The Definitive account (Les Carlyon) of the first major battle fought by Australian troops on the Western Front, 19 – 20 July 1916. Directed against the strong German position at the Sugar Loaf salient, the 5th Australian Division suffered 5,533 casualties.The strategic background to the battle ( an attempt to draw German troops away from the Somme offensive ), a detailed account of the battle and the aftermath and modern search for the ‘missing of Fromelles’.Complete Honour Roll of Australian and British troops and a limited account of known German fallen. Maps and b/w photographs.pp. xxii, 505 illusts #0720R (Small edge discolouration to prelims) ISBN 13: 9780522855296
Don’t forget me cobber: THE BATTLE OF FROMELLES
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Additional Information
| Author | Corfield, Robin S. |
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| Number of pages | 505 |
| Publisher | The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Binding Type | Hardcover in Dustjacket |
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