The songs and Ballads of World War II edited by Martin Page Intrdction by Spike Milligan. Yellow cover with orange border Cartoon (by Donald McGill) characters - sailor kissing sargeant - major on the cheek. soft over illustrated by Bill Tidy 192 PPinside front cover written in ink" Donated by H Brown IA Shelley St Spring Glly 3550." books, military fiction

Once in a great while there comes a novel of such emotional impact and acute insight that it forever changes the way a reader sees a nation or an era.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- veterans - fiction, deserters, military - fiction

Juvenile fiction, diary of a 14 year old soldier to land at ANZAC Cove 25th April 1915. The book is dedicated to the Fighting 10th/1st AIF, 3rd brigade and Clifford Claudias Schroder 1st Div Signal Company.Book, soft cover cardboard, dark green and black print on front, spine and back covers, front cover illustrated B & W photograph of “Troops landing at Gallipoli Cove Gallipoli 1915”, back cover has small black silhouette of a slouch hat.books military, history, juvenile fiction, ww!

Gunner by Richard Beilby first published in 1977. From back cover: Gunner is a war story that looks beneath the surface of violence and hatred, and brilliantly depicts the effect that fighting has on human relationships.Soft cardboard cover, yellow / black / white print on front, spine & back. Gold background, coloured painting illustration of 3 military personnel with buildings in the background. 377 pages, cut, plain, off white, no illustrations. Large print volume. Fiction? / biography with the exception of Gunner Lewis all the characters in this novel are fictitious.Blue marks on top R title page: “$1”books- military history, gunner, fiction

A True Story...Keith Payne's citation for the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration awarded in the British Commonwealth for valour, reads like a touch of madness.australia. australian army - officers - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, military decorations, keith payne, victoria cross, aattv

Fiction - Korean War. Hard cardboard cover, black buckram, gold print on spine. Dust cover has gold / white print on front, spine & back. Black background & illustrated in colour, painting - Soldiers by Sydney Nolan 1959. 384 pages, cut, plain, beige.book, fiction, korea

Ill, notes, maps, p.370.fiction1966: An Australian military base is established around a hill in South Viet Nam - two battalions strong. The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army draw up a plan to eliminate the base and allocate eight battalions for the task. Then the plan is thwarted when the Vietnamese forces run into an Australian company in the Long Tan rubber plantation.vietnam war 1961-1975 – australian involvement, vietnam war 1961-1975 – fiction

Vietnam War veteran An enthralling account of an Australian infantryman and his companions in the Vietnam War. On Friday 8th March 1968, 20-year-old Gary McKay lost the lottery. He was conscripted. From a comfortable and carefree life of surfing and rugby football, he was drafted into the deadly serious preparation for war in the jungles of South Vietnam. In Good Company is his story told in his own words. It begins with induction and selection for the officer academy for national servicemen at Scheyville, a six-month 'pressure cooker' course which produced second lieutenants ready to lead troops into action against the Viet Cong. It ends three and a half years later with a burst of NVA machine-gun fire during a battle among enemy-held bunkers in the hills of Nui Le. Here is a grass-roots account of the blood, sweat and tears shared by a rifle platoon in jungle warfare, a straightforward story of the fears and the camaraderie which soldiers experience in combat. Gary McKay fashioned this account from his experience in action, leading his platoon. The detail is provided from the 80 letters he wrote to his wife while he served. He wrote his story for the reader who wants to know what the soldier on the ground went through - in the fetid jungle, in battle. Anyone who wants to understand what service in South Vietnam meant to those who were there should read this book. 'Reading In Good Company leaves a vivid and disconcerting impression of how the Vietnam War smelt, felt and sounded. One of the most honest and affecting war memoirs which Australians have so far published.' - Mark Thomas, Canberra Times 'An enthralling, accurate account of infantry soldiering in the Vietnam era. Very readable; a must for those who have never experienced combat and a vivid reminder for all veterans.' - Major General M. P. Blake, AM, MC, former CO 5th Battalion RARGary John McKay MC (born 1947) is a writer and former Australian Army officer. He was awarded the Military Cross while serving with the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during the Vietnam War.[1] He later served as Commanding Officer of 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment between 1988 and 1990Soft cover non fiction book

An anthology of Australian and New Zealand Military PoetryThe poetry dates back to the Boer War from Aus & NZ members and ex-membersForeword by Lt Gen Peter Cosgrove

Prelude to conflict -- Blitz in the West -- Britain alone -- Italy falters -- Hitler strikes South -- Enter Rommel -- Barbarossa -- The War against Japan -- The onslaught continues -- From Moscow to the Crimea -- Turning point in the desert -- Stalingrad to Kursk -- Victory in the desert -- The Convoy battles -- Hitting back against the Japanese -- The Italian armistice -- To the Gustav Line -- Approaches to the Philippines -- War over the Reich -- The invasion of France -- Destruction of the Army Group Centre -- The Seine to Arnhem -- The Empire's last throw -- Victory in Italy -- The end in Europe -- Victory over Japanhard cover non-fiction book maps and diagramsInscription on the first page "To Dad Happy Birthday, with love Jenny xxx 1987" Glued into the same front page is an article cut from the AFR Dec 22-27 2011.

The small French village of Vignacourt was always behind the front lines. For much of the First World War it was a staging point, casualty clearing station and recreation area for troops of all nationalities moving up to and then back from the battlefields on the Somme. Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt tells the story of how one enterprising photographer took the opportunity of this passing traffic to establish a business taking portrait photographs. Captured on glass, printed into postcards and posted home, the photographs made by the Thuillier family enabled Australian soldiers to maintain a fragile link with loved ones in Australia. The Thuillier collection covers many of the significant aspects of Australian involvement on the Western Front, from military life to the friendships and bonds formed between the soldiers and civilians. The exhibition showcases a selection of the photographs as handmade traditional darkroom prints and draws on the Memorial's own collections to tell the story of these men in their own voicesapprox 4000 images were discovered in the attic of a barn Vignacourt, of soldiers and other life in WW1.An exciting story about the discovery of the plates of Vignacourt

an historical look at military intelligence mishapsIn this controversial, eye-opening book, a long-serving professional military intelligence officer examines and analyzes the mistakes in military judgment that have resulted in some of the major catastrophes in the air, at sea, and on the battlefield since the crushing defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. Colonel John Hughes-Wilson not only explores how events have conspired to cause disasters in modern military history but also demonstrates why -- and the reason more often than not lies in the failure of politicians and seasoned generals alike to understand and appreciate fully the value of crucial intelligence information. Hughes-Wilson shows how, for one instance, American bureaucratic bungling and inter-service rivalries collaborated with the Japanese in their devastating attack on Pearl Harbor -- despite the fact that the US was monitoring Japan's top-secret radio traffic -- and he reveals why, for another, the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive of 1968 took the world's most technologically advanced army completely by surprise. In Hitler's Berlin as in Saddam Hussein's Baghdad, this book discloses the lapses, errors, miscalculations, and under-estimations of military intelligence that have shaped our wars and defined our timessoft cover non fiction book

An autobiography of the life of Sir Arthur Roden Cutler, through his military career and life after the armylongest serving Govenor of NSWhard cover non-fiction book with jacket

p.388.fictionA novel of British military life in Indiaengland - fiction, india - british occupation - fiction

p.316fictionJust before his regiment sails off to war in the Sudan, British officer Harry Feversham quits the military. He is immediately given four white feathers - symbols of cowardice - one each by his three best friends and one by his fiancee. To disprove this grave dishonor, Harry dons an Arabian disguise and leaves for the Sudan, where he anonymously comes to the aid of his three friends, saving each of their lives. Having proved his bravery, Harry returns to England, hoping to regain the love and respect of his fiancee. This suspenseful tale movingly depicts a distinctive code of honor that - whether real or imagined - was deeply valued and strongly promoted by the British during the height of their imperial power.england - fiction, cowardice - military

305 p. Includes 'The Royal regiment', 'The secret marriage', 'The student's story', 'Clare Thorne's temptation', 'The great sea serpent' and 'Military folk lore'.james grant, fiction

In the author's words; "In late 1968 there was a 'disturbance' as the military puts it, in the Marine Corps brig in Da Nang, Vietnam.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - fiction, united states - marine corps, da nang

W.E.B. Griffin is a storyteller in the grand tradition, probably the best man around for descriging the military community.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction