| Description |
v, 426 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Australian Army history collection |
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Australian Army history collection.
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| Contents |
Ch.1 Imperishable memories: The Men of the 47th Battalion -- Ch.2 Toffs and wasters and street loafers: The Formation of the 47th Battalion -- Ch.3 You can't imagine what war is like: Pozieres and Mouquet Farm -- Ch.4 Conditions arduous and extremely trying: The Winter of 1916-1917 -- Ch.5 It became evident that something had gone wrong with the plan: Bullecourt -- Ch.6 Wonderful day for battle: Messines -- Ch.7 The valley of sorrows: Passchendaele -- Ch.8 It looked as if the whole British Army was in a state of rout: The Defence of Amiens -- Ch.9 The dead and wounded of the 47th Battalion lay everywhere underfoot: The 5th of April -- Ch.10 The story of the 47th Battalion ... is unlikely ever to be completely known: The Inquiry -- Ch.11 The Final Days. Villers- Bretonneux -- Ch.12 I feel sometimes as if my reason will go: Missing -- Ch.13 Again and again I take out my old uniform: Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Farewell Dinner for the 47th Battalion -- Appendix 2: 47th Battalion Nominal Roll -- Appendix 3: 47th Battalion Roll of Honour -- Appendix 4: 47th Battalion Honours and Awards |
| Summary |
The battlefield of Dernancourt on the morning of the 5th of April, 1918 was strewn with the bodies of the Australian dead. It was the final chapter in the story of the 47th Australian Infantry Battalion in the First World War. Though their story is one of almost unrelieved tragedy, it is also story of remarkable courage, endurance and heroism |
| Analysis |
Army personnel |
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Australian Army |
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France |
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Military operations |
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World War 1 |
| Notes |
Includes Nominal Roll and Roll of Honour |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
General |
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Tertiary/Undergraduate |
| Subject |
Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). Battalion, 47th.
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Australia. Australian Army. Battalion, 47th -- History.
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Australia. Australian Army. Battalion, 47th.
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). Battalion, 47th -- History.
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Soldiers -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Belgium.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Australia -- 47th Battalion
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Australia -- Army, Australian Imperial Force 1914-1921 -- Battalion, 47th
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Australia.
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| LC no. |
2010670813 |
| ISBN |
0987057405 (hbk.) |
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9780987057402 (hbk.) |
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