Physical description

Hardcover book with dust-jacket. Army green coloured spine with the title printed in red text and the subtitle below in white. The front cover is a paler green with title in red print across the top. The lower half of the cover shows an image of 8 men (one on horseback), posing for a photo in a field.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'PROPERTY OF VICTORIAN BRANCH RSL' [stamped in red ink on title page]

Summary

The author has drawn on primary sources from Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom to produce a book that encompasses not only Australia's experience of the war, but tells the stories of individuals including Breaker Morant, Alexander Krygger, and Arthur Lynch. Over 200 illustrations and maps accompany the text. The great war in South Africa, fought a century ago between the British empire and the Boer republics, was the first war fought by people who called themselves Australians. Encompasses Australia's experiences of the war and also tells the stories of individuals. Commissioned by the Australian War Memorial. - taken from Trove record.