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Pompey Elliott
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Author : Ross McMullin
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2002-04-08
Pompey Elliott written by Ross McMullin and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-08 with History categories.
Pompey Elliott was a remarkable Australian. During the Great War he was a charismatic, controversial, and outstandingly successful military leader. An accomplished tactician and ‘the bravest of the brave’, he was renowned for never sending anyone anywhere he was not prepared to go himself. As a result, no Australian general was more revered by those he led or more famous outside his own command. A man of unimpeachable integrity and unwavering commitment, he was also forthright and volatile. His tempestuousness generated a host of anecdotes that amused his men and disconcerted his superiors. Yet surprisingly little had been written about Elliott until the original edition of this book appeared in 2002. Now in a new format and with a foreword by Les Carlyon, this comprehensive, deeply researched biography tells Elliott’s fascinating story. It vividly examines Elliott’s origins and youth, his peacetime careers as a lawyer and politician, and his achievements — as well as the controversies he aroused during his years as a soldier. Ross McMullin’s masterly work retrieves a significant Australian from undeserved obscurity. It also judiciously reassesses notable battles he influenced — including the Gallipoli Landing, Lone Pine, Fromelles, Polygon Wood, and Villers-Brettoneux — and illuminates numerous aspects of Australia’s experiences during his lifetime, particularly the often-overlooked period of the aftermath to the Great War.
Pompey Elliott At War
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Author : Ross McMullin
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2017-10-02
Pompey Elliott At War written by Ross McMullin and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hundreds of Australian first-person narratives of World War I have been published, but none more riveting than this one. The wartime letters and diaries of Pompey Elliott, Australia’s most famous fighting general, are exceptionally forthright. They are also remarkably illuminating about his volatile emotions. Pompey not only wrote frankly about what happened to him and the men he was commanding; he was also frank about what he felt about both. Having arranged a no-secrets pact with his wife for their correspondence before he left Australia in 1914, he adhered to that agreement throughout the conflict. Moreover, Pompey expressed himself with vivid candour in his diaries and other correspondence. He wrote rapidly and fluently, with fertile imagery, a flair for simile, and an engaging turn of phrase. His extraordinary letters to his young children turned even the Western Front into a bedtime story. Pompey was prominent in iconic battles and numerous controversies. He was wounded at the Gallipoli landing, and four of his men were awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery at Lone Pine. No one was more instrumental than Pompey in turning looming defeat into stunning victory at both Polygon Wood and Villers–Bretonneux. No Australian general was more revered by those he led or more famous outside his own command. Ross McMullin, the author of the award-winning and best-selling biography Pompey Elliott, has collected Pompey’s words from a variety of sources and shaped them into a compelling narrative. This book will transform our awareness of Pompey's importance in the dramatic final year of World War I.
Pompey Elliott At War
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Author : Ross McMullin
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Us
Release Date : 2018-04-24
Pompey Elliott At War written by Ross McMullin and has been published by Scribe Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hundreds of Australian first-person narratives of World War I have been published, but none more riveting than this one. The wartime letters and diaries of Pompey Elliott, Australia's most famous fighting general, are exceptionally forthright. They are also remarkably illuminating about his volatile emotions. Pompey not only wrote frankly about what happened to him and the men he was commanding; he was also frank about what hefelt about both. Having arranged a no-secrets pact with his wife for their correspondence before he left Australia in 1914, he adhered to that agreement throughout the conflict. Moreover, Pompey expressed himself with vivid candour in his diaries and other correspondence. He wrote rapidly and fluently, with fertile imagery, a flair for simile, and an engaging turn of phrase. His extraordinary letters to his young children turned even the Western Front into a bedtime story. Pompey was prominent in iconic battles and numerous controversies. He was wounded at the Gallipoli landing, and four of his men were awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery at Lone Pine. No one was more instrumental than Pompey in turning looming defeat into stunning victory at both Polygon Wood and Villers-Bretonneux. No Australian general was more revered by those he led or more famous outside his own command. Ross McMullin, the author of the award-winning and best-selling biographyPompey Elliott, has collected Pompey's words from a variety of sources and shaped them into a compelling narrative. This book will transform our awareness of Pompey's importance in the dramatic final year of World War I.
Pompey Elliott
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Author : Ross McMullin
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Limited
Release Date : 2002
Pompey Elliott written by Ross McMullin and has been published by Scribe Publications Pty Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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Pompey Elliott S Left Hand Man
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Author : Kristin Schneider
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-03-17
Pompey Elliott S Left Hand Man written by Kristin Schneider and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-17 with Soldiers categories.
Pompey Elliott's Left Hand ManBiography of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Denehyby Kristin Schneider The commander of the 15th Brigade, Pompey Elliott wrote to his wife Katie. 'Tell Mrs Layh that Bert is just the picture of health and happiness, and is just my right hand man now that Cam Stewart is a General himself, and Chas Denehy is my left hand man, and a mighty good one too.' What makes a 'Left Hand Man? In Denehy's case he became a larger version of the person he had been. He started life a Catholic and a school teacher, the opposite of many of the officers around him who were often public-school educated, and in professional fields, mostly Freemasons. He grew into a man who would meticulously follow orders and lead his battalion through many battles. Denehy was trained by Elliott. Like Elliott he was not afraid to go forward with his men. He brought his aptitude for discipline learnt as a teacher to the orderly running of his battalion. His war diaries were always written, the troops fed with hot food, and care taken of the men's comfort. In the course of the three years of fighting on the Western Front, there were times when the leadership of battalions was at a low ebb. Denehy was the man sent in to take over these battalions, the first being the 58th, two hours before the Battle of Fromelles. Later he was given the 57th Battalion, describing in his own words Elliott's request, 'He stated that he took his own old battalion, the 7th, as the standard. The 59th he considered approximated most nearly to his old battalion, but he had no hesitation in saying that the 58th had excelled it. He then asked me if I could, without breaking my heart, take over the 57th and make it as good as the 58th.' Denehy worked for the 57th until 1926. After that he joined the 'unattached list' and was a member of the Volunteer Defence Corps during World War 2.
Museums History And The Intimate Experience Of The Great War
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Author : Joy Damousi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-10-07
Museums History And The Intimate Experience Of The Great War written by Joy Damousi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-07 with History categories.
The Great War of 1914-1918 was fought on the battlefield, on the sea and in the air, and in the heart. Museums Victoria’s exhibition World War I: Love and Sorrow exposed not just the nature of that war, but its depth and duration in personal and familial lives. Hailed by eminent scholar Jay Winter as "one of the best which the centenary of the Great War has occasioned", the exhibition delved into the war’s continuing emotional claims on descendants and on those who encounter the war through museums today. Contributors to this volume, drawn largely from the exhibition’s curators and advisory panel, grapple with the complexities of recovering and presenting difficult histories of the war. In eleven essays the book presents a new, more sensitive and nuanced narrative of the Great War, in which families and individuals take centre stage. Together they uncover private reckonings with the costs of that experience, not only in the years immediately after the war, but in the century since.
Beaten Down By Blood
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Author : Michele Bomford
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-08-21
Beaten Down By Blood written by Michele Bomford and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-21 with History categories.
Beaten Down by Blood: The Battle of Mont St Quentin-Peronne 1918 charts an extraordinary journey from the trenches facing Mont St Quentin on 31 August 1918 through the frenetic phases of the battle until the final objectives are taken on 5 September. This is the story, often told in the words of the men themselves, of the capture of the ‘unattackable’ Mont and the ‘invincible’ fortress town of Péronne, two of the great feats of Australian forces in the First World War. The Author places real men on the battlefield, describing their fears and their courage and their often violent deaths. The struggle for control of the battle, to site the guns, to bridge the Somme and maintain communications are portrayed in vivid detail. The story also offers a glimpse of the men’s families at home, their anxiety and their life-long grief.
Victoria Crosses On The Western Front
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Author : Paul Oldfield
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2022-09-15
Victoria Crosses On The Western Front written by Paul Oldfield and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-15 with History categories.
In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front: Second Battle of Bapaume is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. It will allow visitors to stand upon the spot, or very close to, where each VC was won. Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives warts and all: parents and siblings, education, civilian employment, military career, wife and children, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.
Memoirs Of An Anzac
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Author : John Charles Barrie
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2015-03-25
Memoirs Of An Anzac written by John Charles Barrie and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Against his mother’s wishes, John Charles Barrie joined the Australian army in 1909. Five years later, he was on his way to Egypt as an officer with the Australian Imperial Force. He survived the war to write his memoirs, which were kept by his family for 80 years. Made public for the first time, this book gives first-hand accounts of Barrie’s wounding at Gallipoli on that fateful first Anzac Day, his recuperation in England, and the friendships he made there. It chronicles his escape from rehab so that he could return to the war in France, and his fighting for days on end, waist-deep in mud in the trenches. Memoirs of an Anzac tells of the horrors of war, but it is also lightened with the good humour that resulted from thousands of young Australian men being thrown together in dire circumstances. This is not a history textbook, nor is it a series of diary notes and letters — it is a gut-wrenching, heart-warming true story that will move you. PRAISE FOR JOHN CHARLES BARRIE ‘If [Barrie] were a war poet, he would be a bush balladeer, galloping assuredly from one stanza to the next, breathlessly evoking one adventure after another in vivid, syncopated detail … Barrie’s book offers a timely reminder that not everyone felt the war was a pointless waste of life. For some men, the war was their reason to live.’ The Weekend Australian ‘[Barrie’s] account of trench warfare is deeply personal, detailing friendships, discomfort, disagreements and mischief. Barrie wrote his story in the 1930s, but it was never published. His granddaughter rescued the manuscript. We are in her debt.’ The Adelaide Advertiser
Victoria At War
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Author : Michael McKernan
language : en
Publisher: UNSW Press
Release Date : 2014-08-01
Victoria At War written by Michael McKernan and has been published by UNSW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-01 with History categories.
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 historian Michael McKernan commemorates the generosity, devotion, sacrifice and spirit of a community pushed towards breaking point through stories from the home front and battlefront.