Battle Scarred: The 47th Battalion in the First World War by Craig Deayton - 2014

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Big Sky Pub, 2015. Paperback. New. 432 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.10 inches.

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Sydney, NSW, Australia: Big Sky Publishing, 2011. Usual library marks. 426 pages with b/w illustrations. Includes nominal roll. The 47th was formed in Egypt in 1916 and disbanded 2 years later having fought at Pozieres, Mouquet Farm, the Somme, Bullecourt, Messines, Passchendaele and Dernancourt and suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any Australian unit. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Australia: Big Sky Publishing, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sydney, NSW, Australia: Big Sky Publishing, 2014. 426 pages with b/w illustrations. Includes nominal roll. The 47th was formed in Egypt in 1916 and disbanded 2 years later having fought at Pozieres, Mouquet Farm, the Somme, Bullecourt, Messines, Passchendaele and Dernancourt and suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any Australian unit. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sydney, NSW, Australia: Big Sky Publishing, 2011. 426 pages with b/w illustrations. Includes nominal roll. The 47th was formed in Egypt in 1916 and disbanded 2 years later having fought at Pozieres, Mouquet Farm, the Somme, Bullecourt, Messines, Passchendaele and Dernancourt and suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any Australian unit. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sydney: Big Sky Publishing, 2014. reprint. As New. small quarto. stiff wrappers v + 426pp., b/w plates, maps, notes, appends., index, One of the shortest lived and most battle hardened of the 1st Australian Imperial Force's battalions, the 47th was formed in Egypt in 1916 and disbanded two years later having suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any Australian unit. Their story is remarkable for many reasons. Dogged by command and discipline troubles and bled white by the desperate attrition battles of 1916 and 1917, they fought on against a determined and skilful enemy in battles where the fortunes of war seemed stacked against them at every turn

Sydney: Big Sky Publishing, 2011. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket v + 426pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., index, The 47th Battalion fought in some of the First World Wars bloodiest battles. From their first calamitous experience of war under the terrible shell fire of Pozieres, to the costly and futile attacks on Mouquet Farm and the frigid winters on the Somme they suffered through the fighting on the Western Front in 1916. In April of 1917 they were trapped and almost surrounded at 1st Bullecourt. A mere eight weeks later, they hopped the bags at Messines where they lost over half their number. In October they fought and died by the score in the mud of Passchendaele.One of the shortest lived and most battle hardened of the 1st Australian Imperial Forces battalions, the 47th was formed in Egypt in 1916 and disbanded two years later having suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any Australian unit