b'118842 844Eric FAIREY, Eustace James COLLIVER & B.H. RICHARDSON, The 38th BATTALION A.I.F. - The Story and Official HistoryTHE FORTY-THIRD. - The Story and Official History of the of the 38th Battalion A.I.Fwith a forward by W.M. Hughes,43rd Battalion, A.I.F. Prime Minister of Australia,[Adelaide : Rigby Ltd., 1920, 1st ed.] 248pp, photographic [Bendigo, Bendigo Advertiser & the Cambridge Press, 1920,frontispiece, photo plates and maps throughout; includes 1st ed.], 110pp + photographic plates and including nominalcomprehensive calendar and diary, muster roll, list of officers, roll; soft cover with pictorial front cover. decorations and awards, roll of honour, etc. With the largely The 38th Battalion was formed on 1 March 1916 at a campintact and incredibly rare original dust jacket.established on the Epsom Racecourse at Bendigo in Victoria.The 43rd Battalion was South Australias contribution to the Early training was disrupted by a severe outbreak of cerebro- strength of the division. Along with the 41st, 42nd, and 44th spinal meningitis in the camp, as a result of which the healthyBattalions, plus support troops, it formed the 11th Brigade. members were transferred to a camp at Campbellfield, whereThe battalion embarked in June 1916 and, after landing the Battalion had to be rebuilt from fresh reinforcements. briefly in Egypt, went on to Britain for further training. The $200300battalion arrived on the Western Front in late December. The 43rd Battalion spent 1917 bogged in bloody trench warfare 843 in Flanders. In June the battalion took part in the battle of Messines and in October the Third Battle of Ypres. The W.J. HARVEY,battalion spent much of 1918 fighting in the Somme valley. The Red and White DiamondAuthorised History of theIn April they helped stop the German Spring offensive at Twenty-Fourth Battalion A.I.F.Villers-Bretonneux. In July the battalion was part of General [Melbourne: Alexander McCubbin, 1920 1st ed.], 340pp +Monashs attack at Hamel.plates and maps; original grey papered boards with blue text;$300500 includes Roll of Honour.The 24th Battalion was raised in a hurry. The original intent845was to raise the fourth battalion of the 6th Brigade from theA. BRISCOE MOORE (Lieut.) outer states, but a surplus of recruits at BroadmeadowsThe Mounted Riflemen in Sinai and Palestine, Camp in Victoria lead to a decision being made to raise it[Auckland : Whitcombe and Tombs, 1920, 1st ed.], 175pp, there. The battalion was formed during the first week of Mayphotographic frontispiece, photo plates, 3 fold-out maps/1915, and sailed from Melbourne at the end of that week.charts, original boards with original decorated dust jacket.Training shortfalls were made up in Egypt in July and August,The author served with the Auckland Mounted Rifles which, and on 4 September 1915 the Battalion went ashore atwith the Wellington and the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, a Gallipoli. It spent the next 16 weeks sharing duty in the LoneMachine-gun troop, a field troop of Engineers, a Signal Troop, Pine trenches with the 23rd Battalion. The fighting at Lonea Mounted Field Ambulance and a mobile Veterinary section, Pine was so dangerous and exhausting that battalions rotatedmade up the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade. The every day. While the bulk of the battalion was at Gallipoli, aapproximate strength was 1,850 men and 2,200 horses. The small party of 52, trained as packhorse handlers, served withbrigade had fought at Gallipoli, where it had suffered severely, the British force in Salonika. and following the evacuation had returned to Egypt to become $250350part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.$100150 846W.H. DOWNING, To the Last Ridge, [Melbourne : Australian Authors Agency, 1920, 1st ed.], 192pp, original decorated boards.$100150 847Sir JOHN MONASH (Lieutenant-General), The Australian Victories in France in 1918, [London : Hutchinson & Co., 1920, 2nd ed. but first Australian edition by Gordon & Gotch], vii, 352pp, navy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, plates, folding maps, various appendices.$100150 848A vintage red ensign Australian flag, early to mid 20th century,90 x 180cm$120200 849A silver-plated trophy cup with engraved dedication: In Memoriam Trophy won by G.R. BURR - ST. KILDA RIFLE CLUB July 1920 - Presented by Mr & Mrs A. Bridgeland in loving memory of their beloved eldest Son No.73 Trooper Fred Bridgeland, 4th Light Horse - Killed in action at Lone Pine Gallipoli, Aug.6th 1915. Overall 30cm high (including wooden stand).850 $200300 '