| Description |
172 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
The password was "Bass Ale"! by N467395 -- Caught with their mouths open by N225605 -- Mortars by N323722 -- How a V.D.C. man saw stars by N318118 -- Patrols sometimes get wet by W61989 -- "When I first put this uniform on.." by W48393 -- Nit-witlessness by V4127 -- Tale, fairy, V.D.C. Mk.I by Q226770 -- "Christopher Robin went hoppity hop" by V4127 -- Christmas at the post by Q203549 -- "What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?" by W68694 -- The V.D.C. makes a mortar by Q225603 -- An exercise in deception by V374799 -- O.P., O.C., O.K. oh hell! by N447978 -- The ballard of Moriarty's bull by V366887 -- Compensations by N318118 -- "Part-time soldiers" helped hold Japs in New Guinea by B3/73 -- "They also serve" by V362983 -- Ginger among the silver by N172424 -- I've nothing against my old rifle by V365463 -- Jonah has marched out by N383107 -- Plumpton (April, 1942) by N348327 -- Too real by V144618 -- "Five rounds rapid...fire" by Q204703 -- The missing rifle by Q200343 -- "Seen the headlines"? by V364412 |
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They came in the morning. By "Xav" -- The sentinel by W75086 -- Exercise finished... by N318211 -- How we brought the "Cat" home by Q140627 -- For valour.. or something by W48393 -- The quarter bloke by N318211 -- V.D.C. goes arty in a big way by V357154 -- Fifth column-mobile by N244817 -- Smoko! by N425623 -- So they offered him a machine gun by V363601 -- The veteran by N318211 -- And then there was light by V365463 -- When war came to the Gulf by Q140103 -- What! shot himself? by W242801 -- The border patrol by N452039 -- Frank tames a rough 'un by S69052 -- "Once more into the breech! by N457349 -- Brookvale days by NP9295 -- Night raid by V374733 -- Topsy-turvy tactics by N225605 -- The story of the Volunteer Defence corps. -- Wind, sand .. super by TX6140 -- They lapped it up by N387953 -- Old harry by Q205187 -- V(ery) D(istressing) C(ircumstances) by V364396 -- The story of the great offencsive by N323532 -- Fighting patrol in the north by Q218123 -- |
| Analysis |
juvenile Nonfiction |
| Notes |
Published for the Volunteer Defence Corps |
| Subject |
Australia. Australian Army. Volunteer Defence Corps. -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
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Australia. Australian Army. Volunteer Defence Corps
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Military service, Voluntary -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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| Author |
Australia. Australian Army. Volunteer Defence Corps
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Australian War Memorial, issuing body
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| LC no. |
45002786 |
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