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H.M.A.S. Shropshire
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The Story of HMAS Shropshire, the Country Class Heavy Cruiser donated by Britain to Australia after the loss of HMAS Canberra.

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Nothing Over Us
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The Story of the 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion.

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All the King's Enemies
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A History of the 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Unit / Battalion Histories

Histories of specific military units, regiments and battalions – often produced in small print runs by unit associations, making them genuinely hard to find. A valuable resource for veterans' families researching a relative's service.

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Bold Steady Faithful
The History of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Melborne Regiment, 1854 - 1993

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Brave Lads – 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam 1967–1968 and 1971 | Michael C. English | 2008 [USED – HCDJ – Unopened]

The unit history of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) covering two tours of duty in South Vietnam — the first tour of 1967–1968, and the second tour of 1971 (documented separately as "The Riflemen"). 3 RAR was one of the most continuously deployed Australian battalions of the Vietnam War, and their two tours bracket the middle and final periods of Australian involvement in the conflict.


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Campaigning with the Fighting 9th

C.M. Wrench's history of the 9th Battalion AIF, first ashore at the Gallipoli landing, through to Pozieres and the Hindenburg Line. Hardcover with dustjacket, 1985, first edition, 598 pages, indexed.


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Carmichael's 1000 - A history of 36th Battalion, AIF 1916 - 1918
A history of 36th Battalion, AIF 1916 - 1918

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Chronicle of the 45th Battalion A.I.F. | Major J.E. Lee | 1990 John Burridge Facsimile Reprint [USED – HC – Very Good]

The unit history of the 45th Battalion AIF, 12th Brigade, 4th Division — a New South Wales unit raised in Egypt in March 1916 as part of the doubling of the AIF following the Gallipoli evacuation. Written by Major J.E. Lee, himself a member of the battalion, originally published by the 45th Battalion Reunion Association in 1962. This is the 1990 John Burridge Military Antiques facsimile reprint.


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Cobbers in Khaki – The History of the 8th Battalion AIF 1914–1919 | Ron Austin | 2004 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good]

The unit history of the 8th Battalion AIF, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division — a Victorian battalion raised from rural Victoria by Lieutenant Colonel William Bolton within a fortnight of the declaration of war in August 1914.


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Combat Battalion
The Eighth Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment in Vietnam.

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Conscripts and Regulars

Michael O'Brien's unit history of 7 RAR's two Vietnam tours, 1967–68 and 1970–71, based at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy province. Hardcover with dustjacket, 1995, 311 pages, indexed.


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Distinguishing Colour Patches of the Australian Military Forces 1915 - 1951
A reference guide to the Australian Army's unit patches

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Doomed Battalion - The Australian 2/40 Battalion 1940-45 - Peter Henning |SC, 1st ed. 1995|

Doomed Battalion tells the story of the 2/40th Battalion, the only AIF battalion recruited almost entirely from Tasmania.


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