Item #3419 The 36th Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1945 The Story of an Australian Infantry Battalion and Its Part in the War Against Japan. Stan BRIGG, Les BRIGG.

The 36th Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1945 The Story of an Australian Infantry Battalion and Its Part in the War Against Japan

Sydney: The 36th Battalion (St George's English Riffle Regiment) Association, 1967. Octavo, green cloth embossed with regiment's crest, gilt spine lettering, illustrated endpapers, [xi], 210 pp., 11 plates. A near fine copy in dust jacket. First edition.

An account of the 36th Australian Infantry Battalion from its formation in pre-war days to the end of Second World War. The battalion, also known as Ike's Marines, played an important role in Papua New Guinea, in Buna-Oro Bay, Lae, Wau, and Sanananda-Gona as well as many more areas in the Solomon and Coral Seas. Item #3419

Price (AUD): $120.00

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