| Description |
1 online resource (304 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Author's note; Prologue; PART 1: Five days before Christmas; PART 2: Australia; PART 3: Egypt; PART 4: Remembrance; PART 5: Gallipoli; PART 6: Escape; PART 7: Unknown soldier; Postscript; Acknowledgements; Selected references; Picture Section. |
| Summary |
The story of the campaign that almost lost the Anzacs and the retreat that saved a nation. On 20 December 1977, as Stanley Watson takes the slow train journey to family Christmas, memories from over 60 years ago play in his mind. He had been and still was a man of his time, as as steady, simple and direct as the railway lines he built. He survived that landing to construct the first pier at Anzac Cove, from which the Anzacs withdrew on the nights of 18 and 19 December. For a long time, he was known as the last man to leave Gallipoli. Watson's Pier is a beautifully told story as seen through. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Watson, S. H. (Stanley Holm), 1887-1985.
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Australia. Australian Army. Royal Australian Engineers. Signalling Company, 28th.
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Australia. Australian Army. Royal Australian Engineers. |
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World War (1914-1918) |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Fiction.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Engineering and construction -- Fiction.
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Piers -- Design and construction -- Fiction.
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Piers -- Design and construction. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Piers. |
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Military art and science -- Fiction.
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Military art and science. |
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Biographical fiction, Australian.
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Biographical fiction, Australian. |
| Chronological Term |
1914-1918 |
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War stories.
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Biographical fiction.
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War stories.
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War fiction.
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War fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Funder, Joshua. Watson's Pier. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, ©2015 |
| ISBN |
0522867588 |
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9780522867589 (electronic book) |
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978052286757X |
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9780522867572 |
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052286757X |
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