Bravest: How Some of Australia's Greatest War Heroes Won Their Medals

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition (ex-library). First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 278 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page.. The book has been read and carries some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. The Victoria Cross is the highest award for valor that can be won by an Australian; just 96 Australians have been awarded the VC in conflicts from the Boer War to the Vietnam War. And only 14 Australians have been awarded the George Cross, the ultimate medal for heroism away from active combat, since its inception in 1940. But what is it that makes these remarkable soldiers risk everything in defense of their country and their mates? Noted biographer Robert Macklin tells the inspirational story of 15 Australian recipients of the Victoria and George Crosses, from Neville Howse in South Africa in 1900 to the heroes of the Great War such as Albert Jacka, "Diver" Derrick in World War II, and Keith Payne in Vietnam in 1969. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Australia; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781741148824. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7412. . 9781741148824