FALLON (Capt. D., MC)
The Big Fight (Gallipoli to the Somme).
1st USA Ed., [vi]+131pp., portrait frontis., 7 plates. NY: Watt & Co.
1918
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Author was staff sgt. at the RMA at Dunstroon in New South Wales in 1914; accompanied the AIF to Gallipoli until the evacuation then commissioned Bucks. Bn. OBLI 11/6/16, joined 1st Bucks Bn. 31/7/16 (ptn. cdr. in "C" Coy.), wounded 15/8/16, rejoined 4/9/16, wounded 16/11/16 & awarded MC. Interesting experiences on the Somme &c. are interspersed with some blatant propaganda passages. Orig. brown cloth, titled in black, VG & this edition includes portrait & plates not present in UK edition. Very nice copy & signed by the author "Captain David Fallon" on ffep. See illustration on our website.
£65
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