Waddell Posted 5 June , 2011 Share Posted 5 June , 2011 Thought it may be of some use for members researching A.I.F units to have a list of books (memoirs,letters,etc) detailing the units they are the subject of. In particular the titles of privately printed, self-published books that you don't come across very often may be of benefit to to others. Note: I am not including Battalion histories as I have seen these listed elsewhere. Here is a small list of books I own or have used to start the ball rolling. 8th Battalion A.I.F Saving the Channel Ports 1918 by W.D Joynt V.C. Wren Publishing, 1975. 17th Battalion A.I.F Diaries of an Unsung Hero. Letters of Alfred Robert Morrison Stewart, Researched & complied by Margaret Willmington. Printed by Dashing Ltd, 1995. 22nd & 23rd Battalions A.I.F Hail and Farewell- Letters from two brothers killed in France in 1916. Edited by Margaret Young & Bill Gammage. Kangaroo Press,1995. 28th Battalion A.I.F Iron In The Fire by Edgar Morrow. Hesperian Press, 2006. 43rd Battalion A.I.F The Eager Soldier- An Australian Journalists Account of his life and the Great War. Compiled by Laurel Kathleen McIntyre and Barbara Adams. Edited by Heather Eaton. Seaview Press 2007. 45th Battalion A.I.F Somme Mud by E.P.F Lynch. Edited by Will Davies. Random House, 2006. 57th Battalion A.I.F To The Last Ridge by Walter Downing. Various publishers. 4th Australian Light Horse The miraculous “lives” of a man called Jack by John Cox. Lime Leaf Publications, 2002. 1st Field Ambulance Diary of L/Cpl. Roy Arthur Findlay M.M. Australian Titles, 2006 No.2 A.G.H We Are Here, Too- Diaries & Letters of Sister Olive L.C Haynes November 1914 to February 1918. Compiled and edited by Margaret Young. Australian Down Syndrome Association Incorporated, 1991. 43rd Battery, 11th Field Artillery Brigade Diary of an Anzac- The Front Line Diaries and Stories of Albert Arthur ‘Bert’ Orchard M.C (Gallipoli & The Western Front 1914 to 1918). Compiled by Arthur Orchard. Lamb Print, 2009. 106th Howitzer Battery, 6th Field Artillery Brigade ‘An Anzac’s War Diary- The story of sergeant Richardson’. Edited by A.D. Bell. Rigby Publishers, 1980. Please feel free to add other books you own or come across. The aim is to create a comprehensive list. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmi01 Posted 5 June , 2011 Share Posted 5 June , 2011 "Dad's War Stuff - The Diaries" George Auchterlonie and the 8th Light Horse Regiment. "Hell's Bells and Mademoiselles" - Joe Maxwell VC (18th Battalion) (Soon to be reprinted!) "Gallant Company" - Harold Williams (56th Battalion) "Comrades of the Great Adventure" - Harold Williams (56th Battalion) "A Soldier's Story of World War 1" - Ryan and Kemp (4th Light Horse Regiment) I'll add more later when I have some more time. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 6 June , 2011 Share Posted 6 June , 2011 Scott - luckily I started on this when you first mentioned the project - 'cos as I said its going to be a mammoth task Anyway, here's what I have put together so far - and like Mick, I'll add to it as I get the time. Frev 13th Bn So Far From Home The diaries of Eric Evans (Sgt 847) Edited by Patrick Wilson, Kangaroo Press 2002 16th Bn To All My Dear People The Diary & Letters of Private Hubert P. Demasson 1916-1917 Edited by R. Christensen, Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1988 (Pte 6501, 16th Bn) 21st Bn: Not Theirs the Shame Who Fight Edited selections from the WW1 diaries, poems and letters of 6080, Pte R.C. (Cleve) Potter, A Coy, 21st Bn Edited by Stephen Matthews, Ginninderra Press 1999 37th Bn: Jims Story with the 37th Battalion, AIF Edited by Mary Reddrop (daughter), Spectrum Publications 1982 1st Field Coy Engineers: Anzac Digger An Engineer in Gallipoli & France No. 1 Field Company 1914-18 By Roy (& Lorna) Denning (Sgt 213), AMH Publications 2004 Sergeant Lawrence Goes To France Edited by Peter Yule, Melbourne University Press 1987 (Lieut / 932 Cyril Lawrence, M.C., 1st FCE) 2nd Fld Coy Eng: The Gallipoli Diary of Sergeant Lawrence of the Australian Engineers Edited by Sir Ron East, Melbourne University Press 1981, 1983 (Sgt 932 Cyril Lawrence, 2nd FCE) 1st Field Artillery Brigade Signaller At The Front The War Diary of Gunner Arthur G. Howell M.M. 1st FAB and his Impressions of theGreat War. Hesperian Press 2001 2nd Fld Arty Bde With The Big Guns An Australian Artilleryman in the Great War By Lynette Oates (niece), AMH Publications 2006 (Ernest Randal Holmes, 6th Bty 2nd FAB) 3rd Fld Arty Bde Letters from an Anzac Gunner Compiled & edited by K.M. Lyall (son), Lyalls Yarns P/L 1990 (Cpl 11762 William Lyall, 8th Bty 3rd FAB) 8th Fld Arty Bde: Death Sat on a Pale Horse The WW1 experiences of two gunners 3rd Div, AIF Edited by Alison Miller, Midland Heritage Press 2008 Diaries, letters & sketches of Harold Stephens (Gnr 22022, 8th FAB) & W Billy ONeil (Gnr 22024, 8th FAB) [mates from Cowra, NSW] AFC, 1st Sqdn One Airmans War Aircraft Mechanic Joe Bulls Personal Diaries 1916-19 Edited by Mark Lax, Banner Books 1997 9th LH For King and Country The 1914-18 War Diaries of J.M.Laidlaw Edited by J.G. Rogers, E-Gee Printers P/L 1985 10th Field Ambulance The War Diaries of William Slater (also incl WW2) Compiled by Helen Slater (daughter) & David Widdowson (G/son), Astrovisuals 2000 (Pte 12405) 1st AGH Eyes Right! The Life of Claude Morlet (DSO), Eye surgeon & soldier By Geoffrey Morlet (son), Lythrum Press 2007 1st AGH [RMO 10th Bn Gallipoli Oct/Nov] Various Units: Four Australians at War Letters to Argyle 1914-19 By Maurice Campbell & Graeme Hosken, Kangaroo Press 1996 Harold Campbell (2388, 3rd Bn) & Wallace Campbell (10634, 3rd Div Tn), William Mair (2334, 2nd Bn, 33rd Bn, also AN&MEF) & Arthur Thynne (1324, 20th Bn, 2nd Pioneers) Harolds Diary An Australian Diggers records from WW1 By Ian H Reece (son), printed & bound by J.R Durrington & Sons 2005 (Harold Reece, Pte 5625, 17th Bn, AMTS) Six-Bob-a-Day-Tourist By Janet Morice, Penguin Books 1985 Letters of Pte Thomas Gardner, 551, 7th Bn, 59th Bn, 5th Pioneers) Suvla to the Somme The wartime letters of Bert Webster, R.A.N. Bridging Train & 23rd Battalion, AIF By Helen Mitchell (G/niece), printed by Solutions Digital Printing, 2001 (L/Cpl 105 Albert Victor Webster, RANBT & 23rd Bn KIA 28/7/1916) Tom Roberts Great War The Diaries of Thomas Crawford Roberts 1917 to 1920 By Bruce & Don McLennan, Privately published 2010 (34810, 4th FAB, Anzac Prov Corps) AANS: In all those lines the diary of Sister Elsie Tranter 1916 1919 Edited by J.M. Gillings & J. Richards, Self published 2008 (26th Gen Hosp, Etaples; 1st Gen Hosp, Etretat; 3rd Can Stat Hosp, Doullens; 3rd AGH, Abbeville) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteStarLine Posted 6 June , 2011 Share Posted 6 June , 2011 Diary of a Sapper World War One Reflections of Sapper Henry Dadswell 5th Division Signals Company, 1st AIF Published by his family, August 2010 ISBN 978-0-646-53951-5 I bought a copy from his son in Canberra and it is a fascinating read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 6 June , 2011 Share Posted 6 June , 2011 Good idea Scott, a couple more for you. 28th Battalion A Very Man: Donald Clarkson (1880-1918) His Last Journey Access Press Perth 2005 4th & 12th Field Ambulance In My Father's Word's - The World War One Diary of Ray Davis - An Australian soldier 1915-1919 The Clark Group 2008 10th Light Horse Regiment/3rd Light Horse Brigade by Henry Bostock The Great Ride - Diary of a Light Horse Brigade Scout Artlook Books Perth 1982 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moggs Posted 7 June , 2011 Share Posted 7 June , 2011 No 1 Field Company Anzac Digger An Engineer in Gallipoli and France: Ray and Lorna Denning Australian Military History Publications Various 'Victorian' Battalions Remember Them: Katrina Hedditch Exchange Printers 14th Battalion Playing Your Part: Ann Devereux Privately Published Jacka's Mob: Edgar John Rule Military Melbourne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddell Posted 7 June , 2011 Author Share Posted 7 June , 2011 Thanking people for contributing so far. I will let this thread roll for a few weeks and then combine all the titles in one list and attach the document here. I figure that it will be an ongoing list that will need updating as it grows. WhiteStarLine, How would I purchase a copy of Diary of a Sapper? Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 7 June , 2011 Share Posted 7 June , 2011 Another one 16th Battalion A Prisoner With the Turks 1915-1918 by Reg Lushington Lushington was one of the few Australians to be taken POW at the landing on April 25th 1915 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShirlD Posted 7 June , 2011 Share Posted 7 June , 2011 Hello Scott, One I received on Mother's day 12th and 15th Battalion Crack Hardy, From Gallipoli to the Somme, the true story of three Australian brothers at war Stephen Dando-Collins Cheers Shirley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteStarLine Posted 7 June , 2011 Share Posted 7 June , 2011 WhiteStarLine, How would I purchase a copy of Diary of a Sapper? Scott http://www.dadswell....sapper_0810.htm Sapper Dadswell's son Harley will sell you a copy for $20 plus $5 postage. If you live in Canberra you can pick it up and he will tell you the background. Ask him about the photo http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/E00798, where two sergeants look at a shell that has just landed near their feet. If it goes off they die. Luckily it didn't. Henry Dadswell can be seen watching from the trench. I notice that the Australian War Memorial now quote Henry as a primary source on the impact of the mutiny by the disbanded Queensland battalions late in 1918. It must have been very full on, with his description of threats to shoot the MPs and so on. His story of what the gunners did next when the Germans targeted stretcher bearers also is a fascinating insight. Or the story of the digger who gathered one of each type of grenade from the battlefield, walked into his hut and deliberately dropped the lot on the floor as a prank. Not one exploded. Quite poignant for me was comparing Harley's descriptions of his father saying literally nothing about the war to his children with my own grandfather's complete silence in front of his children. My father was 87 when he found out his own father's experience. Let me know if you have any difficulty contacting Harley. He lives a few suburbs away and I email him every so often. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3rn Posted 7 June , 2011 Share Posted 7 June , 2011 AANS Donnell, Anne 1920, Letters of an Australian army sister, Angus & Robertson, Sydney 3 A.G.H., 38 S.H., 48 C.C.S., 1 & 2 A.A.H. Tilton, May 1933, The grey battalion, Angus & Robertson, Sydney 3 A.G.H. (Abbassia, Abbeville), 4 C.C.C.S. (St Omer), 3 A.C.C.S. (Brandhoek, Nine Elms), 47 C.C.S. (St Sixte) QAIMNS Kirkcaldie, R. A 1922, In gray and scarlet, Alexander McCubbin, Melbourne Malta, 8 G.H. (Rouen), 5 S.H. (Abbeville), 8 C.C.S. (Arras), 10 S.H. (St Omer), 6 C.C.S. (Barlin) Not A.I.F. but Australian Sister Medical Stacy, H. S. Lt. Col 1939, Unofficial history of the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 8 June , 2011 Share Posted 8 June , 2011 59th Bn Walter's War – Letters of Walter James McPherson 59th Bn AIF Edited by E. Laidler, Rosewold Publications 1998 A Valley in France – First World War Letters Edited & compiled by Elizabeth Whiteside, self published 1999, 2002 (Cpl Thomas Clair Whiteside) 1st Field Artillery Bde Soldier Boy – The Letters & Memoirs of Gunner W.J. Duffell 1915-1918 Edited by Gilbert Mant, Kangaroo Press 19912 7th Light Horse Regt Journeys of a Light Horseman By Andrew Shepherdson, self published 2002 (Maj Harold Bruce Suttor) 2nd Signal Troop, 2nd LH Bde Letters Home - To Mother From Gallipoli & Beyond Edited by D & M Anthony, Allen & Unwin 2009 (Spr 521 Hubert Anthony) 2nd Aus Motor Tspt Coy Somewhere In France – Letters to Home – The War Years of Sgt Roy Whitelaw 1st AIF By Allan M. Nixon, The Five Mile Press 1989 Chaplains’ Department Prelude Fugue and Variations – Letters to a loved one from Chaplain T.C. Rentoul in WW1 Edited by Noni Faragher, Spectrum Publications 1989 More to follow....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st AIF Posted 8 June , 2011 Share Posted 8 June , 2011 3rd Bn - Platoon Commanders Notebook; C.A.Young 8th Bn - Breaking the Road for the Rest; Donovan Joynt, VC 1979, (a veteran) 14th Bn - Hard Jacka; Michael Lawriwsky 15th Bn - Twelve Months With The ANZACS; Hanman (a veteran) 26th Bn - Days Work Done ; Tim McManus & Francis Mundy 42nd Bn - Time Will Tell ; R.S.Melloy (a veteran) 53rd Bn - Whale Oil Guards; J.J. Kennedy DSO,CB (a veteran) 2nd Inf Bde - White Gurkhas; Ron Austin 5th FAB - Jum's War; George Bevan 3rd Field Ambulance - Hell,Hope & Heroes; Ron.J.Ramsay AFC - Guests of the Unspeakable; T.W.White DFC, VD, MP, 1932 (a veteran) Selected - The Last Anzacs; Tony Stephens All - The Broken Years - Bill Gammage; 1974 (a veteran) All - The ANZACS; Patsy Adam Smith All - The Diggers; Chris Coulthard-Clark All - The Boys Who Came Home; Harvey Broadbent Not stated - Flesh in Armour; Leonard Mann 1932 (a veteran) Hope this helps, Len Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 9 June , 2011 Share Posted 9 June , 2011 2nd Bn Over The Top – A Digger’s story of the Western Front By H.G. Hartnett (Ed by C. Bryett), Allen & Unwin 2009 (Pte 4539 Henry George Hartnett) 10th Bn / 48th Bn Backs to the Wall – A Larrikin on the Western Front By G.D. Mitchell, Allen & Unwin 2007 (originally publ. 1937) (Lieut / 1014 George Deane Mitchell, DCM, MC) 14th Bn The War to End War (and General Monash) – As Seen by a frontline soldier, Capt S. Storer, 14th Bn, AIF By Sam Storer, Sunraysia Newspaper Services, 1977 26th Bn Frank Honywood, Private – A Personal Record of the 1914-1918 War By Eric Partridge, introduced & annotated by Geoffrey Serle, Melbourne University Press 1929, 1987 (Pte 394 Eric Honywood Partridge) 55th Bn The Hell, The Humour and The Heartbreak – A private’s View of WW1 By Bert Bishop, Kangaroo Press 1991 (Pte 3762 Walter Herbert Bishop, MM) 2nd FAB To Hell and Back – The banned account of Gallipoli By Sydney Loch (Gnr 827 Frederick Sydney Loch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moggs Posted 9 June , 2011 Share Posted 9 June , 2011 14th Bn The War to End War (and General Monash) – As Seen by a frontline soldier, Capt S. Storer, 14th Bn, AIF By Sam Storer, Sunraysia Newspaper Services, 1977 Haven't heard about this one Frev and nothing online to reference it either. From his records it looks like he had a busy war. One other question, though, (apart from where can I get the book?) when did he become a Captain? His records only show he was commissioned as Lieutenant very late in the war but don't seem to follow him further. Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 12 June , 2011 Share Posted 12 June , 2011 Hi Jonathan - Storer didn't actually become a Captain until the 2nd WW - a little confusing that he's listed himself this way on a WW1 memoir I guess! It's only a small book - 62 pages in total - and I'm afraid I picked it up years ago at a 2nd hand bookshop - so I can't help you with obtaining an original copy However, I'll try and find some time to scan it for you eventually (might be worthwhile reminding me if you haven't heard anything in say, a month! ) Cheers, Frev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moggs Posted 12 June , 2011 Share Posted 12 June , 2011 Hi Jonathan - Storer didn't actually become a Captain until the 2nd WW - a little confusing that he's listed himself this way on a WW1 memoir I guess! I thought as much although he is listed at the back of Jacka's Mob as a captain! It's only a small book - 62 pages in total - and I'm afraid I picked it up years ago at a 2nd hand bookshop - so I can't help you with obtaining an original copy However, I'll try and find some time to scan it for you eventually (might be worthwhile reminding me if you haven't heard anything in say, a month! ) Cheers, Frev Thanks, that sounds just fine. Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddell Posted 2 July , 2011 Author Share Posted 2 July , 2011 Dear all, I finally manged to put together a draft list of memoirs, diaries and letters as discussed and suggested in this thread. Please find attached. I would appreciate some feedback or further suggestions of other book titles- I know there are a lot out there and that they are not always easy to find. A couple of books mentioned in this thread I feel fall into the battalion history/ general history area. Books such as Anzac's by Patsy Adam smith and The Broken Years by Bill Gammage, although containing a lot of excerpts from memoirs, diaries, etc are not individuals memoirs as such and I have not included them. Please forgive my typing skills. Any help with the document presentation would be appreciated. Scott First A.I.F book list..doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighc Posted 2 July , 2011 Share Posted 2 July , 2011 Three more for you Scott. 29th Battalion Black and Gold - The History of the 29th Battalion AIF Author - Ron Austin Published by Slouch Hat Publications 31st Battalion Crossed Boomerangs. A History of all the 31st Battalions (includes post-Great War battalion lineage.) Author - Bob Burla Published by Australian Military History Publications 54th Battalion Our Gift to the Empire Author - Ross St. Claire Self Published by the author cheers Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddell Posted 3 July , 2011 Author Share Posted 3 July , 2011 Thanks Leigh but I think those three books would fit into the Battalion History category. I am looking to list memoirs, diaries and books of letters and the units they concern. In particular the self published and short print run books that are not so well known. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 4 July , 2011 Share Posted 4 July , 2011 Scott great list lets hope it keeps building……. …..so, another one to add to the QAIMNSR [Narrelle Hobbes actually traveled O/S with Rose Kirkaldie (author of In Grey & Scarlet) on the Ballarat in 1915 & served with her in Malta. Unfortunately, she was invalided home in 1918, but died on board the HS Kanowna, just 4 days out from Fremantle.] Q.A.I.M.N.S.R Oceans of Love Narrelle An Australian Nurse in WW1 (based on her letters) By Melanie Oppenheimer, ABC Books, 2006 (Served Malta, Sicily, India, Mesopotamia) Cheers, Frev PS. Jonathan - I have actually made a start on scanning Storer's book - I'll get it to you eventually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 5 July , 2011 Share Posted 5 July , 2011 Scott - another couple that just turned up today 5th Bn: From Lone Pine to Murray Pine - The Story of a Mallee Soldier Settler, by John F. Edey The Sunnyland Press, 1981 (Sgt 1741 John Frederick Edey) 5th Field Ambulance: Diaries of a Stretcher-Bearer 1916-1918 - L/Cpl Edward Munro, MM, 5th Field Ambulance AIF Edited by Donald Munro, Boolarong Press 2010 Cheers, Frev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moggs Posted 5 July , 2011 Share Posted 5 July , 2011 Scott – great list – let’s hope it keeps building……. PS. Jonathan - I have actually made a start on scanning Storer's book - I'll get it to you eventually It wasn't quite the month just yet, so I wasn't going to say anything, however… Appreciate anything at all as you know. I agree Scott, thanks for the list. I fear, though, there are many more to come - this could be bigger than, well anything! Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 5 July , 2011 Share Posted 5 July , 2011 Hi Scott. Although I haven't contributed to your list, I've altered it only slightly First A.I.F book list.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Pickerd Posted 5 July , 2011 Share Posted 5 July , 2011 Scott, Time I put up a few publications. 7th Battalion. POMPEY ELLIOTT. By Ross McMullin. Scribe Publications, 2002. 15th Battalion. Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing. The Extraordinary Life of Alex Campbell. By Johnathan King. JohnWiley & Sons Australia, 2004. Imperial Camel Corps, 3rd Battalion. The Desert Hath Pearls. By Rex Hall. The Hawthorn Press, 1975. Desert Mounted Division. Chauvel of the Light Horse. By Alex Jeffrey Hill. Melbourne Univerity Press, 1978. 5th Light Horse Regiment. Gallipoli Sniper. The Life of Billy Sing. By John Hamilton. Pan Mcmillan Australia, 2008. 8th Light Horse Regiment. The best fellows anyone could wish to meet, diaries of George Achterlonie. By Allan Box. School of Education Monash University, Gippsland. Self published 1992. Kamarooka to Gallipoli. A Tribute to Martin O'Donoghue's Bravery. By Brenda Ryan. Self published 2005. Signaller, Private Callow Goes to War. 1914 - 1920 with the 8th Regiment, 3rd Brigade, Australian Light Horse. By Noel Callow. Self published 1997. Goodbye Cobber, God Bless You. By John Hamilton. Pan Mcmillan Australia 2004. 10th Light Horse Regiment. Voices From The Trenches. Letters To Home. By Noel Carthew. New Holland Publishers, 2002. Various Units. A Soldier's Soldier. The life of Lieutenant-General Sir Carl Herman Jess. By Ron Austin. Slouch Hat Publications 2001. Our Heroes. Tatura's World War 1 Roll of Honour. By Tony Ford. Self published 2003. These Things Happened. Unrecorded History 1895 - 1946. By F. F. Knight. The Hawthorn Press, 1975. I'll see what else I can come up with. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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