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Invaluable and meticulously researched contribution. David Horner has done justice to a proud Regiment that has served Australia in peace and war for almost 150 years. Major General S.N. Gower, AM. Gunners are a proud breed. This first complete history of the Australian artillery explains why. It can be truly said that the history of the Australian Army is a history of the artillery. In peace the Australian Army has been shaped by the artillery; in war artillery has had a profound effect on Australian military operations. Gunners have been involved in more of Australia's wars than any other element of the Australian Army. The Gunners begins with the formation of volunteer artillery units in the 1850s. After Federation gunners continued as the backbone of the Army. Most of the permanent forces of the new Commonwealth of Australia were gunners, generally manning the forts around the Australian coast. For almost 100 years coast or garrison artillery figured significantly in the defence of Australia but it was the field gunners who were deployed overseas, serving in the Sudan and in the Boer War. In the First World War Australian gunners played a majo
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David Horner is one of Australia's most highly regarded military historians.
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- PublisherAllen & Unwin
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1863739173
- ISBN 13 9781863739177
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages564
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The Gunners: A History of Australian Artillery by David Horner
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "Gunners are a proud breed. This first complete history of the Australian artillery explains why. Gunners have been involved in more of Australia's wars than any other element of the Army, and the history of the Australian Army is truly a history of the artillery. The Gunners begins with the formation of volunteers artillery units in the 1850s.by the late 1800s permanent units had been formed to man the first around the Australian coast." Deployed in the Sudan, Boer War, Gallipoli, the Western Front, Second World War: Middle East, Malaya, the Southwest Pacific and Australia, the Korean War, Malaya during the Emergency, Borneo during Indonesia's Confrontation, Vietnam War, Gulf War." Original black papered boards, lettered gilt on spine (24.9 cm height). Printed on glossy paper. Illustrated dustwrapper, now protected. Sun faded on spine. two small tears spine end - now closed. Pp. xxviii, 564 with footnotes, including List of Maps (33) and Figures (1), Acknowledgments, Abbreviations, Foreword by Sir Roden Cutler, Introduction, Appendix: Schedule of Armament of the Fixed Defences of the Commonwealth - 1903, Bibliography: Published records, Unpublished records, Books, Articles, book chapters, etc., Index. 1: Colonial Defence, 1788-1885 2: Towards Federation, 1885-1901 3: Forming a Federal Army, 1901-14 4: The War at Home, 1914-18 5: The Gallipoli Experience, 1914-15 6: Hard Lessons on the Somme, 1916 7: The Ypres Battles, 1917 8: Victory on the Western Front, 1918 9: Between the Wars, 1919-39 10: Training Base and Home Defence, 1939-41 11: Libya, Greece and Crete, 1941 12: Tobruk, the Western Desert and Syria, 1941 13: Under Threat of Invasion, 1941-42 14: Turning Back the Enemy, 1942-43 15: The New Guinea Offensives, 1943-44 16: Home Defence, 1943-45 17: The Final Campaigns, 1944-45 18: The Post-War Army, 1946-62 19: Forward Defence, 1955-66 20: The Vietnam Commitment, 1965-71 21: The Challenge of the Future, 1972-95. Seller Inventory # 020783
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