x, 509 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm
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
Summary
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
Analysis
Australian
World War II (Australia,Western Australia)
Notes
Published in a limited edition of 1000 copies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-482) and index