An Australian band of brothers : Don Company, Second 43rd Battalion, 9th division : Tobruk, Alamein, New Guinea, Borneo

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Label

An Australian band of brothers : Don Company, Second 43rd Battalion, 9th division : Tobruk, Alamein, New Guinea, Borneo

Title remainder

Don Company, Second 43rd Battalion, 9th division : Tobruk, Alamein, New Guinea, Borneo

Statement of responsibility

Mark Johnston

Creator

• trueJohnston, Mark, 1960-

Author

• trueJohnston, Mark, 1960-

Subject

• Australia, Army | Battalion, 2/43rd
• Australia, Army | Division, 9th
• Australia, Australian Army | Australian Imperial Force (1940-1947) | Infantry Battalion, 2/43rd
• trueAustralian
• Combe, Gordon D., (Gordon Desmond), 1917-2002
• El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942
• Jones, Allan, 1918-2001
• Lovegrove, John, 1918-1999
• trueMilitary campaigns
• trueMilitary history
• trueSoldiers -- Australia
• Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942
• trueAustralia -- History, Military
• trueWorld War II -- Australian participation
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Borneo
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Papua New Guinea
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Particpation, Australian
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Australia
• trueVeterans -- Australia -- Biography
• trueAustralia -- History, Military -- 20th century

Genre

• truePersonal narratives, Australian
• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

This book follows a small group of Australian front-line soldiers from their enlistment in the dark days of 1940 to the end of World War II. No ordinary soldiers, they were members of Don Company of the Second 43rd Battalion, part of the famous 9th Australian Division, which - during campaigns in Tobruk, El Alamein, New Guinea, and Borneo - sustained more casualties and won more medals than any other Australian division. It is an evocative and detailed account of the day-to-day war of three infantry soldiers whose experiences included night patrols at Tobruk, advancing steadily through German barrages at Alamein, charging enemy machine guns in New Guinea, and repelling Japanese charges on Borneo. Using the frank and detailed personal letters, diaries, and memoirs of three Australian soldiers, he brings to life their campaigns, battles, and interactions with their comrades and enemies. His book is a unique and powerful account of the everyday experiences of a small unit of Australian soldiers on the front line

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

ANL

Dewey number

940.5412

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits
• facsimiles

Index

index present

Intended audience

• Tertiary/Undergraduate
• General

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

general