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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Walter Morris Felix Gamble had a remarkable military career - one that crossed continents, frontiers, and jungles, spanning the defining conflicts of his age. From the Gallipoli Campaign, where Gamble was among the last to evacuate the Peninsula; before serving with distinction on the Western Front in France, where acts of conspicuous gallantry saw him awarded the Military Cross in France. Between the wars, he was drawn toward the wilder edge of British India, serving with the 8th Punjab Regiment and the South Waziristan Scouts on the North-West Frontier. But it was Burma that shaped him most profoundly. Gamble returned there again and again - in 1918, 1930-34, and finally during the darkest days of 1942 through the end of 1944. As Japanese forces swept north, the British/Indian Army fell back in wholesale retreat. Yet, alone in northern Burma, Gamble commanded the Northern Kachin Levies - the only British force actively operating against Japan in Burma, at a time when the map of empire itself appeared to be collapsing. His previously unpublished first-hand account from that campaign forms the unvarnished core of this history. His actions in northern Burma earned him the OBE. He later commanded the Tripura Scouts in 1944 in the Arakan, building highly effective guerrilla operations for which he was Mentioned in Dispatches. A rediscovered voice from lost battlefields, A Remarkable Gamble is this story told at last - an unforgettable journey through war on different continents, remote frontiers, and the jungles of Burma where he successfully led guerrilla irregulars against the Japanese.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.50x8.50x0.78 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is the story of the Defence Reserves Association. It conducted a decades-long battle to steadfastly support and defend the Army, Air Force and Navy Reserves. Its biggest enemy were the dozens of reviews, inquiries, and reports into the Reserves by politicians, Defence bureaucrats and uniformed policymakers, which led to endless 'fiddling' with Reserve structure and purpose. At times the very existence of the Reserves appeared to be in question - it seemed like the Reserves were being 'eaten by moths'.When the Association was formed by Major General Paul Cullen and other senior Reserve officers in 1970, many of whom were World War Two veterans, the Reserves were seen to be under threat. In a rapidly changing world, in the middle of the Cold War and by non-involvement in the war in Vietnam, there was much angst about the future of the Reserves in military and political circles.The fact that the Reserves survived to become a more vital and effective part of the Defence Force than ever before, can be credited in large part to the endless advocacy of the DRA. Indeed, the Reserves have evolved to become an essential, integrated part of the ADF, as it embraces the same new approaches to warfighting, peacekeeping, technology and doctrine. This history is not just the story of the of the DRA, but also the story of the Reserves over the past 50 years.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This fascinating history is a narrative not just of an entrepreneurial family with all of its rich past and personalities, especially that of Jock Simmie, but also of two very different family businesses. Three brothers came home from World War One. Two had served at Gallipoli, all three had been wounded on the Western Front. They founded Simmie and Co in 1924, a highly successful building company which constructed a remarkable range of works, across Melbourne (1924-1978) and in Canberra (1926-1969), including some of the national capital's most iconic public buildings. The other family business was Harpsdale, Victoria, purchased by Jock Simmie in 1940, which became a highly respected Dorset Horn Stud. Settled by the pioneer Brodie family in the 19th Century, this historic farmland and homestead has now been farmed by the Simmie family for more than 80 years. A grandson, Richard, has restored and preserved not just Harpsdale itself but the records of the family and the businesses which enabled this history to be completed. This honest and detailed narrative will delight any reader of Australian and Victorian history from Queen Victoria's day to the present as it reveals the contribution, in its own unique way, of 'The Simmie Family of Simmie & Co and Harpsdale' to the development of this nation.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Melbourne, The Author, 2008. Folio, 192 pages with 2 illustrations plus 18 pages of plates. Flush-cut quarter cloth and card covers; essentially a fine copy. The pencilled ownership signature and tipped-in printed email on the endpapers are from a descendant of one of the SA contingent.…