The lost diggers
Coulthart, Ross2012
Books, Manuscripts
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During WWI, Aussie diggers and other troops passed through Vignacourt (France) and many had their photographs taken. These were recently discovered by Channel 7s Sunday Night team. This book brings together the images and the stories behind them
Main title:
The lost diggers / by Ross Coulthart
Author:
Imprint:
Sydney HarperCollins Publishers 2012
Collation:
399 p. portraits
Contents:
Pt. One The discovery: Finding the Thuillier photographic plates -- Identifying the diggers -- The backdrop -- The Vignacourt bread boy -- Louis and Antoinette Thuillier and the town of Vignacourt -- We are seven -- The war -- Pt. Two The diggers: Noel and Ford Bechervaise - from Gallipoli to the Somme, 1916 -- Cecil Chapman -- The Somme winter -- Joe Maxwell VC, John Doyle Ted Greenwood -- A soldier's kit -- Jim Holland - the classic digger -- Frank Aitchison - Fromelles -- The padre and the doctor - James Gilbert and Keith Doig -- Venereal disease -- Harry 'Monty' Cottman -- Officers and gentlemen -- From horses to bicycles and biplanes -- He never talked abut the war -- The limbless soldiers - Joseph Wood -- Only whites need apply - the Aboriginal lost diggers -- The dapper digger - John Raitt -- The cyclist corps - Carl Dettmann -- Twins and brothers? -- The sad young digger of Pozieres - George Gilbert -- The young diggers -- We want our mumie -- The older diggers -- The crosses -- The Hindenberg Line -- The deserter - Percy Stafford -- The boxer -- The sports teams -- The weddings -- The pioneers - Angus Wilson -- The postman digger -- Mud and blood - the 52nd battalion -- The heroes of Mont St Quentin -- All that's left of them - the 19th battalion mutiny -- 'Souveniring' and 'ratting' -- The real death toll -- The concert parties -- The little boy and the diggers -- Armistice Day -- Lieutenant Colonel George Murphy -- Shell-shock
ISBN:
9780732294618 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.394 LOS
Local class:
940.394
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
59330
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 940.394 LOS | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |