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Duty First. The Royal Australian Regiment in War and Peace.
by Horner, David (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 004442227X
- ISBN 13
- 9780044422273
- Seller
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About This Item
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1990. HEAVY. xxviii, 525pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, bw ills, 9 maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Very slight rubbing to bottom of spine, light foxing to page edges. Minor stain on bottom edge of front jacket panel. Born out of the BCOF the Royal Australian Regiment had a baptism of fire in the Korean War and went on to guerrilla service in Malaya, action in Borneo during Confrontation, top secret 'Claret' operations into Indonesian territory, Vietnam and peacekeeping actions such as that after the 1987 Fiji coup. Inlcudes POW lists, awards and decorations to members, commanding officers, RSMs, outlines of actions earning Regimental battle homours and unit citations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021100
- Title
- Duty First. The Royal Australian Regiment in War and Peace.
- Author
- Horner, David (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 004442227X
- ISBN 13
- 9780044422273
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Autsralian Military Unit History Royal Australian Regiment Second World War Two Pacific Japan BCOF Malaya Guerrilla Claret Indonesia Vietnam Fiji Korea
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australiana & NZ; Militaria;
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About the Seller
Lawrence Jones
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Ashmore, Queensland
About Lawrence Jones
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