Historical information
A soldier's book produced almost entirely by soldiers in the field under active service conditions to send to their friends in Australia and abroad.
Significance
Australian Lighthorse men is a type peculiar his own and has no counterpart in h is NZ brother. His fearlessness, initiative and endurance, and his adaptability to almost any task, are due to the adventurous life he leads in his own country where he has been accustomed to long hours in the saddle, day and night, and to facing danger of all sorts from his earliest youth.
Physical description
Brown front and back hardcover with dark brown text 'Australia in Palestine' with a light horseman framed in centre of front cover. The spine is green with text Australia in Palestine, Angus and Robertson bottom of spine.
Evidence of water on front cover. Silverfish have eaten top right hand corner of first two pages. Farm scene in four boxes with AR in the lower corner of each square. Inside front and back covers are illustrations of a camel train and came corps in the desert with the rising sun in the background with a mountain. There is a grave and white cross in their foreground right lower corner
Illustrations, photographs, poems, short stories, Centre foldout of the Battle for Richon Le Zion and Battle of Beersheba and after the Battle of Bir El Abed
Inscriptions & markings
To the memory of fallen comrades. Pen mark inside W. Mathews Lara
Subjects
- battle of beersheba,
- battle of richon ze zion,
- battle of bir er abd,
- camel corps,
- lighthorse,
- slush light,
- sir h.g. chauvel,
- mounted division at kantara,
- medical services,
- signal engineers,
- katia oasis,
- new zealand mounted troops,
- sir edmund h allenby,
- walers story,
- 5th lighthorse,
- romani,
- ww1,
- world war 1,
- australian army
