Under Furred Hats (6th A.L.H. Regt.)
Sydney: W.C. Penfold, 1919. Octavo, original decorated yellow cloth, 180 pp., numerous photo plates (some folding). Significant silverfish activity affects the front board, also the fore-edge margin of some pages a bit nibbled. Otherwise in good order. Official history of the Australian Sixth Light Horse Regiment in the Middle East, and signed by the author on the title page.
The first chapter outlines training and organisation in Australia, followed by two chapters on Gallipoli. The sixth then served in Sinai, Palestine and the Jordan Valley. This regimental history is notable for its abundant photo plates showing many aspects of camp life, including two folding plates detailing the Light Horse encamped at Romani, Et Maler and El Mazar. Trigellis-Smith 277; Dornbusch 379. Item #3105
Price (AUD): $275.00