MAKER AND BREAKER. The Story of an Engineer Officer 1939-1945. by John C. Grover ISBN 13: 9780980320435

Sydney: Australian Military History Publications. 2008. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Mint condition in pictorial laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. A new copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings/Diagrams. 228 pages. John Grover transferred from a militia Engineer unit to the AIF when war broke out in 1939. He subsequently served with the 2/1 Field Company in the Middle East. He served in Papua building an alternate track to the Kokoda Trail and built roads and bridges around Buna. . New. 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: Australian Military History Publications., 2008. x, 228pp, index, glossary, bw ills. Pictorial glossy boards. As new. Autobiographical account of an Australian Army Engineer Corps officer who served in Lebanon, Syria and New Guinea serving with 2/1 and 2/14 Field Companies.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Small 4to.

Loftus, Australian Military History Publications first edition - hard cover, laminated Grover transferred to the AIF when war broke out in 1939. By October 1941 by then a lieutenant, he was in the Middle East with 2/1 Field Company, then Syria to fight the Vichy French. Then on to Papua where his unit was sent to the Kokoda Trail to hack an alternative route, but had to abandon it when the Japanese arrived. Next came Wau and Bulolo. 252 x 177mm., pp. x, 228, b/w plates & illust. msaps, glossary, indexes - Names and general. Hard cover, laminated pictorial boards (as issued). As NEW. ISBN: 9780980320435