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DOWNING (W.H., [MM], late AIF)
To The Last Ridge.
1st Ed., 192pp. Melbourne: H.H. Champion, Australasian Authors' Agency. [1920]
#67125
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The AIF in its various operations in France: Flerbaix, Flers, Barley Trench, Bullecourt, Polygon Wood, Messines, Hill 104, Villers-Bretonneux, Hamel & more. Author states: "This book is an attempt to tell the story of imperishable deeds from the human & intimate point of view. All names of individuals are fictitious." In his Foreword, Brigadier-Gen. H.E. Elliott adds: "The author actually took part as a non-commissioned officer in most of the actions he so vividly describes... He repeatedly distinguished himself in action... The accounts of Flerbaix, the winter on the Somme, Polygon Wood (where the author won the Military Medal), & the Villers Bretonneux night attack are, in my opinion, by far the truest & best I have read..." Note: The author served with 57th Bn. AIF. Orig. printed paper covd. boards with cloth backstrip with paper sp. label. VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£225
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