Valour and Violets
South Australia in the Great War
$123.76
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2018
Summary
Close to 35,000 South Australians enlisted for service overseas during the Great War. Around 5500 never came back. Countless more returned with physical and psychological injuries that would affect them for the rest of their lives.
Valour and Violets brings together for the first time the stories of the campaigns and battles in which South Australians served, set against the backdrop of the South Australian home front. Here are the stories of Frederick Prentice, the first of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781743055328 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1743055323 |
| Author: | Robert Kearney, Sharon Cleary |
| Publisher: | Wakefield Press |
| Imprint: | Wakefield Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 2.32kg |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 505mm x 297mm |
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About The Author
Robert Kearney
Robert Kearney is a military historian with insight that comes from 20 years of service in the Australian Regular Army and a further 18 years in the Army Reserve, mostly as a commissioned officer. Valour and Violets is Robert’s sixth book about Australia’s military history. In 2016, Robert was awarded an OAM for his service to military history preservation and the community.
Sharon Cleary developed a passion for Australia’s military history when as a teenager she read A.B. Facey’s A Fortunate Life. A communications specialist, Sharon came to Valour and Violets in 2017 via her role as manager of the Anzac Centenary Coordination Unit for Veterans SA. Sharon managed the compilation and editing of Valour and Violets hand in hand with Wakefield Press.
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