| Main Title: |
Our darkest day / Patrick Lindsay. |
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| Author: |
Lindsay, Patrick
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| Publisher: |
Prahran, Vic. : Hardie Grant Books, |
| Collation: |
lii, 248 p. : ill., maps, portraits, pbk ; 24 cm. |
| Summary: |
1. The brewing storm -- 2. At the crossroads of history -- 3.The Anzacs' Journey -- 4. To the 'nursery' -- 5. An Austrian lance-corporal -- 6. In the presence of death -- 7. Loose thinking -- 8. Hopping the bags -- 9. Lost in the fog of war -- 10. Don't forget me, cobber! -- 11. Counting the cost -- 12. The cover-up -- 13. We are the dead -- Epilogue: Harry Willis' story.
This abridged edition of the bestselling 'Fromelles' includes the recent discovery of the largest mass war grave since the Second World War, the recovery of the missing Diggers' remains and the names of those who have been identified, as well as the opening of the new Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery in 2010. (Back of book) |
| Subject: |
Australian Army
Soldiers
World War, 1914-1918
Battles and battlefields
Fromelles, Battle of (France : 1916)
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France
War graves
Military history
Fromelles, France
France
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| Edition: |
Abridged (updated) edition. |
| ISBN: |
9781742701929 (pbk.) |
| Notes: |
"The tragic battle of Fromelles and the Diggers' final resting place"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-237) and index.
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