A newly researched true account of Billy Gadd, a young lad from Tasmania's West Coast mining town of Queenstown who managed to enlist in the AIF during World War I while under the legal age.
John Bufton's account of Tasmania's contribution to the Second Boer War (1899–1902) in South Africa — referred to here by the contemporary term "Transvaal War," not to be confused with the earlier First Boer War of 1880–81.
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Military
Books about Tasmania's contribution to military campaigns since Federation.
The story of Ordinary Seaman Edward "Teddy" Sheean — a Tasmanian from Latrobe who, on 1 December 1942, strapped himself to an anti-aircraft gun on the sinking HMAS Armidale and continued firing at Japanese aircraft to protect his shipmates in the water, even as the ship went down beneath him. He was 18 years old. He did not survive.
This book is a photographic tribute to the people of Hobart and Tasmania who came forward and volunteered to do their part in helping the fight in World War Two.
The story of the death of Micky Hallam, told by his mate Desmond Jackson - an indictment of the behaviour of the Japanese toward Prisoners of War in WWII. This is a USED book.
John Wadsley's history of two connected aspects of the Claremont area on the western shore of the Derwent River — the Claremont military camp and the Cadbury peninsula. The Claremont Camp was a significant military training facility in Tasmania — used for the training and mobilisation of Tasmanian soldiers across both World Wars and through much of the 20th century.