Lost boys of Anzac / / Peter Stanley |
Autore | Stanley Peter <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sydney, New South Wales : , : NewSouth, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.426 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula
Soldiers - Australia World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Australian |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-74224-671-0
1-74224-169-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note on text -- Map -- Prologue: The Lost Boys -- Introduction -- The list of Lost Boys, 1914 -- Part I: Lost Boys in 1914 -- Australia in 1914 -- 'He joined at once': volunteers for the AIF -- 'We hail from busy Rundle Street': callings -- 'A roamer': on the tramp -- 'The opportunity in Australia': migrants -- 'A born soldier': officers -- State school to 'Varsity men: education -- Part II: Lost Boys in Uniform -- 'Well and truly serve': enlistment -- 'What a soldier ought to be': military experience -- 'Australian Expeditionary Force': in camp -- 'Full of incident': the voyage to Egypt -- 'Healthy, keen, spirited and adventurous': Egypt -- 'No thought of the death that awaits':to Lemnos -- 'We may be cut up': orders for the landing -- Part III: Lost Boys on Gallipoli -- 'Not seen to land': in the water -- 'Rushed heights above shores': the advance inland -- 'Have we come too far?': the advanced parties -- 'The vital ground': the fight for Baby 700 -- 'Under a very heavy fire': the fight for the ridges -- 'Jacko got his shrapnel into them': artillery fire -- 'Wounded out in front': the fate of the furthest parties -- 'Dig in for night': the day ends -- Part IV: Lost Boys Missing -- 'Lost after the landing': comrades mourn -- 'There is no report that he died': casualty lists -- 'Prompt and sympathetic attention': Base Records -- 'Sad intelligence soon spread': delivering the news -- 'Something is wrong': delays in informing families -- 'No trace': the missing -- 'What does "missing" mean?': the Red Cross's searchers -- 'Still on active service': ghosts of the Lost Boys -- 'He must be a prisoner': Lost Boys captured? -- 'Waiting most anxiously': families on tenterhooks -- Part V: Lost Boys Dead -- 'Killed in action': the courts of enquiry.
'Deceased soldiers' affairs': administrative consequences -- 'Money matters': pensions granted, and not -- 'His mother's only support': bereaved parents -- 'The belongings of their boys': soldiers' effects -- 'Such a lot of letter-writing': complications -- 'Yes, a brother killed in action': bereaved families and the war -- 'Harry alive': hopes fade -- Part VI: Lost Boys Remembered -- 'Memory's golden chain': in memoriam -- 'A gap that will never be filled': return to Gallipoli -- 'The circumstances surrounding his death': the circulars -- 'To a grave so far away': burial -- 'One vast graveyard': the cemeteries -- 'Before the pilgrimages come': the Lost Boys' graves -- 'His death is shrouded in mystery': the lost -- 'Never recovered': the effects of war -- Epilogue: The Lost Boys today -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix 1: The Lost Boys of Anzac -- Appendix 2: Note on Sources and Methods -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910479904003321 |
Stanley Peter <1956-> | ||
Sydney, New South Wales : , : NewSouth, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Lost boys of Anzac / / Peter Stanley |
Autore | Stanley Peter <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sydney, New South Wales : , : NewSouth, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.426 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula
Soldiers - Australia World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Australian |
ISBN |
1-74224-671-0
1-74224-169-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note on text -- Map -- Prologue: The Lost Boys -- Introduction -- The list of Lost Boys, 1914 -- Part I: Lost Boys in 1914 -- Australia in 1914 -- 'He joined at once': volunteers for the AIF -- 'We hail from busy Rundle Street': callings -- 'A roamer': on the tramp -- 'The opportunity in Australia': migrants -- 'A born soldier': officers -- State school to 'Varsity men: education -- Part II: Lost Boys in Uniform -- 'Well and truly serve': enlistment -- 'What a soldier ought to be': military experience -- 'Australian Expeditionary Force': in camp -- 'Full of incident': the voyage to Egypt -- 'Healthy, keen, spirited and adventurous': Egypt -- 'No thought of the death that awaits':to Lemnos -- 'We may be cut up': orders for the landing -- Part III: Lost Boys on Gallipoli -- 'Not seen to land': in the water -- 'Rushed heights above shores': the advance inland -- 'Have we come too far?': the advanced parties -- 'The vital ground': the fight for Baby 700 -- 'Under a very heavy fire': the fight for the ridges -- 'Jacko got his shrapnel into them': artillery fire -- 'Wounded out in front': the fate of the furthest parties -- 'Dig in for night': the day ends -- Part IV: Lost Boys Missing -- 'Lost after the landing': comrades mourn -- 'There is no report that he died': casualty lists -- 'Prompt and sympathetic attention': Base Records -- 'Sad intelligence soon spread': delivering the news -- 'Something is wrong': delays in informing families -- 'No trace': the missing -- 'What does "missing" mean?': the Red Cross's searchers -- 'Still on active service': ghosts of the Lost Boys -- 'He must be a prisoner': Lost Boys captured? -- 'Waiting most anxiously': families on tenterhooks -- Part V: Lost Boys Dead -- 'Killed in action': the courts of enquiry.
'Deceased soldiers' affairs': administrative consequences -- 'Money matters': pensions granted, and not -- 'His mother's only support': bereaved parents -- 'The belongings of their boys': soldiers' effects -- 'Such a lot of letter-writing': complications -- 'Yes, a brother killed in action': bereaved families and the war -- 'Harry alive': hopes fade -- Part VI: Lost Boys Remembered -- 'Memory's golden chain': in memoriam -- 'A gap that will never be filled': return to Gallipoli -- 'The circumstances surrounding his death': the circulars -- 'To a grave so far away': burial -- 'One vast graveyard': the cemeteries -- 'Before the pilgrimages come': the Lost Boys' graves -- 'His death is shrouded in mystery': the lost -- 'Never recovered': the effects of war -- Epilogue: The Lost Boys today -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix 1: The Lost Boys of Anzac -- Appendix 2: Note on Sources and Methods -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787855403321 |
Stanley Peter <1956-> | ||
Sydney, New South Wales : , : NewSouth, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Lost boys of Anzac / / Peter Stanley |
Autore | Stanley Peter <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sydney, New South Wales : , : NewSouth, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.426 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula
Soldiers - Australia World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Australian |
ISBN |
1-74224-671-0
1-74224-169-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note on text -- Map -- Prologue: The Lost Boys -- Introduction -- The list of Lost Boys, 1914 -- Part I: Lost Boys in 1914 -- Australia in 1914 -- 'He joined at once': volunteers for the AIF -- 'We hail from busy Rundle Street': callings -- 'A roamer': on the tramp -- 'The opportunity in Australia': migrants -- 'A born soldier': officers -- State school to 'Varsity men: education -- Part II: Lost Boys in Uniform -- 'Well and truly serve': enlistment -- 'What a soldier ought to be': military experience -- 'Australian Expeditionary Force': in camp -- 'Full of incident': the voyage to Egypt -- 'Healthy, keen, spirited and adventurous': Egypt -- 'No thought of the death that awaits':to Lemnos -- 'We may be cut up': orders for the landing -- Part III: Lost Boys on Gallipoli -- 'Not seen to land': in the water -- 'Rushed heights above shores': the advance inland -- 'Have we come too far?': the advanced parties -- 'The vital ground': the fight for Baby 700 -- 'Under a very heavy fire': the fight for the ridges -- 'Jacko got his shrapnel into them': artillery fire -- 'Wounded out in front': the fate of the furthest parties -- 'Dig in for night': the day ends -- Part IV: Lost Boys Missing -- 'Lost after the landing': comrades mourn -- 'There is no report that he died': casualty lists -- 'Prompt and sympathetic attention': Base Records -- 'Sad intelligence soon spread': delivering the news -- 'Something is wrong': delays in informing families -- 'No trace': the missing -- 'What does "missing" mean?': the Red Cross's searchers -- 'Still on active service': ghosts of the Lost Boys -- 'He must be a prisoner': Lost Boys captured? -- 'Waiting most anxiously': families on tenterhooks -- Part V: Lost Boys Dead -- 'Killed in action': the courts of enquiry.
'Deceased soldiers' affairs': administrative consequences -- 'Money matters': pensions granted, and not -- 'His mother's only support': bereaved parents -- 'The belongings of their boys': soldiers' effects -- 'Such a lot of letter-writing': complications -- 'Yes, a brother killed in action': bereaved families and the war -- 'Harry alive': hopes fade -- Part VI: Lost Boys Remembered -- 'Memory's golden chain': in memoriam -- 'A gap that will never be filled': return to Gallipoli -- 'The circumstances surrounding his death': the circulars -- 'To a grave so far away': burial -- 'One vast graveyard': the cemeteries -- 'Before the pilgrimages come': the Lost Boys' graves -- 'His death is shrouded in mystery': the lost -- 'Never recovered': the effects of war -- Epilogue: The Lost Boys today -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix 1: The Lost Boys of Anzac -- Appendix 2: Note on Sources and Methods -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808937003321 |
Stanley Peter <1956-> | ||
Sydney, New South Wales : , : NewSouth, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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