Stories from the 8th Division Australian Army Medical Corps under Malaya Command, WWII. The 39th Australian Infantry Battalion (1941-1943) Association donated four books of Military History: Cat. No. 4474 With the Twenty-Second Cat. No. 4475 Carrying On Under Fire and in Captivity Cat. No. 4476 Mod Revisited Cat. No. 4477 Forward With The FifthHard cover - cardboard with dark blue glossy coloured background. White print on front, spine and back. Front illustrated black and blue toned photograph of 6 Medical Corp Soldiers in uniform. Back, photograph of trestle bridge on Thai-Burma Railway. Front and back figleaf and end papers illustrated with grey/blue and white maps. 559 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated black and white photographs, portraits, maps, drawings.Opposite Title Page - printed donation label - "Donated by 39th Australian Infantry Battalion (1941 - 1943) Association Inc, www.39battalion.com” Association Inc. www.39battalion.com"books, military, history, wwii

Three volumes, hard covers books with dust covers. 1.2.& 3. Hardcover - cardboard, dark blue colour buckram with gold print on spine. Dust covers - paper, black, white, dark blue print on front and spine. Illustrated. 1. Blue and white colour background with soldier in red and navy colour uniform standing with sword in right hand. 2. Cream and sepia colour background with sepia photograph of Watson's Pier, ANZAC Cove June 1915. 3. Cream and sepia colour background, with sepia photograph of sappers disarming weapons. 203, 232, 432 pages - cut, plain off white colour paper. Illustrated - black and white photographs and maps. Endpapers - illustrated 1. Drawing in blue colour. 2. & 3. Maps - black and white colour. publications, books, military history, royal australian engineers

Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, yellow and brown colour background. Black, brown and colour print on front, spine and back. Illustrated, front sepia photograph of a young soldier standing with rifle in right hand. 106 pages - cut, plain, white colour gloss paper. Illustrated black/brown and white photographs and maps."Goldfields Library/CORPORATION" blue, white, black adhesive label and print on front, spine and back.publications, books, military history, biographies, ww1

From Title Page - "THE AUSTRALIAN/ LIGHT HORSE/ The Magnificent Australian Force and its decisive victories in Arabia in World War 1".Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, yellow and brown colour background. Gold, red, black print on front, spine and back. Illustrated front - two sepia photographs of soldiers on horseback. Back - three small photographs, sepia and colour soldier in local costume, soldier on horseback, group three soldiers on horse book. 549 pages - cut, plain, off white colour paper. Illustrated - black and white photographs and maps.publications, books, military history, australian light horse

From title page = "DESERT/ BOYS/ Australians at War from Beersheba/ to Tobruk and El Alamein".Soft cover book Cover - cardboard, light blue colour background. Blue, brown, black print on front, spine and back. Illustrated - black and white photographs - front - five soldiers seated around a gun emplacement. Back - group of soldiers with their kit, ready to leave. 712 pages. Cut, plain, off white colour paper. Illustrated - black and white photographs and documents.publications, books, military history, ww1, ww2

Hardcover Book. Cover - cardboard with light khaki colour buckram. Black colour print on spine. 303 pages - cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. Also coloured maps with "British dispositions and movements are shown in blue, German and Italian red.publications, books, military history, training

From Title Page, "ANZAC'S DIRTY/ DOZEN/ 12 MYTHS OF AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY"Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, red colour background with white, yellow and black print on front, spine and back. Illustrated - sepia drawings from Military posters. Front - three persons, two holding rifles, one in uniform. Back - two persons, one in uniform, second holding a rifle. 335 pages - cut, plain, white colour paper. No illustrations. publications, books, military history, anthology

From Title page "AND TOMORROW/ FREEDOM/ AUSTRALIAN GUERRILLAS IN THE PHILIPPINES". From front dust cover flap; "The hitherto - untold account of a guerrilla band which fought the/ Japanese in the Philippines in the/ closing stages of World War 2". Hard cover book with dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard, brown colour buckram. Gold colour print on spine. Dustcover - paper, blue, black and white colour print on front, spine and back. Illustrated on front - main colour of yellow and brown, stylized illustration of a local native sailing dinghy on water. 171 pages, cut, plain, white colour paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps. End papers - illustrated with a map (black and white) of "South East Asia".publication, books, military history, philippines, ww2.

From title page: "FROMELLES/ THE STORY OF AUSTRALIA'S DARKEST DAY/ THE SEARCH FOR OUR FALLEN HEROES OF WORLD WAR ONE"Hardcover book with dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard, black colour adhered paper, gold colour print on spine. Dustcover - paper, black and gold colour print on pale blue background. Illustrated colour photograph montage of a soldier carrying a wounded soldier statue superimposed over a landscape of grass, fields and distant buildings. 407 pages - cut, plain, white colour paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps.publications, books, military history, ww1

From Title page "The Kaiser's Battle/ 21 March 1918:/ The First Day of the German Spring Offensive". WW1, History of the last days of WW1.Hardcover book with dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard, with grey colour buckram. Blue colour print on spine. Dustcover - paper, yellow and white colour print on front, spine and back. Illustrated - black and white with added blue colours collection of photographs. Including three German Officer, two wounded soldiers and a trench scene. 431 pages - cut, plain, off white colour paper. Illustrated black and white photographs, maps and diagrams. Handwritten inscription, front end paper.Handwritten details - grey lead pencil, "14.95/-P".publications, books, military history, ww1, german

"Patsy Adam-Smith read nearly 8000/ diaries and letters before writing The ANZACS"Hardcover book with dustcover. Hardcover - cardboard, with dark brown colour buckram. Gold colour print on spine. Dustcover - paper, with mid brown and white print on front and spine on a dark brown colour background. Illustrated - front sepia and black colour copy of a recruitment poster with soldiers marching. Back - in colour copy of the "AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE/ DISTINGUISHING COLOUR PATCHES" poster. 372 pages - cut, plain off white colour paper. Illustrated black ad white photographs. Handwritten inscription front end paper. Handwritten details - grey lead pencil "16.95/ - P"publications, books, military history, ww1, biographies

From Title Page "Prisoners of War/ From Gallipoli to Korea".Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard. Red, black and white print on front, spine and back. Illustrated - black and white photographs. Front and spine - group of soldiers with guard. Back - group of nurses (Army and Civilian). 754 pages - cut, plain, off white colour paper. Illustrated, black and white photographs.publication, books, military history, pow's, ww2

An anthology of Australian & New Zealand Military poetry. Soft cardboard cover with front & back fold in flaps. White / gold / yellow print on front, spine & back. Cover illustration in glossy colour of a portion of a painting of military personnel. Small overlay of rosemary & wattle flowers at bottom front. 524 pages, cut, plain, white, illustrated, black / white / colour photographs.books- military history, poetry, military poetry

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

From forward: A celebration of 150 years of making the people of Sandhurst, Bendigo, the Loddon Mallee Region, etc much healthier.A pictorial history of the Bendigo Hospital. .1) Hard cardboard cover with glossy finish. 232 pages, cut, plain, glossy white. Illustrated with black / white photos, illustrations & posters. .2) Dust cover with glossy finish. .1) & .2) Gold / white print on front & spine. Covers illustrated in colour of a view of the Bendigo Gold District Hospital - undated, probably 1880's. books- military history, bendigo, hospital

.1) Box open, cardboard, dark green buckram, white paper lining, gold print on sides. .2) - .7) Hard cover book, cardboard, dark green buckram with gold print on front cover & spine. Pages are plain, cut, white, black print, black & white illustrations. .2) Volume 1 of 6. Unit & Location Indexes / Bibliography, Orders of Battle. 483 pages. .3) Volume 2 of 6. Headquarters, Infantry, Cavalry / Armoured & Intelligence Units. 605 pages. .4) Volume 3 of 6. Artillery, Air Defence and Engineer Units. 626 pages. .5) Volume 4 of 6. Medical and Signal Units. Box of 6 books. The Unit Guide / The Australian Army / 1939 - 1945. 654 pages .6) Volume 5 of 6. Aust Army Service Corps, Aust Army Ordnance Corps and Aust Electrical & Mechanical Engineer Units. 706 pages. .7) Volume 6 of 6. Womens Services / Volunteer Defence Corps / War Graves, Survey, Labour, Salvage / Military Policing / Recruiting & Training / Dental, Bath & Laundry / Veterinary & Animal / Movements & Transit / Pay, Records & Printing, Postal / Amenities & Canteens Units. 568 pages. books- military history, unit guide

Soft cover book Soft cover - cardboard, brown and beige colour print on front, spine and back. Front illustration - sepia, half portrait of two soldiers in uniform. 323 pages - cut, off white, illustrated black & white photographs and map.books, military history, ww1

Hard cover book with dust cover. Hard cover - cardboard, gold colour buckram with white print front and spine. Dust cover - paper, with folded edges top and bottom. Dark grey coloured background with white and gold print on front, spine and back. Illustrated with front two two red poppies and names frtom Roll of Honour. Illustrations on spine - in colour portion of stained glass windows. 611 pages, cut, plain white, illustrated in colour, black and white photographs. Front and back end papers - dark grey colour, illustrated monochrome photographs. Bookmark - ribbon - brown. books, military history, australian war memorial

Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, white print on front, spine and back. Background illustrated in grey monochrome front.- Walled city and fort, with image of Victoria Cross and Ribbon in colour. Back - on parade personnel with gun carriages. 311 pages, cut, plain white.books, military history, biography

"BECAUSE OUR FATHERS LIED" "FROM BOER/ TO WORLD WAR:/ AUSTRALIA'S/ BAPTISM BY FIRE". "Australian soldiers sent needlessly to their death during the Boer and Great War"Soft cover - cardboard, white and red print on front, spine and back. Black background, illustrated black and white photograph, view through an arched window of a graveyard, soldier in uniform, church and buildings in background - on front. "Book Illustration "Monochrome black and red colour indistinct archway with poppies. 292 pages, cut, plain, white, No illustrations. Signature on Title Page.Title page - handwritten in blue ink "Paula Astridge"books, military history, boer war, ww1, biography

Book cover is heavy cardboard with fabric stretched over. Colour is dirty brown. The title is in red & black & depicts a soldier with a sword on horseback. 200 pages of photographs, first 2 pages missing. At rear is a summary of the War by dates, 14 pages. First page missing.books-military-history, boer war

"Australian War Diary" Australian Armed Force4s in a Changing World: 1870 - 2010.Hard cover book Hardcover cardboard with Glossy paper finish. White print on front, spine and back. Cover black and white and colour illustrations - montage of photographs in strips top and bottom, front to back of various Armed Forces scene. 303 pages, cut, plain white paper. Illustrated black and white and colour photographs, posters and paintings.books, military history, australia

From the front cover " REMEMBERING THOSE/ DESPARATE DAYS/ WHEN THE JAPANESE/ DROPPED 683 BOMBS ON DARWIN IN THE/ FIRST EVER ATTACK/ ON AUSTRALIA BY/ AN ENEMY FORCE/ AND THE 62 OTHER RAIDS/ OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard, yellow and black print on front, spine and back. Illustrated front - colour photograph of a beach scene, back - small colour photograph of the author's superimposed over colour photograph of a beach scene. 368 pages, cut, plain, glossy white, illustrated black and white and colour photographs, maps and documents. DVD Plastic, adhered to back end paper.books, military history, darwin, ww2

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!

"The Sir John Monash Centre tells the remarkable story of Australia's men and women who served on the Western Front a century ago"Soft cover, cardboard, front and back covers, yellow and white print on front cover and spine, 220 pages, B & W and colour, maps, photos, paintings.books, military, history, wwi

"This is a revised edition of the original 1919 Regimental History" "From the beaches of Anzac Cove to the gas ridden trenches of the Western Front" "The pyramids to the rolling plains of Stone Henge" "Ground traversed by the Twenty-Second (Victorian) Infantry Battalion during World War One"Hard cover book with dust cover. Hard cover cardboard with grey coloured buckram , gold coloured print on front and spine. Illustrated with purple over red diamond colour patch. Dust cover, paper, pinkish/orange glossy coloured background, purple coloured print on front, spine and back. Illustrated with purple over red diamond colour patch (small) front and back and black and white photograph of a group of soldiers 'somewhere in France. 245 pages, cut, plain, semi gloss white. Illustrated - black and white photographs and maps.Front fly leaf - printed donation label - "Donated by 39th Australian Infantry Battalion (1941-43) Association Inc www.39battalion.com" Top right front flyleaf - printed label with handwritten in black ink "No. 120 of 500"books, military, history, wwi

Stories from the 39th Battalion 1941-43, Kokoda to Gona. 70th Anniversary Edition of the Kokoda Track operations, WWII.Hard cover book with dust cover (dust cover same as book). Hard cover - cardboard with dark green glossy coloured background. White and gold print on front, spine and back. Front - illustrated black and green toned photograph of 2 soldiers in uniform in jungle. Back - black and white photograph of 7 soldiers. Brown over red oval colour patch front and back. Front and back flyleaf and end papers illustrated dark green and white maps. 320 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated black and white photographs, portraits, documents and maps.Opposite Title Page - printed donation label - "Donated by 39th Australian Infantry Battalion (1941 - 43) Association Inc. www.39battalion.com” books, military, history, wwii

"Narrative of the service history of the Fifth (Victorian) Infantry Battalion 1st AIF". "A remarkable testimony of their sacrifice in the First World War".Hard cover with dust cover. Hard cover, cardboard with black coloured buckraw, red print on front and spine. Front - illustrated - silhouette drawing of soldier in uniform Back - black and white photograph of 2 soldiers on camel back. Small black over red rectangular colour patch front and back 342 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated black and white photographs, portraits, maps and documents.Opposite Title Page - printed donation label - "Donated by 39th Australian Infantry Battalion (1941-1943) Association Inc. www.39battalion.com"books, military, history, wwi

The story of Japanese Prisoners of War by Rohan Rivett “War Correspondent, POW on the Burma Siam Railway”Hard cover, buckram, dark fawn colour, blue print on spine, red print symbol on front cover, 400 pages, plain off white, illustrated B & W, colour and maps.Front fly leaf, hand written in grey lead pencil, “8a A.E. Lockwood 12/6”. Front end paper bottom right, book shop label in blue print intelligible.books, military history, pow’s