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1 online resource (200 pages) |
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PART 1; INTRODUCTION; The Decision; You'll Be Sorry; Life at Sea; England; London Leave; A Week in Edinburgh; Hauntingly Beautiful England; PART 11; The Middle East; Leave in Tel Aviv; Tobruk; More Entertainment; Cairo; The Feast; Anima In Hibernation; Captain Jacoby; Field Security Wing; FSW in Lebanon; New Hopes and Grave New Fears; Invasion; Egypt; Alamein; The Battle; PART III; Atherton Tableland; A Strange Affair; New Guinea; Fear; Guerilla Warfare; Battle of the Bismarck Sea; Mega Millions of Mossies; Finschhafen; Salute to a Yank; Promotion; Malaria; Unusual War Record. |
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Another LacunaThe Second Front; Malaria on Leave; Win in Canberra; School of Military Inelligence; PART IV; Return to Atherton Tableland; Appa Kabar?; The Sergeants' Mess; Innisfail; Hollandia; Bush Balm; Victory in Europe; The Last Campaign; Alligators; Friendly Fire; American Patrol; The Atom Bombs; Guilt; The Scales; Sidelined; New Year's Eve; INDEX. |
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Frank Perversi was a Rat of Tobruk for six months and was attached to forward troops in the mighty battle at EI Alamein; in the first wave of amphibious operations at Lae and Finschhafen and in the attack on Shaggy Ridge in the Ramu Valley (all in New Guinea) and finally in the overwhelming amphibious operation at Balikpapan, Borneo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Perversi, Frank G.
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Perversi, Frank G. |
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1940-1947) -- History.
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Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1940-1947) |
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History. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Middle East.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
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Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Soldiers. |
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Australia. |
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1939 - 1945 |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Perversi, Frank G. From Tobruk to Borneo : Memoirs of an Italian Aussie Volunteer. Sydney : Rosenberg Publishing, ©2004 9781877058004 |
| ISBN |
9781921719769 (electronic book) |
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1921719761 (electronic book) |
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9781921719776 (electronic book) |
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192171977X (electronic book) |
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