F.M. Cutlack's account of the final campaign of the Australian divisions in France in 1918 — written from the frontlines by Bean's official AIF war correspondent and published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co in late 1918 or early 1919, with the preface dated November 1918. Frederic Morley Cutlack had enlisted in 1914 and served on the Western Front before being recruited by Charles Bean as the official AIF war correspondent in early 1918.
The wartime memoir of Major Wilfrid Selwyn "Billy" Kent Hughes MC — published in 1918 by Melville & Mullen, Melbourne, on his return from the Sinai and Palestine campaigns with the Australian Light Horse. Kent Hughes enlisted as a private in August 1914 at the age of 19, served at Gallipoli where he was wounded, then through the Sinai and Palestine campaign with the 3rd Light Horse Brigade under his uncle Brigadier General Frederic Godfrey Hughes.
The wartime letters of Captain George Pollard Kay — known to his family as "Bob" — published in 1917 by his father as a memorial to his son, who was killed in action over France on 4 March 1917 at the age of 20. Kay attended Geelong Grammar School, where he was school prefect and house captain. In February 1916 he sailed from Australia for England, one of nine Grammar boys who joined up together.
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Japanese Army Operations in the South Pacific covering the invasion of Rabaul and Papuan operations including, Milne Bay, Kokoda, Buna, Gona and Giruwa.
Brian Robson's definitive reference on the regulation sword patterns of the British Army from 1788 to 1914 — the standard work on the subject for collectors, military historians and arms and armour researchers. The book covers the full range of regulation patterns issued to infantry, cavalry, artillery and staff officers across the period, tracing the evolution of each pattern through its variants, the regulations governing issue, and the contractors who produced them.
Ian Skennerton's comprehensive reference on the Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield rifles and carbines — the standard infantry weapons of the British and Commonwealth forces from 1888 through to the late 20th century, covering the full century from their introduction in 1880 to 1980.
Ian Skennerton's comprehensive reference on British and Commonwealth sniping from the First World War through to the Falklands conflict — covering the development of sniping doctrine, tactics, training, equipment and rifles across nearly seven decades of British military service.