Second World War

LET ENEMIES BEWARE, 'Caveant Hostes';
The History of the 2/15th Battalion 1940-1945.

Ron Austin

History of the 2/15th Battalion WW2.

Reprinted 2008, Slouch Hat Publicatiuons McCrae Hard cover, photos, nominal and honour rolls.

New Publications

CYCLING TO WAR:
The history of the AIF/NZ Cyclist Corps 1916-1919

Ron Austin

The illustrated history of the two Anzac Corps Cyclist Battalions that served in Gallipoli, France and Belgium. Traces the use of bicycles in the Boer War, and the origins of the AIF Cyclist Companies in Egypt, also the New Zealand Cyclists.

New, 176 pages, Hard cover, Dust Jacket. Appendices - Nominal Rolls, Honour Roll, Honours & Awards, Bibliography, Index.

The Fighting Fourth:
A History of Sydney's 4th Battalion, 1914-19

Ron Austin

The 4th Battalion was raised in Sydney by Lieutenant-Colonel Onslow Thompson. On 25 April 1915, the 4th Battalion landed at Anzac Cove, and in August fought in the costly struggle to capture the Turkish trenches at Lone Pine.

Following the evacuation of Anzac in December 1915, the unit returned to Egypt, and in April 1916 landed in France. The 4th Battalion fought in the battles at Pozieres and Mouquet Farm and at Bullecourt. In late 1917, the 4th Battalion was involved in the struggle in Flanders which culminated in the capture of Passchendaele.

As well as depicting the battles fought by the battalion, it also provides a fascinating and often poignant insight into the war through the use of letters and diaries obtained from families whose relatives fought in that war. These personal excerpts bring home the human cost and futility of that war, particularly as the 4th's fatal casualties totalled 1,287 men.

The book is well illustrated with many photos and maps, and also includes Nominal, Honour and gallantry medal Rolls.