Ill, maps, p.135.non-fictionA contemporary account of the German invasion of Crete and the involvement of Australian forces in it.world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – greece, campaigns - crete - australia

John MURPHY (born Elmore, enlisted Bendigo) VX15580 enlisted in the 2nd AIF on 26.2.1940 age 28 years 5 months. Posted to 2/7th Bn on 6.4.1940 and embarked for the Middle East on 15.4.1940, embarked for Greece 9.4.1941 and returned from there in June 1941. Embarked for Australia on 8.3.1942 and disembarked Ceylon 7.4.1942 and did not re embark until 12.7.1942 and arrived in Australia 4.8.1942. Transfers to 2nd Aust Tank W/Shops AEME on 3.10.1942 and then 2/4th Aust Base W/Shops, discharged from the Army on 3.10.1945. In the Greece and Crete campaigns the 2/7th Bn was essentially destroyed and it was rebuilt from a small core in Palestine in Garrison duties and then in Ceylon before returning to Australia..1)Medal set, brass plate mounted , group of (5) re .J. Murphy 1.1939 -45 star 2. Africa star 3. Defence medal 4. War medal 1939 -45 5. Australian service medal 1939 - 45 .2) Ribbon , single "Africa Star" with pins uniform attachment"VX15580 J Murphy"numismatics- medals - military, metalcraft

.3) A Lee, 27 Alamein Court, Golden Square, Bendigo.Red buckram covers with loose paper & plastic covers. White text on loose covers. Black & white photos & illustrations. .1) Vol I The Benghazi, 336 pages .2) Vol II Greece, Crete and Syria, 587 pages .3) Vol III Tobruk and El Alamein, 854 pages .4) Vol IV The Japanese Thrust, 715 pages .5) Vol V South-West Pacific Area - First Year, 655 pages .6) Vol VI The New Guinea Offensives, 851 pages .7) Vol VII The Final Campaigns, 667 pagesbooks, military history

Australia in the War 1939-1945. Series 2 NAVY Volume 1Australia in the War of 1939-1945 - Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942 Maps, Photographs and IllustrationsInside front page has a handwritten letter on personal paper from George Herman Gill to Oscar Esther - June 1958. Inscription - Presented to Lara Sub Branch RSSAILA Lara, Vic by Squadron Leader O.A. Mendelssohn an old friend and admirer of the author, commander G.H. Gill OBE June 1958. Australian War Memorialnavy, ran ships overseas to june 1940, ran ships overseas june-december 1040, western desert campaign, greece, crete, the middle east, mediterranean to end of 1941, south-west pacific, abda and anzac

Index, bibliography, notes, ill, maps, p.374.non-fictionhis is the largely unknown story of another Anzac force, which fought not at Gallipoli, but in Greece, during World War II. Desperately outnumbered and fighting in deeply inhospitable conditions, these Anzacs found themselves engaging in a long retreat through Greece, under constant air attack. Most of the Anzac Corps was evacuated by the end of April 1941, but many men got only as far as Crete. Fighting a German paratroop invasion there in May, large numbers were taken captive and spent four long years as prisoners of the Nazis. The campaign in Greece turned out to have uncanny parallels to the original Gallipoli operation: both were inspired by Winston Churchill, both were badly planned by British military leaders, and both ended in defeat and evacuation. Just as Gallipoli provided military academies the world over with lessons in how not to conduct a complex feat of arms, Churchill's Greek adventure reinforced fundamental lessons in modern warfare - heavy tanks could not be stopped by men armed with rifles, and Stuka dive-bombers would not be deflected by promises of air support from London that were never honoured. In this revised edition, based on fresh archival research, and containing a collection of previously unpublished photos, the truth finally emerges as to how the Australian, Greek, and New Zealand Governments were misled over key decisions that would define the campaign. world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - greece, greek campaign - australian involvement

Ill, maps, p.162.non-fictionThe experience of the Australian army during the battles for Greece and Crete in 1941world war 1939-1945 -campaigns - greece and crete, greece and crete - australian involvement - 1941

Index, ill, maps, p.587.non-fictionThis is volume 2 of series 1 (Army) of Australia in the War, 1939-1945. The first series has seven volumes, the first three covering military campaigns in the Middle East and the last four in the Pacific. world war 1939 – 1945 – campaigns – greece – syria, military history of australia in world war two

Index, bib, ill, maps, p.163.non-fictionAustralian troops fighting in Greece, Crete and Syria during World War IIworld war 1939-1945 - australian involvement, , world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - greece, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - crete and syria

Documented stories of Australian soldiers who served on Crete and in the Greek CampaignHard cover book. The Battle of Crete , the Untold Story by Dina Gerolymou. Details of many Australian Soldiers who served on Crete in WW2.Contain photo and text.

Index, ill, maps, p.562.non-fictionThe Australian army in the Middle East in World war twoworld war 1939-1945 - australia, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - crete

Paperback book with two staples along the spine. Full colour image across the front cover of a Greek man in traditional clothes in the forefront, to the right of the page are three soldiers casually walking, in the background is a mountain set against a blue sky. The title and author/illustrator/researcher names are printed in black text in the top right corner. Across the bottom right side it reads 'An Australian Defence Force Journal Publication'. There is a white label sticker on the bottom of the spine with B130 handwritten in red ink.non-fictionAn illustrated publication to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Greece. In 1991, a group of WWII veterans made an historic pilgrimage along the paths the Allied forcers followed in the Greek Campaign of 1941, from Macedonia down to the island of Crete.world war ii campaigns - greece - anniversaries, australian army - history - world war 1939-1945, greece, australian defence force

Book review of "A special kind of service" by Joan Crouch. The book is about a wartime field hospital, the 2/9th Australian General Hospital (AGH). It was a portable group of about 300 nurses, doctors and support servicemen. The 2/9th AGH started it's life by heading by sea for the Middle East, where it was to care for ill and injured troops. It operate with a minimum of 600 bed, with 4000 at times of stress. Sister Joan Crouch has collected dairies, correspondence, official records, recollections and photos from people who served with the 2/9th for her book, told chronologically. The book begins with the first passage as a unit, via India, to the Middle East. They established the 2/9th AGH near the Arab village of Amiriya, where sand storms penetrated everything, including the operating theatre, but the staff were able to go sightseeing at the Pyramids. Next they moved to a monastery in Nazareth, where it snowed over Christmas 1941. The 2/9th AGH was recalled after Pearl Harbour to assist in South-East Asia, but Singapore fell so they came back to Northfield, Australia for a few months. They were then moved to a site 30km out of Port Moresby, called Seventeen-Mile. There they bore the brunt of casualties from the Kokoda Trail, with December 1942 seeing them looking after 4000 with a staff of twenty-nine doctors, 112 sisters and about 300 others. The 'walking wounded' were known to help nurse the bedridden. In September 1943 the first group of the Australian Army Medical Womens Service (AAMWS) arrived to assist the 2/9th AGH. March 1944 ended the service of the 2/9th AGH in what is now Papua New Guinea and they briefly returned to Tamworth, Australia, before closing temporarily for a few months. March1945, the 2/9th AGH were sent to assist in the Borneo campaign at Morotai, where they saw out the war. Joan Crouch worked as a nurse with 2/9th AGH, during World War II, continued afterwards in the Army Nursing Service (ANS) and was later involved in the Korean War, working in Japan and Seoul. A photocopy of a large newspaper clipping consisting of a title, eight columns of text and a black and white photo of a group of women sitting outside'THE NEWCASTLE HERALD / 21 FEB 1987' [photocopied ink, top left]wwii, world war two, ww2, korea, alternative publishing co-operative, adelaide, alexandria, tobruk, crete, merewether beach, red cross, bbc world service, big ben, red cross radio, syria, 7th australian division, casa nova monastery, terra santa monastery, rouna falls, laloki river, loribaiwa, church of the nativity, bethlehem, westmead hospital, new south wales, south australia, molucca group, macarthur, philippines, japanese emperor, potsdam agreement, nagasaki, american, america, pows, prisoners of war