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Wynnum, QLD / Melbourne, Sandringham: 26th Battalion Reunion Association / Printed by Llenlees Press, 1992. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), illustrated endpapers, black & white text-photos, single black & white cartoon, minor edgewear jacket, small mark fore-edge. 194 pp. A very easy-to-read history of the 26th Infantry Battalion, AIF, during World War 2 (WW2), which served in the Solomon Islands and Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This story is about the men who came from every Australian state, how they welded together with pride and tradition. This book has been written for the men of the battalion and their families. The battalion's motto, which is the title for this book, was perviously used by the original 26th Battalion in World War 1 (WW1). The Epilogue includes an Honour Roll, the Bomana War Cemetery (Port Moresby), A Short History of the Unit, Honours and Awards, Reunions, and Post War Activities.
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Never Unprepared : A History of the 26th Australian Infantry Battalion (AIF) 1939 - 1946 Hardcover - 1992
by A.n. Turrell
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- Title Never Unprepared : A History of the 26th Australian Infantry Battalion (AIF) 1939 - 1946
- Author A.n. Turrell
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher 26th Battalion Reunion Association, Australia
- Date 1992
- ISBN 9780646084978
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Never Unprepared: A History of the 26th Australian Infantry Battalion (AIF) 1939 - 1946.
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Melbourne: 26th Battalion Reunion Association, 1992. xiv, 194pp, list of subscribers, bibliography, appendices (inc nominal roll), bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Blue cloth in jacket. Very slight fading to jacket spine, very light edge wear to jacket, ruubed at front flap fold with 2 tiny holes. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page. Excellent unit history of the 26th Infantry Battalion (AIF). The units actions were limited to the SWPA (South West Pacific) where it played an important role in the defence of Australia. Included is action in the Torres Strait, the Solomon Ilsands, New Guinea and New Britain and there is an extensive nominal roll.. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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