OUR DEAR OLD BATTALION: The Story of the 7th Battalion, 1914 - 1919
by Ron Austin
Published by Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae, Victoria, 2004
ISBN 0957975236
The 7th Battalion was raised by LtCol HE 'Pompey' Elliott in August 1914, mainly from Bendigo, Western Victoria and Essendon. The battalion landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, and during the Lone Pine battle of August 1915, won four VCs. From 1916-18, it fought in battles in France and Belgium, including Pozieres, Bullecourt, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Lithons and Herleville Woods. This is Ron Austin's eleventh book, and includes nominal, honour and medal rolls.
NEW hard cover book in unclipped dust jacket
Book number: 35524 Price: Aud$57.50

MAGYAR'S BOYS: A Biographical History of the 8th Light Horse
by Cameron Simpson
Published by Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae, Victoria, 1998
ISBN:0646325248
A large format book that provides details of the military service of each member of this famous Victorian unit. The 8th Light Horse Regiment was commanded by LtCol Leslie Maygar VC from 1915 until his death in 1917. The book also includes some detailed accounts of the infamous Gallipoli action at the Nek, and later battles in Palestine. NEW hard cover book in unclipped dust jacket. 308 pages, includes many photos.
Book number 35532 Price: Aud$50

HMAS DIAMANTINA Australia's Last River Class Frigate, 1945 - 1980
by Peter Nunan
Published by Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae, Victoria, 2005
ISBN:0957975279
Diamantina is Australia’s largest World War II survivor and the last of over 200 River class and variant frigates the Allies built during that conflict. Built in Queensland, HMAS Diamantina went to war at Bougainville in 1945, and was later to become the venue for the Japanese surrenders at Nauru and Ocean Island. In two commissions between 1945 and 1980, Diamantina gave outstanding service to the nation - in war, in making the peace, during the Cold War, and in oceanographic research; in conjunction with bodies like CSIRO. She carried out oceanographic research in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and also trained thousands of Navy recruits. Decommissioned in 1980, HMAS Diamantina is now a major attraction at Queensland’s Maritime Museum located on the Brisbane River. 160 pages. Pristine copy. Book number 35521 Price: Aud$35

STEINAECKER’S HORSEMEN: South Africa 1899-1903
Author - Bill Woolmore, author of THE BUSHVELDT CARBINEERS
ISBN:0958478244
STEINAECKER’S HORSEMEN is a new book relating the exploits of an irregular unit fighting on the British side during the Anglo – Boer War of 1899-1902. The book is written by Bill Woolmore, author of the very successful ‘Bushveldt Carbineers and the Pietersburg Light Horse’. Sometimes they roamed with a hundred or more men but more often they were in small groups of up to 4 men and held lonely picquet posts on the Lebombo range from which they patrolled the border with Portuguese East Africa. The maverick commander of this unit, Francis Christiaan Ludwig von Steinaecker, was a flamboyant and eccentric character; a former Prussian officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was awarded the DSO for his service. He failed to adjust to civilian life after the war and committed suicide in 1917. Book number: 36395 Price: Aud$58

A STOKER’S JOURNEY:
From the Med to Korea in HMAS Waterhen, Nizam, Warramunga & Sydney
Author - Andy Nation
ISBN:0975835300
A record of the author's 12 years in the Royal Australian Navy, from 1940-52; his fears of attack by German dive bombers or submarines, and then being sunk in the Mediterannean is graphically described. From the Mediterannean Andy went to New Guinea, and a few years later sailed to the Korean War on the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney. A wonderful insight into how a young sailor viewed the war, his anxieties and hopes at a time when hope was in small supply. Book number: 36396 PRICE: Aud$35