Victoria at war 1914-1918 / / Michael McKernan ; Di Quick, design

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910668098303321
• Autore: McKernan Michael <1945->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sydney, Australia : , : New South, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-74224-704-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.394
• Soggetti: World War, 1914-1918 - Australia - Victoria; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Maps; Foreword; Prologue; Chapter 1: War comes to Melbourne; Chapter 2: War comes to Victoria; Chapter 3: Victorians go to war; Chapter 4: War in the Schools; Chapter 5: Counting the Cost; Chapter 6: On the Western Front; Chapter 7: Conscription; Chapter 8: Holding On; Chapter 9: Victory; Epilogue; A note on sources; Acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: During the First World War, in Melbourne and communities throughout Victoria, schoolchildren knitted socks for the troops serving in Gallipoli, the Middle East and on the Western Front. Their families set up Red Cross branches to support the 91,000 Victorian servicemen and women overseas. Victoria at War records the achievements of the state's soldiers, nurses and their families - including the Whitelaws from Gippsland with six sons enlisting, 'Bert' Jacka, the first Australian to be awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War, and commander Sir John Monash. Bestselling military historia