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.

NO LOST BATTALION;
An oral history of the 2/29th Battalion AIF.

John Lack

One of the Australian battalions to be captured at the fall of Singapore, NO LOST BATTALION recounts the stories of the men and their lives through enlistment, training, the fighting in Malaya, capture, and life at Changi and as slaves on the Burma Railway.

A poignant and very readable account of the 2/29th's war against Japan.

Hard cover, 304 pages, photos, nominal and honour rolls.

Silent Feet

Lt Col GB Courtney, MBE, MC

The History of Z Special operations against the Japanese.

A fascinating account of the  81 cloak and dagger missions behind Japanese lines during World War 2, written by the commander of Z Special in Borneo in 1945.

The history of Z Special Operations involved parachute landings from RAAF aircraft and insertion from US and British submarines.  A must for Special Operations devotees.

Card Cover, p273. Photos, maps and index, Medal & Nominal Rolls.

HMAS DIAMANTINA:
Australia's Last River Class Frigate, 1945-1980

Peter Nunan

Diamantina is Australia's largest World War II survivor and the last of over 200 River class and variant frigates the Allies built during that conflict.

Built in Queensland, HMAS Diamantina went to war at Bougainville in 1945, then was the venue for the Japanese surrenders at Nauru and Ocean Island.

In two commissions between 1945 and 1980, Diamantina gave outstanding service to the nation - in war, in making the peace, during the Cold War, and in oceanographic research; in conjunction with bodies like CSIRO, she carried out oceanographic research in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and also trained thousands of Navy recruits.
Decommissioned in 1980, HMAS Diamantina is now a major attraction at Queensland's Maritime Museum located on the Brisbane River.

The 160 page book was written by Peter Nunan of the Queensland Maritime Museum, and is well illustrated with photos of the ship's two commissions.

KOKODA TO THE SEA

Lt Col Frank Sublet, DSO, MC

For the first time, a history of the critical Kokoda and Gona campaign has been written by a senior officer who participated in the battles which saved Australia from Japanese invasion.

Now aged 90, Lt Col Frank Sublet, the former CO of the 2/16th Battalion, has provided a detailed analysis of the campaign, covering issues such as the reluctance of the Australian Government to adequately prepare for a campaign in New Guinea; the command problems between MacArthur and Blamey, and the subsequent dismissal of Potts, Allen and Rowell; the operational difficulties in fighting such a campaign.

Hard Cover, p.192, with many photos & maps.

A SOLDIER'S SOLDIER

Ron Austin

The life of Lieutenant-General Sir Carl Herman Jess.

Jess was Sir John Monash's staff captain at Gallipoli. He commanded the 7th Battalion and rose from Lieutenant to Brigadier-General in less than 10 years.

Hard cover, p.240, photos, index.

'TIS BUT THE TIME:
The life of Lt-Col Espie Dods, DSO, MC, AAMC

Robert Likeman

The biography of a famous Queensland doctor (Dr Joseph Espie Dods) who served in the Boer War with the Queensland Mounted Infantry, in Egypt & Gallipoli with the 5th Light Horse Regiment and France.Dark side of the story typhoid fever in Sth Africa, hangings at Boggo Road Gaol, Dunwich Lunatic Asylum, the General Strike of 1912 and the horrors of two world wars.

New, Hard cover, D/J, pp232, 7"x10", many illustrations, end papers of the decendants of James Dods of Edinburgh, Bibliography, index.

Bold Steady Faithful

Ron Austin

The History of 6th Battalion, The Royal Melbourne Regiment 1854 - 1993.

The traditions of the Australian Army stretch back as far as 1854, when this regiment was formed as a result of the Russian scare and the Eureka troubles.

The book traces the unit's history over 140 years, including its involvement in both World Wars. Among its illustrious members are men who rose to general rank such as Julius Bruche, Gordon Bennett, Roy Gordon and Pompey Elliott.

Hard Cover, p322.,Photos, index, includes some long service medal rolls and officer lists.

MEN OF THE NINTH:
A history of the Ninth Australian Field Ambulance 1916-1994

Robert Likeman

Robert Likemans book traces the 9th Field Ambulance in France and Belgium, the post WW1 Militia period, 2/9th Field Ambulance in the Malayan campaign 1941 - 1942 and as POW's in Burma and Thailand. 9th Field Ambulance in New Guinea 1943-1945 and the CMF unit post 1948.

New, p224, 7"x10", Honour & Awards, Honour Roll, Nominal Roll 1916-1919 & 1940-1945, 1993. Bibliography, Index. Illustrations and maps.

EIGHTY YEARS OF SERVICE
The history of the Legacy Club of Brisbane

Brian Avery

History of Legacy 1928-2008 the amazing work done by volunteers for the children and widows of our serving members who sadley died for our country and the struggle to get these Rememberance Clubs up and running.

Hard cover, D/J, pp192, 7"x10", Illustrated, 2 Appendices, Index.

The Royal Australian Army Pay Corps in Victoria

Lt-Col Brian Condon, RFD, ED

Traces the history of the Pay Corps back to Colonial times and through to 2005. Also includes Army Financial Services Unit

Unit history, New, Hard Cover A4, D/J, 289 pages, Gold embossing on cloth cover, Many illustrations, 15 appendices incl Nominal Roll Honour Roll, Index.

A STOKER'S JOURNEY:
From the Med to Korea in HMASs Waterhen, Nizam, Warramunga & Sydney.

Andy Nation

A STOKER'S JOURNEY is a record of his 12 years in the Royal Australian Navy, from 1940-52; his fears of attack by German dive bombers or submarines, and then being sunk in the Mediterannean is graphically described.

From the Mediterannean Andy went to New Guinea, and a few years later sailed to the Korean War on the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney.

The book provides a wonderful insight into how a young sailor viewed the war, his anxieties and hopes at a time when hope was in small supply.

The 212 page paperback book is illustrated with maps and many photos from the author's personal collection.

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KURRAH
An Australian POW In Changi, Thailand & Japan, 1942 - 1945.

Bill Power (2/12th Field Coy). 1991

Describes the experiences of an Australian prisoner of the Japanese in Changi, on the Burma-Thailand railway and in the copper mines in Japan.

An intriguing account of how a mining surveyor of the 2/12th Field company, RAE, survived during his three and a half years as a prisoner.

Card Cover, p146 4 x Photos, maps, index.

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