Title Farewell, dear people : biographies of Australia's lost generation / Ross McMullin

Published Brunswick, Vic. : Scribe, 2012 ©2012

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Description viii, 600 pages., 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm regular print Contents Machine generated contents note: One.Geoff McCrae: the creative allrounder -- Two.Tom Elliott: Australia's Kitchener -- Three.George Challis: the footballer -- Four.Ted Larkin: the administrator/politician -- Five.Clunes Mathison: the medical scientist -- Six.Robert Bage: the engineer/explorer -- Seven.Gresley Harper, Wilfred Harper, and Phipps Turnbull: the barrister, the farmer, and the Rhodes scholar -- Eight.Carew Reynell: the winemaker Summary An analysis of the individuals making up the lost generation of WWI. They involve a range of backgrounds and experiences, all states and classes, and come from a variety of military units, not just the infantry Analysis Australian Australian Defence Force Biography War casualties World War 1 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-546) and index Notes 'The Nib' Waverley Library Award for Literature Nominations (2012) Subject Australia -- Armed Forces -- Biography. 'The Nib' Waverley Library Award for Literature Nominations (2012) World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties -- Australia. World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Biography. World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114302 Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 Australia -- Armed Forces. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1901-1945 -- Biography Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1914-1918 -- Biography Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1914-1918 Genre/Form Biographies. LC no. 2013412742 ISBN 9781921844669

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