b'117829 836RECORD OF AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE IN THEWilliam DEVINE, GREAT WAR, 4th AUG.,1914, JUNE 28TH, 1919 chromo- The Story of a Battalion, lithograph print attractively presented in a period frame, [Melbourne: Melville & Mullen, 1919, 1st ed.], 180pp, maps, 70 x 57cm overall and illustrations by Daryl Lindsay; rebound, with new end $200300papers preserving the original red cloth with black lettering to front cover and spine; honours and awards and Our Dead 830 in appendices. The author, a Catholic priest attached to the WWI period portrait photograph on albumen paper with48th Battalion as chaplain was awarded the Military Cross and enhanced finish, Brunton & Easton Photographers of Hobart,the Croix de Guerre.housed in original frame and mounting, The 48th Battalion was raised in Egypt on 16 March 1916 71 x 54cm overall as part of the doubling of the AIF. Roughly half of its new $100200recruits were Gallipoli veterans from the 16th Battalion, and the other half, fresh reinforcements from Australia. Reflecting 831 the composition of the 16th, the men of the new battalion hailed mainly from regional South Australia and Western RECORD OF AUSTRALIAS VOLUNTARY EFFORT IN THEAustralia. The 48ths first major battle on the Western Front GREAT WAR (A.I.F.), AUG. 4th, 1914 to JUNE 28th, 1919:was Pozires. Here, it was tasked with defending ground Chromo-lithograph print attractively presented in period oakcaptured in earlier attacks by the 2nd Division and entered frame, the firing line on two separate occasions5 to 7 and 12 to 15 72 x 54cm overall August. During the former period the battalion endured what $200300was said to be heaviest artillery barrage ever experienced by Australian troops and suffered 598 casualties.832 $200300 HONOURABLY DISCHARGED certificate to JOHN SCANLON (2587) Gunner 12th.Brigade, with lithographed signature of837King George V. Frederick William MacGIBBON (Lieut.), Attractively framed and mounted 55 x 69cm overall. The FORTY-FIRST - Being a Record of the 41st Battalion A.I.F. $120200during the Great War, 1914-18. Compiled by Members of the Intelligence Staff, 833 [157pp + plus folding Honour Roll], coloured title page, full George L. BERRIE (Lieut.) page illustrations, expertly re-bound preserving the pictorial Under Furred Hats (6th A.L.H. Regt.), front cover. Extremely rare 1st edition.[Sydney : W.C. Penfold & Co., 1919, 1st ed.] 180pp;The 41st Battalion was raised at Bells Paddock Camp in folding plates between pages 64-65 and 94-95 damaged;Brisbane in February 1916 with recruits from Brisbane, original cloth binding. northern Queensland and the northern rivers district of $100150New South Wales. It formed part of the 11th Brigade of the 3rd Australian Division. At the end of June 1917, the 11th Brigade was ordered to establish a new front line west of 834 Warneton, in full view of the Germans. Work carried on night John Joseph KENNEDY, D.S.O., and day under heavy shellfire and the period became known The Whale Oil Guards, to the battalion as the 18 days. The start of August found [Dublin : James Duffy and Co., 1919, 1st ed.] 144pp + 26ppthe 41st holding ground captured by two of its sister battalions publishers catalogue dated February 1919; green and blackin a feint attack on 31 July. Enduring continual rain, flooded cloth with gilt titles and decoration. trenches and heavy shelling many of the battalions platoons The book follows the 53rd Battalion AIF history from itsdwindled from 35 men to less than ten.formation in Egypt in 1916 through the various battles. The$500600 title is attributed to the fact that the CO ordered his men to polish their steel helmets with whale oil so that they would838shine! The 53rd Battalion were much respected for their fineWWI officers cap, Light Horse spur, two leather horse trace services at Peronne, Le Catelet, Bullecourt, Polygon Wood,chains (used to prevent rattling noise when moving guns etc. and the breaking of the Hindenburg Line. at night); together with a glass flask in leather campaign case, $100150(5 items)$150250 835 839Eugene GORMAN, Captain, A WWI period Australian cavalry parade sword with With The Twenty-SecondEdward VII cypher and leather covered scabbard,- A History of the Twenty-Second Battalion, A.I.F.,89cm long[Melbourne : H.H. Champion, 1919, 1st ed.], 132pp, frontispiece illustration plus photo plates, Roll of Honour, List$150250 of Decorations; hard cover with cloth spine and the battalions colour patch. 840The author served with the battalion and was awarded theWWI period 303 rifle in relic condition, Military Cross. The 22nd Battalion was formed in March 1915with remains of bayonet fitting,at Broadmeadows Camp in Victoria. It became part of the 6th107cm longBrigade of the 2nd Division. Most of the battalion embarked$150250 for Egypt on 8 May 1915 and was deployed to Gallipoli in the first week of September 1915, allowing elements of841the 2nd Brigade to be rested from their positions in theLEST WE FORGET antique silk embroidery front line at ANZAC. of a gunboat, WW1 period,$200250 47 x 55cm overall.$150250 '