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Battalion into battle : the history of the 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939-1945 / Wes Olson

Record no:

67388

Call no:

940.542 OLS

Author:

Olson, Wesley

Publisher:

Hilton, W.A.: W. J. Olson

Year:

2011

Description:

x, 509 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force, (1939-1946). Infantry Battalion 2/11th - History;
World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Australian;
World War, 1939-1945 - Australia;
Western Australia - History;

Isbn:

9780646563633

Notes:

" No. 902 of 1,000". Signed by the author.

Type:

Book

Abstract:

The 2/11th Australian Infrantry Battalion was the first battalion to be raised in Western Australia for service with the Australian Imperial Force in the Second World War. The 2/11th Battalion took part in the Western Desert Campaign 1940-41 and was involved

in the capture of the Italian strongholds of Bardia and Tobruk. The unit was then tasked with the capture of Derna aerodrome and town.

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Contents:

1. A battalion is born -- 2. Baptism of fire - Bardia and Tobruk -- 3. Derna -- 4. Greece - a country worth fighting for -- 5. Brallos rearguard -- 6. Crete - 'The Isle of Doom' -- 7. The battle for Perivolia -- 8. Every man for himself -- 9. A new battalion

-- 10. New Guinea -- 11. Wirui Mission -- 12. 710 -- 13. To the bitter end -- 14. The lost battalion -- Appendices.

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