Historical information

A cavalcade of events with the Australian Services from 1788-1846
A collection of short stories and experiences of service.

Significance

Personal recounts by service men and women.

Physical description

As You Were 1946 A cavalcade of events with the Australian Services from 1788-1946
Inside front and back pages are green and black illustrations with the words ' Ye who come after them forget not their sacrifice, claim as your heritage a portion of their spirit and in peace or in war take up their sword of service, so shall the living and the dead be for all time be bound in one fellowship.
Green hardcover with yellow text 'as you were!' Below is a rectangle with 3 servicemen and 1946.

Inscriptions & markings

To the memory of fallen comrades.
' They gave their lives. For that public gift they received a praise which never aged and a tomb most glorious - not so much the tomb in which they lie, but that in which their fame survives, to be remembered forever when occasion comes for word or deed'