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ADCOCK (Walter F.)
Genuine War Letters Written by an Australian to his people from the Battlefields of France.
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 288pp. Melbourne: National Press. nd (c.1919)
#67135
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Letters written from France & Flanders Feb. 1916-Oct. 1918 with infantry (wounded in 1917 & hospitalised in UK for a period). Advert leaf claims: "Next to being at the Great War is Reading this Faithful Record of it." The author raised funds for the Melbourne Hospital through sale of the book. Note: No. 4651 Pte. Walter Adcock enlisted Jan. 1916 in 23rd Bn. AIF, served in France Dec. 1916-May 1917 when invalided with trench fever then again from Dec. 1917-Sept. 1918 when wounded (GSW right shoulder). Orig. printed wraps., VG, nice clean copy. See illustration on our website.
£45
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