Description

Title: Outback Corridor – World War 2 Lines of Communication Across Australia From Adelaide and Mt Isa to Darwin.  – Northern Territory Wartime Experiences – Army Women’s Services in NT.

Author: Smith, Alan

Condition: Near Mint

Edition: 1st Edition

Publication Date: 2002

ISBN: 0958163901

Cover: Hard Cover without Dust Jacket (Laminated boards) – 388 pages

Comments: A detailed account of the making of central roads for essential supply and troop movement; the upgrading of the Overland Telegraph Line to meet the Defence build up; American Army transportation from Mt Isa and the Northern Territory; and the work of the Army Women, Nurses, AAMWS and AWAS.

Also includes personal reminiscences of the war in the Northern Territory, including the bombing of Darwin. Now a scarce and highly desirable unit history book.