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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condizione: Fine. Numerous black and white photos and map illustrations. An absorbing account of the work of the 9th Field Ambulance over a 78 year period, takes the reader….

304pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Decorated endpapers. Black and white illustrations. A very good copy. . First edition.

*Sales/posting to the USA suspended*. Hard cover dust wrapper 224pp b&w photos. Near fine This traces the history of the 9th Australian Field Ambulance (AIF) from its formation in 1916, through the muddy fields of Flanders, and then during WWII, during the New Guinea Campaign until disbandment in 1944. Also outlines the formation of the 2/9th Field Ambulance and its service in Singapore until the Japanese invaded Malaya. It describes in details the bitter but brief fighting in Singapore, and the subsequent incarceration of the unit at Changi. 3 Chapters deal with the POW experience which includes work on the Burma Thailand Railway. Also cover post WWII service. Includes Roll of Honour, honours and awards and nominal rolls.…

1st edition dust jacket As New small octavo 224pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., nominal roll, bibliog., index, Signed presentation copy from the author to an officer of the Central Army Records Office.

1st edition dust jacket As New small octavo 224pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., nominal roll, bibliog., index, Signed by two battalion members on end paper, inc. one who is extensively mentioned in text.