The diggers' menagerie
Stone, Barry2012
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Documents, through letters, journals, photographs and first-hand accounts, the stories of the myriad creatures who went off to various wars with Australian soldiers. He follows not just their wartime adventures, but in some cases what happened after...
Main title:
The diggers' menagerie / by Barry Stone
Author:
Imprint:
Sydney HarperCollins 2012
Collation:
264 p. illustrations
Contents:
1. The second Boer War (1899-1902) -- 2. The Great War (1914-1918) -- The paintings of Harold Septimus Power -- Simpson and his donkey -- 3. The Second World War (1939-1945) -- People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) -- The RSPCA: rescuing animals on the home front -- The USSR's secret weapon -- Project pigeon -- Release the bats! -- 4. Korea, Malaya and Vietnam -- The Malayan emergency (1950-1960) -- The Vietnam War (1962-1975) -- Stan, the tobacco-chewing ram -- 5. Keeping the peace: Somalia, East Timor and the Solomon Islands -- 1993 - Somalia -- 1999 - East Timor -- 2003 - The Solomon Islands -- 6. Afghanistan (2001- ) -- Lest we forget
ISBN:
9780733330094 (pbk)
Dewey class:
355.424 DIG
Local class:
355.424
Language:
English
BRN:
3829
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 355.424 DIG | Available |
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 355.424 DIG | Available |