Active Service: With Australia in the Middle East by the Australian War Memorial

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned. Covers are worn. Previous owner has signed inside page. No dust jacket. Body text and binding are still very good.

An illustrated notebook on the life of Australians in the Middle Eastern Theatre of War, published in 1941.

Almost all of the contents are the work of men in active service. Reports are included on most of the actions in which Australian forces have so far taken part, and there is a selection of articles contributed by members of the AIF. Includes photographs, illustrations and maps.

Contents include:

• First 5 months of the AIF
• The crossing of Cirenaica
• Giarabub
• Siege of Tobruk
• Crete and Syria
• Told by the AIF: a selection of 24 stories contributed by members of the AIF.

Published for the Military History and Information Section, AIF (Middle East) by the Board of Management of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.