Title The other enemy? : Australian soldiers and the military police / Glenn Wahlert

Published South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	355.133230994 Wah/Oea		AVAILABLE

Description viii, 208 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm Series Australian Army history series Australian Army history series. Contents Provost beginnings -- Policing the 1st AIF -- The Divisional Provost -- Provosts as 'cops' and jailers -- The 2nd AIF Provosts 1939-42 -- Militia Provosts in Australia -- The Pacific theatre -- Conclusion Summary "This book is the first study of Australia's military police. It traces its history from its roots as the Provost Marshal in the colony of New South Wales, where it was 'similarly feared by soldier, settler, and convict alike,' through the formation of the Anzac Provost Corps in 1916 and up to the end of World War II"--Publisher description Analysis Australian Army History, 1901-1945 Military police World War 1 World War 2 Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references pages 195-201 and index Subject Australia. Australian Army -- History. Australia. Australian Army. Military District, 7th Australia. Australian Army. Royal Australian Corps of Military Police. -- History Australia. Australian Army -- Military police -- History. Military police -- History. Military police -- Australia -- History. World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- History. World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia. World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Darwin SUBJECT Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- Military police http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002296 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- Military police. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002296 Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005863 LC no. 00700428 ISBN 0195511891

Other Titles Australian soldiers and the military police The other enemy?

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