Burns corporal j d (1 Ergebnisse)
Verlag: Brown, Prior & Co, Melbourne, 1916
- Softcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, AustralienAdelaide Booksellers
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Staple-bound. Good condition - some light wear and age-toning to edges. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owners name to inside of front cover. Loosely inserted in a copy of "Particulars Required for the Roll of Honour of Australia in the Memorial W…ar Museum". Scarce. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 34 pages. The son of Rev. Hugh MacLeod and Mary Edith Lyall Burns born at Geelong, Vic. He was a former student of Scotch College and was about to enter Melbourne University, when he enlisted on 2nd February 1915. He had been Editor of âThe Collegianâ (College Magazine) 1913-4; and is the author of a known poem âFor Englandâ (see below). Cpl Burns was a survivor from the ill-fated Southland which was torpedoed at 9.51 am on 2 September. He was killed in action just over 2 weeks later at Gallipoli on 18 September 1915, aged 19.
