For valour : Australians awarded the Victoria Cross
Blanch, Craig2018
Book
Total copies: 2
For Valour tells the remarkable stories of the 100 Australians who have been awarded the Victoria Cross for exceptional acts of bravery and self-sacrifice in battle. From Captain Neville Howse of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps in 1900 to Corporal Cameron Baird of the 2nd Commando Regiment in 2013, heroic actions in the Boer War appear alongside those from the First World War, North Russia, the Second World War, Vietnam and Afghanistan. Descriptions of events on the battlefield are matched with biographical profiles of each of the recipients to provide insights into their lives outside wartime service. Including new archival research, photographs and artworks from the Australian War Memorial, For Valour commemorates the servicemen who have been awarded the military's highest honour.
Main title:
For valour : Australians awarded the Victoria Cross / Craig Blanch & Aaron Pegram ; foreword by Daniel Keighran.
Author:
Blanch, Craig, authorPegram, Aaron, authorKeighran, Daniel, writer of forewordAustralian War Memorial
Imprint:
Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2018.©2018.
Collation:
ix, 501 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781742235424 (hardback)
Dewey class:
355.13420941355.1342CH 355.1342
Language:
English
Subject:
Australia. Army -- Medals, badges, decorations, etcAustralia. Army -- BiographyVictoria Cross -- HistoryVictoria Cross -- BiographyMedals -- Australia -- HistoryDecorations of honor -- Australia -- HistoryMilitary decorations -- Australia -- HistoryMilitary ceremonies, honors, and salutes -- Australia -- HistorySoldiers -- Australia -- BiographyAustralia -- Armed Forces -- BiographyAustralia -- History, MilitaryBiographies
BRN:
606971