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Kevin Mead
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Barclay Books /Abebooks AUS
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ISBN10: 1740311175, ISBN13: 9781740311175, [publisher: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd.] Softcover Seven months before the troops landed at Gallipoli, a sailor from Melbourne became the nation?s ?rst casualty of World War 1. Able seaman William ?Billy? Williams was shot in the stomach on a narrow dirt road in the dense jungles of east New Britain in what was then known as German New Guinea. Mortally wounded, he died a few hours later. Billy Williams was a member of a small force that captured a radio station at Bita Paka near Rabaul, the capital of the German colony. This was an important military victory, for it led to the surrender of Rabaul six days later and the eventual capture by Australia of German New Guinea. The captured territory was held and administered by Australia until PNG became an independent nation from Australia in 1975. But the event was forgotten, overshadowed by Gallipoli and the role it played in forging the nation?s mythology. A book has never before been written on this signi?cant event and it will certainly leave its mark as a major event in military history publishing. 2005. First edition, first printing. A near fine copy only marked by very light uniform tanning of the pages.
[York, WA, Australia] [Publication Year: 2005]
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Meade, Kevin
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Arty Bees Books /Abebooks
ISBN10: 1740311175, ISBN13: 9781740311175, [publisher: John Wiley & Sons] Softcover First Edition Paperback in tidy condition. Inscription To Frank, signed on title page by author on title page. No other inscriptions. 138pp with illustrations. Security sticker at rear. "Seven months before the troops landed at Gallipoli, a sailor from Melbourne became the nation’s first casualty of World War I. Able seaman William ‘Billy’ Williams was shot in the stomach and mortally wounded while en route to capture a German wireless station at Bita Paka, near Rabaul. The date was September 11, 1914. One ten days later, and with no further fighting, all of German New Guinea was formally surrendered to Australia. What history book have until now dismissed as a ‘skirmish’ led to a huge expansion of Australia’s interested in the islands to its north. The New Guinea campaign also saw a number of significant ‘firsts’ for Australia, including the first overseas military expedition planned and coordinated by the fledgling nation, the first land operation of the war, the first joint operation by the Army and Navy, and the war’s first bravery award for an Australian. ‘Heroes Before Gallipoli’ is a detailed account, told through the eyes and in the words of the soldiers and sailors who took part in it. Many had been civilians only weeks earlier and some showed extraordinary heroism. Their deeds have been largely overshadowed by the later carnage at Gallipoli and ...
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