Britain to Borneo: A History of 2/32 Australian Infantry Battalion. ...

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Sydney: 2/32 Australian Infantry Battalion Association 1993. Roy. 8vo. Orig. printed cloth. Spine gilt. Dustjacket. (xviii 386pp.). With col. frontisp. num. full-page b/w plates text-illusts. and maps. 1st ed. Previous owners name and name stamp on front free endpaper. Very light foxing on prelim. pages and last few pages otherwise a fine copy of one of the scarcest of World War Two Unit Histories. NOTE: Formed in England in 1940 from Australian reinforcements diverted en route to the Middle East the Battalion became part of the 9th Division. It fought at the Siege of Tobruk in 1941 The Battle of Alamein in 1942 New Guinea in 1943-1944 and Borneo in 1945. Battle Honours include the defence of Tobruk and the Alamein Line; Tell el Makh Khad; Sanyet el Miteirya; El Alamein; Defence of Scarlet Beach; Pabu; Liberation of Australian New Guinea; Borneo Beaufort; Waita Volo; Lae-Nadzab; Finschhafen and the SW Pacific. Includes Roll of Honour Nominal Roll Awards and Honours.