Arthur Blackburn VC: An Australian Hero, His Men, and Their Two World Wars by Andrew Faulkner

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Partial date due slip on inside cover, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Interior and binding are still very good.

Gallipoli hero Victoria Cross recipient battalion and brigade commander conqueror of Damascus and defiant antagonist of the Japanese. By any measure, Arthur Seaforth Blackburn (1892-1960) was one of Australia's most remarkable soldiers.

This is the first Blackburn biography that details the famous battles that shaped Australia. It tells Blackburn's story through the eyes of his comrades, including many from his battalion who survived the horrors of the Burma Railway. It includes photographs taken by Blackburn, never published before.