BOOK WW1 11TH BATTALION WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BN ANZAC UNIT HISTORY

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LEGS-ELEVEN Being the Story of the 11th Battalion AIF in the Great War By Captain Walter C Belford.

667 pages, including photo’s and maps. Recent official reprint of the original unit history. This is one of the largest and best written of the 1st AIF unit histories. The book covers all aspects of the battalion’s services in Gallipoli and on the Western Front. Officer’s and men are listed throughout the text, making this an invaluable historical source for militaria enthusiasts and relatives alike. For Australia the First World War remains the most costly conflict in terms of deaths and casualties. From a population of fewer than five million, 416,809 men enlisted, of which over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner. In general terms with Australian unit histories the quality of authorship is very good, most of them share the common strength of making plentiful mention of the individual officers and men who served, fought, died, was wounded, or taken prisoner, or who came safely home at the end of it all. They are a prime source for genealogists and military historians.