Historical information

"Narrative of the service history of the Fifth (Victorian) Infantry Battalion 1st AIF". "A remarkable testimony of their sacrifice in the First World War".

Physical description

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.

Inscriptions & markings

Opposite Title Page - printed donation label - "Donated by
39th Australian Infantry
Battalion (1941-1943)
Association Inc.
www.39battalion.com"