of the harshest landscapes on Earth. They were railways like no other, where men and women battled extreme temperatures, flash floods and maddening isolation to keep the trains running. This publication is the culmination of 25 years of Outback exploration, research, photography and interviews by author Nick Anchen. The result is a diverse book which brings to life both the beauty and harshness of the Australian Outback, through a collection of fascinating and historic images, along with the memories of former Commonwealth Railways employees. Following an introductory chapter on the vastness and grandeur of the Australian interior - highlighted by the memoirs of 1950s flying doctor Macarthur Job - the book delves into the story of the Central Australia Railway. This was the line built through the 'back of beyond' - the forbidding desert country of South Australia and the Northern Territory. It was here that operators of famous trains such as The Ghan battled searing heat, dust storms and raging floodwaters to keep the trains running. The chapter includes stories by well known Ghan conductor 'Aspro' Lyons, and 'Piano Playing Chef' Paddy Greenfield - along with enginemen Wolf Markowski and John Theel, both of whom worked trains on this famous railway. The story of the North Australia Railway - 'The Line to Nowhere' - is the tale of a ramshackle railway which came alive during the dark days of World War II. The memoirs of wartime engineman Jim Prentice are eye opening, as are the hair raising accounts of surviving Tropical Cyclone Tracy, as told by rolling stock foreman Bill Donaldson. The Trans-Australian Railway was built across one of the harshest and loneliest environments on Earth - the vast Nullarbor Plain. Stories from enginemen Jack Slattery and Ron Howrie, along with Nullarbor resident and roadmaster's wife Cathy Beek, tell not only of the rudimentary living conditions and maddening isolation, but of the great camaraderie amongst the railway people who kept trains such as the Trans-Australian and the Tea and Sugar running. As well as examining the ruins and relics from the long-closed CR narrow gauge lines, the book also includes a chapter on the much-loved Pichi Richi Railway - the last surviving portion of that great Transcontinental Railway dream from another age. commonwealth railways (australia) -- history., central australia railway -- history. -
Clunes Museum
Document - MEMOIRS-HICK.A.W
.1 HANDWRITTEN NOTES OF ALEXANDER WHITE HICK PRESENTED TO CLUNES MUSEUM BY HIS GREAT GREAT NEPHEW, CHRISTOPHER RICHARDS AUTHOR OF "THERE WERE THREE SHIPS". .2 TYPED COPY OF THE ABOVE RECORD.local history, documents, memorials, white hick, alexander.