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This list is compiled with the help of many keen WW1 researchers, Bryn Dolan, Rob Thomas, Andrew Pittaway, Graeme Hosken .Thanks  for your  suggestions</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:anzacresearch@iinet.net.au" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:anzacresearch@iinet.net.au"><U>mailto:anzacresearch@iinet.net.au</U></A></div> <div> The Broken Years - Bill Gammage</div> <div> Jacka's Mob (Rule) </div> <div> Backs to the Wall (Mitchell) </div> <div> Hell's Bells and Madamosielles (Maxwell/Buggy) </div> <bR> <div> The Gallant Company (Williams)</div> <bR> <div> 25 April 1915 Denis Winter (A must,,, a very different view of the landings) </div> <bR> <div> Making the Legend -Denis Winter </div> <bR> <div> The Desert Column -  Ion Idriess</div> <div>  </div> <div> To the last Ridge - Downing </div> <bR> <div> He Came from Australia - Yves Fohlen </div> <bR> <div> They Called it Passchendaele - by Lyn McDonald</div> <bR> <div> Anzac to Amiens - C.E. W Bean</div> <bR> <div> Don't Forget Me Cobber -  by Robin Corfield which is about the disastorous attack at Fromelles.</div> <bR> <div> The Australian Official Histories (Vols. 1 & 2) by CEW Bean. </div> <bR> <div> Blood in the Mists. Halpin, J. Macquarie Head Press, Sydney, 1934. </div> <bR> <div> Gallipoli The Fading Vision. North, J.  Faber & Faber, London, 1936. </div> <bR> <div>  Gallipoli. Moorehead, A. Ballantine, New York, 1956. </div> <bR> <div> Gallipoli, The New Zealand Story. Pugsley, C.  Hodder & Stoughton, Auckland, 1984. </div> <bR> <div> The Nek, The Tragic Charge of the Light Horse at Gallipoli. Burness, P. Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, Sydney, 1996. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="408" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#003300" BORDERCOLORDARK="#999980" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY PUBLICATIONS </B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000 HEIGHT= 165 WIDTH="396"><div> <B><IMG SRC="30c9e9e0.png" border=0 width="158" height="158" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="396"><div> <B>WAR BOOKS AUSTRALIA</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="396"><div> <A HREF="http://www.warbooks.com.au" target="_blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.warbooks.com.au" target="_bla"><U><B>http://www.warbooks.com.au</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>Some of the books available from War Books  - </B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 162 WIDTH="396"><div> <B><IMG SRC="63c6ea20.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="162" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">T</B><B>he Third Australian Light Horse Regiment</B> <B>1914 - 1918</B> </div> <div> Lt Col. neil c. smith </div> <div> Gives a short history of this mounted unit and provides a nominal roll of those who served with the unit during the middle east campaigns. 3 Light Horse </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 166 WIDTH="396"><div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B><U><IMG SRC="6346ea10.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="161" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></FONT><B>RIDERS OF DESTINY</B> <B>4TH LIGHT HORSE FIELD AMBULANCE</B> [WW1 - MEDICAL - AUTOBIOGRAPHY - UNIT HISTORY]</div> <div> PATRICK M. HAMILTON</div> <div> Details the experiences of WO Patrick Hamilton based on his diaries. It is also the history of the unit. They served in the Middle East using horse drawn ambulances and were in Palestine, at Beersheba and the Gaza.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 157 WIDTH="396"><div> <B><IMG SRC="62e6e9d0.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="157" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Never A Backward Step</B></FONT></div> <div> John edwards </div> <div> Formed in 1915, the 33 Battalion was sent to France, serving in Passchendaele, Villers- Bretonneaux, Messines and other battlefields. Contains a short profile of men of the battalion. Their CO was Morshead - later a General. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="396"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="396" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 102 WIDTH="396"><div> <A HREF="mailto:slouchat@surf.net.au <slouchat@surf.net.au>" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:slouchat@surf.net.au <slouchat@su"><U><B><IMG SRC="7ee965f0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="95" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="396"><div> <B>Slouch Hat Publications</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="396"><div> <A HREF="http://www.slouch-hat.com.au/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.slouch-hat.com.au/"><U><B>http://www.slouch-hat.com.au/</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 191 WIDTH="396"><div> Slouch Hat Publications is a small publishing venture, which has over the last thirteen years built up a regular client list, as well as selling to libraries and the retail book trade. Our books are very good quality, in hard cover, and we have not deviated from this quality style of production. Our books are all written by Australian authors and printed in Australia. We also distribute other military books of interest to our readers.</div> <div> Contact - <A HREF="mailto:slouchat@surf.net.au <slouchat@surf.net.au>" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:slouchat@surf.net.au <slouchat@su"><U>slouchat@surf.net.au </U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="396"><div> Some of the Books Available from Slouch Hat Publications - </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 202 WIDTH="396"><div> <A HREF="mailto:slouchat@surf.net.au <slouchat@surf.net.au>" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:slouchat@surf.net.au <slouchat@su"><U><IMG SRC="6356ea20.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="162" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >A history of the 9th Australian Field Ambulance 1916-1994. This profusely illustrated book, takes the reader through the muddy fields of France and Flanders during the 1914-1918 War, the capture of the 2/9th Field Ambulance AIF at Singapore and subsequent life as Japanese POWs, and the 9th Field Ambulance AIF in New Guinea. In addition, the book covers the period between the two World Wars and the post WW2 period as a CMF/Gres unit in North Queensland in great detail. (Hard Cover, 224 pages)</FONT></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 164 WIDTH="396"><div> <A HREF="mailto:slouchat@surf.net.au <slouchat@surf.net.au>" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:slouchat@surf.net.au <slouchat@su"><U><IMG SRC="6366ea20.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="162" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >BLACK AND GOLD</FONT></div> <div> Ron Austin AUD$49.50 (INTL AUD$45.00)</div> <div> The history of the 29th Battalion, 1915 - 1918. A Victorian battalion's service in Gallipoli, France & Belgium, including the disastrous attack at Fromelles.</div> <div> (Limited Edition, Hard Cover, p231, Photos, maps and index, Medal & Nominal Rolls)</div> <div> I</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 229 WIDTH="396"><div> <A HREF="mailto:slouchat@surf.net.au <slouchat@surf.net.au>" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:slouchat@surf.net.au <slouchat@su"><U><IMG SRC="6376ea10.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="161" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><B><U>BO</U></B><B><U>LD STEADY FAITHFUL</U></B></div> <div> <I>Ron Austin </I><B>AUD$44.00 (INTL AUD$40.00)</B></div> <div> 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</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 248 WIDTH="396"><div> <A HREF="mailto:slouchat@surf.net.au <slouchat@surf.net.au>" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:slouchat@surf.net.au <slouchat@su"><U><B><U><IMG SRC="6386ea40.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="164" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B><U>MY CORPS CAVALRY</U></B></FONT></div> <div> <I>Doug Hunter </I><B>AUD$49.50 (INTL AUD$45.00)</B></div> <div> The history of the 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment 1915 - 1918. This famous Regiment was from country Victoria. It served for a few months on Gallipoli, then Eygpt, before going on to France. The Regiment served for almost three years in France and Belgium and played an important role in Monash's victories of late 1918. My Corps Cavalry provides a new and dramatic insight into the previously ignored roles of the 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment during the 1916 - 1918 campaigns in France. (Hard cover, p180.,Photos, maps, index, Medal & Nominal Rolls)</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 214 WIDTH="396"><div> <IMG SRC="66b96d10.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="209" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>JIM'S STORY - WITH THE 37TH BATTALION</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 320 WIDTH="396"><div> Mary Reddrop tells, partially in diary format, the story of  her father James Henry Roberts,  WW1 experience as a 1916-17 soldier in the 37th Battalion, AIF. This book gives an  excellent  insight into life in the trenches and as a scout on partrol.</div> <bR> <div> Anyone interested in purchasing a copy of this book  can forward payment of <B>$15.00</B>(Aus)inc p&p</div> <div> to : </div> <div> B& M Reddrop</div> <div> P.O.BOX 174</div> <div> Surrey Hills</div> <div> Victoria</div> <div> 3121</div> <div> Australia</div> <div> or contact site owner for details</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:anzacresearch@iinet.net.au" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:anzacresearch@iinet.net.au"><U>mailto:anzacresearch@iinet.net.au</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 60 WIDTH="396"><div> <A HREF="http://www.anzacday.org.au/shop/online/enter.html?target=Books.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.anzacday.org.au/shop/online/e"><U>Anzac Day.ORG</U></A></div> <div> Browse among our unique and growing collection of books on ANZAC Day and the ANZACs.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 234 WIDTH="396"><div> <A HREF="http://www.anzacday.org.au/shop/online/enter.html?target=Books.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.anzacday.org.au/shop/online/e"><U><IMG SRC="67750710.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="113" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Digging For Diggers</B></FONT></div> <div> This book is the definitive guide to researching the military history of a WW1 Digger. In a step by step approach, author Graeme Hosken provides the researcher with all of the information and tools necessary to complete the task.</div> <div> 80 pages plus cover</div> <div> ISBN 0-9580273-2-3 </div> <div> Published October 2002</div> <div> Author Graeme Hosken</div> <div> Published by ADCC Publications.</div> <div> <B>This book has been shortlisted for </B><I><B>The Australian</B></I><B> Awards for Excellence in Education Publishing for 2003</B>.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 387 WIDTH="396"><div> <A HREF="http://www.anzacday.org.au/shop/online/enter.html?target=Books.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.anzacday.org.au/shop/online/e"><U><IMG SRC="67d50600.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="96" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Simpson and Duffy</B></FONT></div> <div> A picture book story of John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his heroic deeds using a donkey at Gallipoli (a revised edition of the 14 page 1989 version which is now out of print).</div> <div> Larger print - emphasis on illustrations. Suit young readers.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="11" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ISBN 0-9577957-4-2</div> <div> Published 2001</div> <div> Author - Mary Small</div> <div> Illustrator - Ester Kasepuu</div> <div> Paperback with celloglaze cover; 32 pp excluding cover; B5 Portrait; Illustrations in colour.</div> <div> <B>Released March 2003 - Simpson and Duffy Big Book Kit - Price $49.50 Includes above picture book in big book format, the story narrated on CD-ROM, a teacher's manual on CD-ROM and a set of four posters telling the story with selected text and illustrations from the book.</B></div> <div> <B>This big book kit has been shortlisted for </B><I><B>The Australian</B></I><B> Awards for Excellence in Education Publishing for 2003.</B></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <style>  </style>    <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">  </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/frames.js"> </script> <noscript> <a href="http://www.statcounter.com" target="_top"><img src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter.php?usr=anzacs&java=0" alt="StatCounter - Free Web Tracker and Counter" border="0"/></a> </noscript>   </div> <div>                                                                                                        </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>