Item #99445 The Old Sixteenth. Being a Record of the 16th Battalion, A.I.F., During the Great War, 1914-1918. [Rare in dust-jacket]. Captain C. Longmore.
The Old Sixteenth. Being a Record of the 16th Battalion, A.I.F., During the Great War, 1914-1918. [Rare in dust-jacket]

The Old Sixteenth. Being a Record of the 16th Battalion, A.I.F., During the Great War, 1914-1918. [Rare in dust-jacket]

Perth: History Committee of the 16th Battalion Association, 1929. 1st edition, octavo, b&w plates (two folding), pp ix, 274, small mark to ffep and first plate, contents exceptionally clean, original cloth boards in rare brown d.j. with some loss to upper and lower d.j. spine, small hole to rear d.j. otherwise near fine condition. Scarce.

Scarce first edition in the rare dust-jacket. The16th Battalion was one of the most highly decorated battalions in the armies of the Allied forces. Originally raised in September 1914, most were recruited in Western Australian and served at Gallipoli the following year, also seeing service in France. Item #99445

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