Victoria Cross : Australia's finest and the battles they fought
Staunton, Anthony2005
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96 Australians have been awarded the Victoria Cross. Travels from the trenches of Europe to the jungles of Vietnam - via Africa, Russia and the Middle East - to bring home just how 'they dared mightily and turned their necessity into glorious gain'
Main title:
Victoria Cross : Australia's finest and the battles they fought / by Anthony Staunton and Australian War Memorial (Canberra, ACT)
Imprint:
Prahran Hardie Grant Books 2005
Collation:
358 p. illustrations maps
Contents:
For Valour: The Victoria Cross - For Empire: South Africa (1899-1902) - Gallipoli (1915) - World War: East Africa/Sinai-Palestine/France (1915-17) - Step by Step: Third Ypres and Passchendaele (1917) - The German Spring Offensive (1918) - The Hundred Days: France (1918) - Fighting the Bolshevicks: North Russia (1919) - War I the Mediterranean (1941-42) - Airmen for the Empire: Europe (1941-45) - Cose to Hoe: Malaya and Borneo (1942-45) - Jungle Warfare in Papua and New Guinea (1942-45) - Vietnam (1962-72) - For Gallantry: The George Cross
ISBN:
9781740662888 (pbk)
Dewey class:
355.134 VIC
Local class:
355.134
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
107562
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 355.134 VIC | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |