The Fighting 10th – A South Australian Centenary Souvenir of the 10th Battalion AIF | Cecil B.L. Lock | 1936 | First Edition Second Printing [USED – HC – Very Good]

Cecil B.L. Lock's unit history of the 10th Battalion AIF — a South Australian battalion raised within weeks of the outbreak of the Great War in August 1914, and among the very first Australian units mobilised.

As part of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, the 10th Battalion formed part of the covering force during the initial Gallipoli landing on 25 April 1915 — and members of the battalion penetrated further inland than any other Australian troops during that first day's fighting.

After the full Gallipoli campaign and the December evacuation, the battalion transferred to the Western Front, where it fought through major engagements at Pozières and Mouquet Farm in 1916 — two of the most costly battles of the AIF's war — then Ypres, the defence against the 1918 German Spring Offensive, and through the Hundred Days Offensive to the armistice.

This is the First Edition, Second Printing published in 1936 — a centenary souvenir produced when many veterans were still alive. At 320 pages it is a substantial original unit history from the interwar period, distinct from both the scarce 1919 edition and the 1988 Burridge facsimile reprint, both often also available from The Book Cellar. At $495 this is priced for a serious collector — the 1936 second printing is considerably scarcer than the 1988 facsimile at $265, and the 1919 original remains the rarest of the three editions.

BOOK DETAILS

• Hardcover without dust jacket.
• 320 pages.
• First Edition, Second Printing, published 1936.
• Out of print.

CONDITION Used, very good condition. Contact the bookshop on 03 6381 1545 for additional photos if required before purchasing.

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