Lords of Death : A People, A Place, A Legend

AUSTRALIAN MILITARY West Australiana

A quarter of Australia’s soldiers at Gallipoli came from Western Australia. This book explores their backgrounds, the ways they saw themselves and the ways they saw Australia (and the British Empire) #010115/0119/300124 First Edition,

• viii, 223 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
• I A WESTERN FRONT 7
• II ‘NOT EXACTLY A NEW CANAAN’ 34
• III THE GREAT ADVENTURE 51
• IV A LANDING 67
• V GALLIPOLI 81
• VI ANOTHER JOURNEY 101
• VII THE WESTERN FRONT 119
• VIII ‘THEY ARE HEROES’ 134
• IX CHARACTER AND COST 152

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