Arthur Blackburn, VC: An Australian Hero, His Men, and Their Two World WarsGallipoli hero, Victoria Cross recipient, battalion and brigade commander, conqueror of Damascus and defiant antagonist of the Japanese - by any measure Arthur Seaforth Blackburn was one of Australia's most remarkable soldiers. This, the first Blackburn biography, details the famous battles that shaped Australia. It tells Blackburn's story through the eyes of his comrades, including many from his battalion who survived the horrors of the Burma Railway, and includes photographs taken by Blackburn never published before. |
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Canons Son l | 1 |
Fat Limbs For Export | 15 |
Last Days Of Innocence | 23 |
The Gallipoli Invasion Plan | 28 |
Go Like Hell For Third Ridge | 35 |
The Landing At Anzac | 47 |
Gallipoli | 63 |
Silt Spur | 75 |
Damascus | 239 |
Murder At Merdjayoun | 247 |
Syria And Lebanon 246 | 262 |
Pride Comes Before The Fall | 264 |
Our Outlook Was Pretty Grim | 277 |
Malaya Sumatra Java And Borneo | 278 |
No Japanese Landing On Java | 304 |
The Battle Of Leuwiliang | 322 |
Pozieres | 94 |
Mouquet Farm | 111 |
Still Serving | 128 |
Coroner | 159 |
H A Tolerant Man | 170 |
Another Voyage | 200 |
Why Syria? | 212 |
The Syrian Theatre | 217 |
No Greece Or Crete | 328 |
No Decent Civilised Concept | 348 |
Dunlop Shall Remain In Command | 377 |
Utter Black Despondency | 399 |
Formosa Japan And Manchuria | 408 |
It Was The Men Who Had A Bad Time | 415 |
Feel As Though My Father Has Just Died | 432 |
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| Название | Arthur Blackburn, VC: An Australian Hero, His Men, and Their Two World Wars |
| Автор | Andrew Faulkner |
| Издание: | иллюстрированное |
| Издатель | Wakefield Press, 2008 |
| ISBN | 186254784X, 9781862547841 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 498 |
| Экспорт цитаты | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |