The Blue & White Diamond 28th Battalion - the History of the 28th Battalion 1915 - 1919 Tapa dura - 2010

The Author, Huntingdale, W.A., 2010. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Very Good. Damaged dustjacket.. AUSTRALIAN MILITARYThe 28th Battalion was raised at Blackboy Camp in Western Australia on 16 April 1915 from recruits previously earmarked for the 24th Battalion, which was instead being raised in Victoria. The battalion left Australia in June, and, after two months spent training in Egypt, landed at Gallipoli on 10 September.At Gallipoli, the 7th Brigade, which included the 28th Battalion, reinforced the weary New Zealand and Australian Division. The 28th had a relatively quiet time at Gallipoli and the battalion departed the peninsula in December, having suffered only light casualties.After another stint in Egypt, the 7th Brigade proceeded to France and the Western Front, as part of the 2nd Australian Division. The 28th Battalion took part in its first major battle at Pozières between 28 July and 6 August 1916. After a spell in a quieter sector of the front in Belgium, the 2nd Division returned to the… Leer más

Bassendean, WA: Advance Press, 2002. HEAVY. 607pp, nominal index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills.NOTE: includes 28th Battalion, 7th Brigade bookmark loosely inserted. Gray cloth in jacket. Jacket a bit faded on spine, moderate edge wear and very short tears to jacket, gutter cracked at title page but holding firm. No date c2002. INITIALED with personaised inscription by author on front free endpaper.The history of the 28th Battalion from its formation in April 1915 to its disbandment in 1919. Prior to this only a partial history by Collett published in 1922 had documented the 28th. The 28th fought on Gallipoli and was one of the first Australian units in France, fighting in most of the major battles on the western Front including Pozieres, Flers, Warlencourt, Bullecourt, Third Ypres, Lagnicourt, Morlancourt, Amiens and Mont St Quentin. The volume includes nominal roll, Honour Roll, awards and citations, POW lists and over 200 photographs, mainly from private collections and never before published..… Leer más