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1 online resource (250 pages) |
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text file |
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Intro; DINKUM DIGGERS; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 FORMATION OF THE 1ST BATTALION; Topsyturvydom: the great leveller?; 'Digger' prototypes; An Australian 'officer-type'; Other biases; 2 'CLASS IS EVERYTHING': THE OFFICER-MAN RELATIONSHIP; 'Mutiny, rank mutiny'; Paternalism and deference; Rising from the ranks: the myth of AIF officer selection; 3 GALLIPOLI; Individualism defined; The 1st Battalion: 'fit for war'?; 25-29 April 1915: a landing and a legend established; Self-reflection of performance; Other 1st Battalion actions |
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Evacuation and the consolidation of the 'digger'4 'MECHANICAL SLAUGHTER' ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1916-1917; France: a new theatre; The modern battle; Pozières; Bayonet Trench: defeat and depression; Bullecourt and the 'clockwork' battles of 1917; 5 1918: THE 'DIGGER' IN VICTORY; 1st Battalion raids and patrols: success, failure and misadventure; Phase 1: Holding the line-'Britain's Last Hope'; Phase 2: Peaceful penetration; Phase 3: 'Der schwarz Tag' (and Chipilly Spur); Superior 'diggers'?; Mutiny: 21 September 1918; 6 RETURN OF THE WAR-DAMAGED SOLDIER; Return and repatriation |
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Post-war mythologisation and the subjugation of realityThe 1st Battalion Association; The breakdown of 'digger' durability; Silence and family remembrance; CONCLUSION; NOTES; Introduction; 1 Formation of the 1st Battalion; 2 'Class is everything'; 3 Gallipoli; 4 'Mechanical slaughter' on the Western Front, 1916-17; 5 1918: The 'digger' in victory; 6 Return of the war-damaged soldier; Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED; Primary Sources; AUSTRALIAN ARCHIVES; AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL; MITCHELL LIBRARY, STATE LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES; VARIOUS; INTERVIEWEES AND CORRESPONDENTS |
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OFFICIAL SOURCESSecondary Sources; BOOKS AND ARTICLES; INDEX |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921). Battalion, 1st.
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
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Military campaigns. |
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Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula. |
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World War (1914-1918) |
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1914-1918 |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Blair, Dale James. Dinkum Diggers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Publishing, ©2016 9780522849448 |
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052286502X |
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9780522865028 (electronic book) |
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