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Author Langley, George Furner, 1891-1971

Title Sand, sweat & camels : the Australian companies of the Imperial Camel Corps / by George F. and Edmée M. Langley
Published Kilmore; Victoria : Lowden Publishing Company, 1976

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 MELB  940.416 L283S  AVAILABLE
Description xvi,188 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23cm
3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1 The Anzacs - Baptism of Fire 1. 1 -- 2 Camel Troops in History 28 -- 3 The Camels and the Camel Riders 40 -- 4 The First Australian Camel Corps 46 -- 5 Desert Field Ambulance 50 -- 6 The Enemy 54 -- 7 The Imperial Camel Corps go into Action 57 -- 8 Preparation for Palestine -- First Battle of Gaza 84 -- Second Batle of Gaza 90 -- Patrols and Shirmishes 92 -- 9 Allenby Takes Over 97 -- 10 Into Palestine 104 -- 11 Sports at Rafa 108 -- 12 On the Way to the Jordan Valley 110 -- 13 Destruction of the Hejaz Railway 117 -- 14 Musallabeh or 'The Camel's Hump' 123 -- 15 Final Days of Imperial Camel Corps in the Jordan Valley 125 -- 16 With Lawrence and The Hejaz 127 -- 17 Petra 132 -- 18 The Imperial Camel Corps- Observers' Accounts 135 -- 19 Finis Imperial Camel Corps 145 -- 20 The Cameliers Become 5th Australian Light Horse 148 -- Appendices 176 -- Bibliography 181
Analysis World War 1. East African campaign. Military operations by Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force. Camel Corps & Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force. 5th Light Horse Regiment
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 181) and index
Subject Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force, 1st. Imperial Camel Corps
Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force. Light Horse Regiment, 5th
Australia. Australian Army. Camel Corps
Australia. Australian Army. Imperial Camel Corps
Australia. Australian Army. Light Horse Regiment, 5th -- History.
Australia. Australian Army. Light Horse Regiment, 5th.
Australia. Australian Army (Australian Imperial Force. Camel Corps)
Australia. Australian Army (Australian Imperial Force : Light Horse Regiment, 5th)
Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). Camel Corps
Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). Light Horse Regiment, 5th
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Palestine.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Australia.
Genre/Form Sound recordings.
Author Langley, Edmée Mary, 1893-
LC no. 77353176
ISBN 0909706514
Other Titles Sand, sweat and camels