Description: A set of 4 books published by the Australian Commonwealth Department of Veteran's Affairs, documenting the Australian's service on the Western Front during WW1. Includes signed letters by the Minister Bruce Billson. All softcovers in very good condition. Size 235mmX235mm. French flaps. All beautifully illustrated with B&W pics.Ypres 1917 - The Flanders Offensive cost Australia more than 12,00 dead and many thousands more were wounded. Men perished in the mud and more than half of all who died there lie in unmarked graves in the Flanders countryside. Ypres, despite the early victories, was one of the great tragedies of the war for Australia and the fate of those who fought there is recalled nightly by the sounding of the Last Post under the arches of the great battle memorial and memorial to the missing at Ypres, The Menin Gate. Fromelles and the Somme 1916 - 80 pages.Villers-Brettonneux to Le Hamel 1918 - 108pp., colour & b/w plates, map, Australians in World War I. Well illustrated with photos & colour reproductions of paintings. Bapaume and Bullecourt - 84 pages.Happy to combine postage or answer questions.
Price: 25 AUD
Location: Langwarrin, Victoria
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Personalised: No
Book Title: Australians on the Western Front
Signed: Yes
Book Series: Historical
Narrative Type: Non-Fiction
Original Language: English
Publisher: Department of Veteran's Affairs
Inscribed: No
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2007
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Author: Department of Veteran's Affairs
Genre: History
Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia
Topic: Warfare Military