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Handbook, Guests of the contemptibles.....memories of the prison camps

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A most insightful touching small book of words.J.E.Purtill.has written from his heart and mind.It is obvious that he valued his place in 2/29
BAtt..8th Division and that he valued his fellow 8th Divisioners most greatlyGuests

Significance

A deeply expressed account of signifigence offering insight into the heartbreak and trauma that manifests from any form of warfare.social and spiritual slgnificance.

Physical description

2 3 page handbook.....oblong portrait....yellowed white paper 23 pages......cardboard cover....declarations on front cover.

Inscriptions & markings

For their pal ship which l cherished....to my dead cobbers......I dedicate this little book.
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Identifier

737.

Place made

Australia

Materials

Cardboard cover with paper pages.

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Handbook, Guests of the contemptibles.....memories of the prison camps

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