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Softcover. Zustand: FINE. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY World War II -With a reputation for being hard to discipline, generosity to their comrades, frankness and sticking it up any sign of pomposity, Australian soldiers were a wild and irreverent lot, even in the worst of circumstances during World War II. In Larrikins in Khaki, Tim Bowden has collected compelling and vivid stories of individual soldiers whose memoirs were mostly self-published and who told of their experiences with scant regard for literary pretensions and military niceties. Most of these men had little tolerance for military order and discipline, and NCOs and officers who were hopeless at their jobs were made aware of it. They laughed their way through the worst of it by taking the mickey out of one another and their superiors. From recruitment and training to the battlegrounds of Palestine, North Africa, Thailand, New Guinea, Borneo and beyond, here are the highly individual stories of Australia's World War II Diggers told in their own voices - warts and all. Full contents: Introduction Military units 1 Joining up 2 Very basic training 3 Sailing to war 4 Desert Diggers prepare for war 5 High junks in Egypt 6 Fighting in the desert 7 Ill-fated Greek adventure 8 Out of the frying pan into the fire 9 The Allied invasion of Lebanon and Syria 10 The tide turns 11 Return to Australia 12 Prisoners of war of the Japanese 13 The railway of death 14 Service at home 15 The saga of the flying footsloggers 16 The Kokoda Track and the bloody beachheads 17 The battle for New Guinea 18 An unnecessary campaign 19 Savagery in Bougainville 20 Bloody Borneo - Tarakan and Balikpapan 21 The lost years and damaged lives 22 Retain all prisoners of war indefinitely 23 Final thoughts Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index.Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-424) and index.Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian Soldiers -- Australia -- Anecdotes Australasian & Pacific history x, 436 pages ; 24 cm #030226 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY World War II -ÂReminiscences of Australian soldiers. George Aspinall tells how he managed to retain his Brownie camera when interned in Changi prisoner of war camp and continued practising his hobby, which could now mean death.In THE CHANGI CAMERA, acclaimed author Tim Bowden presents a unique record of one Australian soldier's experience of the fall of Singapore, captivity in Changi and enduring the hell of the Thai-Burma Railway. George Aspinall was a keen photographer and, even in the very worst of conditions, he managed to take photos, process them and so preserve for later generations the reality of incarceration. Along with George's own memories of those years, Tim Bowden has written a gripping and authoritative overview of what happened in Changi and on the Railway. This powerful narrative and unique collection of almost one hundred photographs combine to give us a raw and graphic account of just what George and thousands of his fellow Australians endured144 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 23 cm. #011022/231224Aspinall, George, 1923-1991. | Changi POW Camp (Changi, Singapore) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. | Prisoners of war -- Singapore -- Changi. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian. | Prisoners of war -- Australia. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Photography. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

Hardcover in Dustjacket. Zustand: Near Fine. ANTARCTICA -The comprehensive, illustrated history of the Australian National Antarctic Research ExpeditionsÂ(Anare)Âcommissioned by the Antarctic Division fromÂTim BowdenÂto celebrate their jubilee year.First Edition. (Heavy book.) "The ANARE jubilee history" xxvii, 593 p., [32] p. of col. plates : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps ports ; 26 cm. History Scientific expeditions -- Antarctica -- History Antarctica -- Research -- Australia -- History #140625 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Near Fine. Slight jacket shelf wear.…

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. ANTARCTICA xxvii, 593 p., [32] p. of col. plates : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps ports ; 25 cm. #201024 Comprehensive, illustrated history of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) written by one of Australia's most well-known and best-loved media personalities. The Silence Calling is Tim Bowden's exemplary record of their [Australian's in Antarctica] achievement Peter Pierce, Australian Book Review [The Silence Calling] is full of drama and adventure and a sense of the last frontier. Yvonne Preston, Canberra Times Books simply don't get much better than this. Tim Bowden's 600-page saga about the Earth's last great wilderness, its only untamed frontier is an epic work befitting the beauty and the terror of Antarctica. Sunday Telegraph The Silence Calling is a fascinating and often moving account of the work and life of Australians in Antarctica. It traces the development of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) from the first day the Australian flag was raised on Australia's remote Southern Ocean outpost of Heard Island on Boxing Day 1947 up to the present day. Thousands of men and women from all over Australia and from many backgrounds have lived, worked and, indeed, played in that dangerous, hostile and overwhelmingly beautiful environment to become part of Australia's Antarctic legend. However, The Silence Calling is not just about personal endeavour and hardship Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…