An Australian Band of Brothers: Don Company, Second 43rd Battalion, 9th Division by Mark Johnston
$34.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
This riveting book follows a small group of Australian front-line soldiers from their enlistment in the dark days of 1940 to the end of World War II. No ordinary soldiers, they were members of Don Company of the Second 43rd Battalion, part of the famous 9th Australian Division, which sustained more casu ...Show more
The War Diaries Of Weary Dunlop: Java And The Burma - Thailand Railway 1942-1945 by E.E. Dunlop, Edward E Dunlop
$32.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
This extraordinary first-hand account of Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's experiences as senior medical officer in the infamous prisoner-of-war camps in Java and on the Burma-Thailand Railway, is not only an account of great historical significance but also a testament to the ability of the human spirit to o ...Show more
Fromelles and Pozieres: In the Trenches of Hell by Peter FitzSimons
$32.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
In the Trenches of Hell On 19 July 1916, 7000 Australian soldiers - in the first major action of the AIF on the Western Front - attacked entrenched German positions at Fromelles in northern France. By the next day, there were over 5500 casualties, including nearly 2000 dead - a bloodbath that the Austra ...Show more
War Dogs by Rebecca Frankel
$24.99 AUD
Category: Miltary | Reading Level: General Adult
Loyal and courageous, dogs are truly man's best friend on the battlefield. In War Dogs, Rebecca Frankel offers a riveting mix of on-the-ground reporting, her own hands-on experiences in the military working dog world, and a look at the science of dogs' special abilities from their amazing noses and powe ...Show more
The Last Anzacs by Tony Stephens and Stephen Siewert
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
More than 75,000 Australians and New Zealanders went to war on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915. They shared a horror, but their courge and deeds on a balltlefield of tragic errors and unimaginable suffering helped a legend, the legend of the Anzacs. The Anzacs lost more men on the Western Front that the ...Show more
44 Days: 75 Squadron and the Fight for Australia by Michael Veitch
$22.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
'Brilliantly researched and sympathetically told, 44 DAYS is more than just a fitting tribute to brave but overlooked heroes. It's also a top read.' ****ADELAIDE ADVERTISERThe epic World War II story of the heroes of Australia's 75 Squadron - and the 44 days when these brave and barely trained pilots fo ...Show more
Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, war, defence and citizenship (HB) by Joan Beaumont (Editor); Allison Cadzow (Editor)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Miltary General
After decades of silence, Serving Our Country is the first comprehensive history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's participation in the Australian defence forces. While Indigenous Australians have enlisted in the defence forces since the Boer War, for much of this time they defied racist ...Show more
The Last Post by Emma Campbell
$29.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
Every day hundreds of people gather at the Australian War Memorial to hear a personal story of love, loss, service and sacrifice. The Last Post profiles some of the 102,800 soldiers whose names are listed on the Memorial's Roll of Honour; it explores how and why we commemorate, and the role of the Austr ...Show more
ANZAC Sniper: the Untold Story of One of Australia's Greatest Soldiers by Roland Perry
$32.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
The extraordinary story of Stan Savige - from Gallipoli marksman to WWII General and the founder of Legacy 'Stan Savige had been on Gallipoli for just two weeks, in the trenches firing at Turks less than 20 metres away. But Sniper's Ridge was a different proposition. Killing took on another dimension. ...Show more
For Country, for Nation: An Illustrated History of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Military Service by Lachlan Grant (Editor); Michael Bell (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Miltary
An illustrated history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander military service. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that deceased people are represented throughout this publication. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a long-standing tradition of fighting ...Show more
The Emperor's Grace: Untold Stories of the Australians Enslaved in Japan during World War II by Mark Baker
$34.95 AUD
Category: Miltary | Series: Australian History Ser.
The Emperor's Grace is the story of the men of "C" Force – the first contingent of Australian, British and Dutch POWs shipped from Singapore to Japan in November 1942 – who worked in the Kawasaki Shipyard in Kobe before the American firebombing campaign razed the city, and then the infamous Fukuoka coal ...Show more