ISBN: 9780731691203 - to find a path. the life and times of the royal pacific islands regiment, volume i: yesterday's heroes, 1885-1950 (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Boolarong Publications, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queesland, Australia. 1990. Viii, 308 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is faded and sunning to the edges of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Royal Pacific Islands Regiment (RPIR) is an infantry regiment of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). The regiment is descended from the Australian Army infantry battalions formed from native soldiers and Australian officers and non-commissioned officers in the territories of Papua and New Guinea during World War II to help fight against the Japanese. Disbanded after the war, the regiment was re-raised in 1951 as part of the Australian Army and continued to serve until Papua New Guinea gained its independence in 1975, when it became part of the PNGDF. Today, the RPIR consists of two battalions and has seen active service in Vanuatu, Bougainville and the Solomon Islands. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Cloth. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. 1st. Well illustrated account of this force of the RPIR ofPapua New Guinea up to 1950. 310pp. VG copy in dw, signed by Author to title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 310 pp., illustrations, index. dust jacket is partly-faded, some warping on front FFEP from application of a presentation plate.