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When the 6th Australian Battalion sailed from Australia in October 1914, little did it realize, that for the next four years it would travel on a sacrificial journey to Turkey, France and Belgium. The Great War of 1914-1918, was from an Australian point of view, a watershed in our national development. The performance of our enthusiastic citizen soldiers at Gallipoli, mesmerized the British Empire. However by 1918, the AIF had become a professional battle hardened army. The 6th Battalion was typical of the Australian infantry battalions, and it could be argued that it was one of the best. The guiding hand behind the 6th battalions Maturity as a fighting battalion, which was sometimes described as being AS ROUGH AS BAGS, was Lieutenant Colonel H. Gordon Bennett, who was CO in 1915-16.

The history of the Sixth is vividly described and supplemented by the extensive use of diaries, letters, interviews with veterans, and photographs, many of which have never before been published. The inclusion of many appendices makes this history a notable addition to Australian Military literature.  


Contents:

Foreward by Bruce Ruxton OBE -  Authors Notes - List of Subscribers - Chapters: The Call to Arms - Egypt to the Eve of landing - Landing at Anzac - The Krithia Charge - German Officers Trench - Evacuation - Egypt to France - Into a Seething Hell, Poziers - To Belgium 1916 - Bullecourt - Flanders Fields - The German Offensive - Sanguinary August  - The Heroes Return -  APPENDIX: Battle Honours won by the 6th Battalion AIF - Honour Roll 1914-1919 - Decorations and Awards - Nominal Roll - Officers of the 6th Battalion - Brigade Orders for the German Officers' Trench Attack - Special Instruction No.1 for the German Officers' Trench Attack - Report of D Company Operations, 26th October 1917 - Training Syllabus November 1917 - Articles carried by NCO's and Private's - Operation Order No. 95 Kemmel Huts - Operation Order No. 140 Lihons - Operation Order No. 143 Herleville -  Operation Order No. 144 Herleville - Ludendorff's Order 4th August 1919 - A Battalion Profile - Bibliography and Acknowledgments - Index

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SKU:9780957975293
Quantity:1 item(s) available
Author/s: Ron Austin
Book Size(cm): 25 x 17
Condition: NEW
Format: Cardcover
Pages: 394
Printing &/or Publishing Information: Slouch Hat Publications
Printing Year: 2005 Reprint
History Of: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF in World War 1
ISBN: 9780957975293
Infantry Battalion: 6th
Weight:1.39 kg
Price:$ 49.50
 
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