Purple and Blue: The History of the 2/10th Battalion, A.I.F. (The Adelaide Rifles) 1939-1945.

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(Adelaide: The Griffin Press, 1958). Royal 8vo. Orig. dec. cloth (lightly marked). (xxviii, 454pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., full-page plates and maps. 16pp. illustrated Supplement bound in at end. 1st ed. Previous owners name on front free endpaper. Fine. Dornbusch No. 414. NOTE: Part of 18th Brigade, 7th Division, the 2/10th fought in the siege of Tobruk, 1941, in New Guinea, including Milne Bay 1942-1944, and Borneo 1945. Includes Honours and Awards, Roll of Honour and Nominal Roll.