Citizen to soldier – Australia before the Great War: recollections of members of the first A.I.F.

Name: Citizen to soldier - Australia before the Great War: recollections of members of the first A.I.F.
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SKU: RB16422 Category: WW1 - General

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Title: Citizen to soldier – Australia before the Great War: recollections of members of the first A.I.F.

Author: Dawes, J.N.I. and Robson. L.L.

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

Publication Date: 1977

ISBN: 0522841244

Cover: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket – 216 pages

Comments: Australian veterans of the Great War speak frankly, of the times just before WW1. They are voices from all parts of Australia and all walks of life from immigrants and Australian born, from the city to the country, from men with steady jobs to those without jobs – wanderers. They show Edwardian Australia this part of Australian history is engrossing reading.

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