Description

 

Title: Largely a Gamble : Australians in Syria June – July 1941

Author: McAllester, Jim and Trigellis -Smith, Syd

Condition: Very Good Plus – The usual type of wear to the corners on soft cover books.

Edition: 1st Edition

Publication Date: 1995

ISBN: 0642226040

Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 261 pages

Comments: The story of the 21st and 25th Australian Infantry Brigades during the Syria Campaign from June to July 1941.

The first author was the original Intelligence Officer of the 2/14th Battalion, serving in the Western Desert and Syria; Trigellis-Smith served with the 2/2nd Field Regiment in New Guinea. 2/14th Battalion.

Presentation copy by Maj Gen C.R.R.Hoeben, then commander 2nd Division

Includes Honour roll by battalion and honours and awards