| Description |
xxvi, 598 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Chapter I Prelude To War 1 -- Chapter II Two Fathers and two Sons 8 -- Militia's Response 11 -- Off to War ii -- Training in the Desert 28 -- Chapter III The Dardanelles Campaign 37 -- Objective of the Campaign 37 -- Naval Bombardment of Forts 38 -- Third Brigade at Lemnos 38 -- Prelude to Landing 47 -- The Landing 49 -- Early Trials on Gallipoli 72 -- Rest on Lemnos 82 -- The Evacuation 83 -- Chapter IV Profiles 87 -- Chapter V Back to Egypt 105 -- Defence of Suez 105 -- Birth of 49 Battalion 114 -- Chapter VI The Western Front 120 -- Marseilles to Flanders 120 -- Rouge de Bout 123 -- Poziers 125 -- Moquet Farm 135 -- The Conscription Issue and Reinforcements 136 -- Flers and the Mud 140 -- Chapter VII Interviews 147 -- Chapter VIII The German Withdrawal 175 -- The Maze 175 -- Hoodwinked and the Follow-up 176 -- Lagincourt 178 -- Bullecourt 179 -- The Long Rest - 1st Phase (The Somme) 182 -- Chapter IX The Third Battle of Ypres 184 -- The Long Rest - 2nd Phase (Flanders) 184 -- Polygon Wood 185 -- Broodseinde 194 -- Paschendaele 197 -- Chapter X The Battle of the Railheads 200 -- Amiens 200 -- Hazebrouck 207 -- Chapter XI The Beginning of the End 216 -- Peaceful Penetration 216 -- The Big Push 249 -- Respite in Gorenflos 289 -- Chapter XII From War to Peace 307 -- The Armistice and the Long March 307 -- The King's Guard 316 -- Sojourn in Belgium 325 -- Prince of Wales Visit 329 -- Repatriation and Non-Military Employment 331 -- Break up of Battalion 336 -- Football 339 -- More Mergers 344 -- Brussels Leave 346 -- Souvenirs from the Rhine 353 -- Homeward Bound 357 -- Our Last 'Blighty' 360 -- All Aboard - Destination Australia 362 -- Chapter XIII Neligan 383 -- Maps 410 -- Appendices 414 -- No. 1 Billets and Billeting 414 -- 2 How I wrote the History - Harvey 416 -- 3 Bapaume 418 -- 4 Ribemont 419 -- 5 Lice and Scabies 422 -- 6 Rouge de Bout 424 -- 7 Cambridge 425 -- 8 Kitchener 426 -- 9 Nucleus 428 -- 10 V2 Bomb 430 -- 11 Dr. Butler's postwar interests 432 -- 12 Amiens 434 -- 13 Move of a division by rail 437 -- 13A Movement Order 9th Battalion 438 -- 14 Lessons Learnt 440 -- 15 Artillery Formation 448 -- 16 Why Australians did not move to the Rhine 450 -- 17 German Withdrawal (paraphrase) 452 -- 18 The Kings Guard 453 -- 19 Movement to Chatelet 456 -- 20 Rugby Union Football Team 459 -- 21 Battalion Soccer Team 461 -- 22 Inaugural Dinner 462 -- 23 Reorganisation of the Battalion 463 -- 24 Bath Parade 465 -- 25 Picnic Parade 466 -- 26 Entrainment order from Chatelet to le Harve 468 -- 27 The Drumsticks 469 -- 28 Modern Militia 1973 471 -- 29 The Modern Militia 1982 473 -- 30 The 9th Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment 475 -- Endnotes 482 -- No. I Lieut. Col. C.F. Ross 482 -- 2 Military District 485 -- 3 Capt. G. Jamieson 486 -- 4 Bullecourt 486 -- 5 Hindenburg Line 489 -- 6 The Two Patrols 492 -- 7 Bombs 492 -- 8 Roy Benjamin 493 -- Endnotes -- 9 Etaples - Bull Ring 495 -- 10 Capt. Ramkema 496 -- 11 Midden 496 -- 12 Looking Back 497 -- 13 Gas Gangrene 498 -- 14 Three Irishmen 499 -- 15 H.N. Knowles 500 -- 16 Cpl. Townsend 501 -- 17 Demolition of a front line 502 -- 18 Jutland 503 -- 19 Verdun 503 -- 20 Brigadier J.C. Robertson 504 -- 21 The Sunken Road 505 -- 22 Morbecque 506 -- 23 The Bonnieres family 506 -- 24 Australian Defence School 507 -- 25 Lieut. Col. Lee 508 -- 26 Mena Camp 510 -- 27 Toughness of 3rd Brigade 512 -- 28 Birdwood 513 -- 29 Lemnos Tenedos Imbros 514 -- 30 The Wrecked Torpedo Boat 515 -- 31 Sir Ian Hamilton 519 -- 32 Two Cruisers 519 -- 33 Fortifications - post war 520 -- 34 The pier at Mudros 521 -- 35 The Regimental Band (J.C. Thompson Bandmaster) 521 -- 36 The Gallipoli Message Stick 527 -- 37 W.A. Collin 528 -- 38 Gebel Habeita 529 -- 39 Conduct of Australian soldiers 529 -- 40 Desert Water Supply 533 -- 41 General Murray changed plans 534 -- 42 Major Duncan Chapman & Captain S.J. Chapman 536 -- 43 A most amazing story 537 -- 44 Major A.R. Knightley 539 -- 45 Ludendorff's Michael Offensive 540 -- 46 Counter-attack by 36th Battalion 541 -- 47 Lieut. Col. A.G. Salisbury 543 -- 48 Lieut. H.R. Gower 544 -- 49 Amiens - Sequel 545 -- 50 3rd Brigade Failure at Meteren 546 -- 51 Lieut. S.H.F. Russell 549 -- 52 Lieut. C.E. Pickford 550 -- 53 Lieut. J. Tunn 550 -- 54 Fast Running and some near misses 551 -- 55 Identification of Prisoners 552 -- 56 Battlefield revisited 553 -- 57 Criticism 554 -- 58 Captured officer at Cappy 559 -- 59 Battalion peak of excellence 559 -- 60 Lieut. J.G Earwaker M.C. 560 -- 61 Capt. S.L. McIntyre 561 -- 62 Clerk of Petty Sessions 562 -- 63 Neligan's letter to Les Kelly 563 -- 64 Trench Feet 566 -- 65 R.S.M. Corfield 568 -- 66 T.P. Bethune 568 -- 67 Loss of canteen stocks 569 -- 68 D.L. Suller 570 -- 69 Movement Delays 571 -- 70 Local Repatriation Committee 572 -- 71 Comforts Fund 573 -- 72 9th Battalion Transport Officer's Problem 574 -- 73 Brisbane Grammar School Senior Cadet Team 1914. 575 -- Glossary of Terms 578 -- Bibliography 586 |
| Summary |
The original 9th Battalion was one of the 12 battalions that made up the 1st Australian Division, which landed at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. The 9th served for long periods on the Somme and the northern sectors of the Western Front |
| Related To |
"A comprehensive sequel to the Battalion history written by N.K. Harvey, and published in 1941 under the title 'From Anzac to the Hindenburg Line'."-- P. vii |
| Notes |
"First published in April 1985, by Boolarong Publications for 9th Battalions Association"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 586) and index |
| Subject |
Wrench, C. M. (Clarence Meredith), 1897-
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Australia. Australian Army -- Biography.
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). Australian Infantry Battalion, 9th -- History.
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Australia. Australian Army. Battalion, 9th. -- History
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Australia. Australian Army. Battalion, 9th
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Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Australian.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Egypt.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Australia.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| Author |
Harvey, Norman K.
From Anzac to the Hindenburg Line : the history of the 9th Battalion, A.I.F
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9th Battalions Association.
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| LC no. |
95185302 |
| ISBN |
0958985502 |
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