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Independent Company - The 2/2 and 2/4 Australian Independent Companies in Portuguese Timor, 1941-1943
Callinan, Bernard J.; Sturdee, Sir Vernon (Foreword); Shute, Nevil (Introductory Chapter)
Published by William Heinemann Ltd., Australia, 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. xxxiii, 235 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. "A campaign complete in itself in which some three hundred Australians waged a successful war against thousands of Japanese, and held them in Timor when they could have been employed more profitably in the Japanese interests in other parts of the Pacific - they might even have been used for landings on the mainland of Australia." - Foreword. Armorial bookplate upon recto of frontispiece. Bit of red writing on page 2. Average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket not included. A sound copy. Ensor p.47. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…