The Coo-ee March: Gilgandra - Sydney 1915. Tapa blanda - 1986

Kangaroo Press, 1986. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Paper Edition. 205mm x 275mm. Covers have light general wear and a short crease to bottom front corner. Internally clean. Binding good. 96pp.

Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1986. New ed.. Paperback quarto, very good condition, frontispiece map, music scores at rear, black & white text-photos, top edge faintly foxed, minor edgewear. 96 pp. After the disasters of Gallipoli and France, enlistments dwindled. This is the story of the pioneering great recruiting march from Gilgandra to Sydney in the latter half of 1915. Twenty-six men left the little Western town on the Castlereagh River and the number reached 263 by the time they reached Sydney. They were feted at each town on the route, and the story of their march has become part of the official war history of Australia. The author has recorded the story of the march step by step. He tells it first-hand from the lips of the last survivors - Leslie Greenleaf of Dubbo (since deceased) and Ernest May of Lithgow who joined the march at Wongarbon.

Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1986. 96pp, appendices, bw ills, map. Pictorial card. Near new. Following Gallipoli and heavy casualties in France in the latetr half of 1915, recruitment figures for enlistment in WWI had dwindled. A Gilgandra butcher had the idea of a route march of volunteers to Sydney, recruiting as they marched. Leaving Gilgandra with 26 men, numbers had swelled to 263 by the time they reached Sydney. This great march is recorded here step-by-step at first hand from the lips of the last survivors.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Kangaroo Press, Dubbo, 1986. Softcover. Good. Size: 10"-12" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Australian History; ISBN: 0864170726. ISBN/EAN: 9780864170729. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 44147. . 9780864170729