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100 1  Johnston, Mark,|d1960-|eauthor. 
245 13 An Australian Band of Brothers :|bDon Company, Second 43rd
       Battalion, 9th Division /|cMark Johnston. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bUniversity of New
       South Wales Press,|c[2018] 
264  4 |c©2018 
300    1 online resource (464 pages) 
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337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
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506    Access limited to subscribing institutions. 
520    This riveting book follows a small group of Australian 
       front-line soldiers from their enlistment in the dark days
       of 1940 to the end of World War II. No ordinary soldiers, 
       they were members of Don Company of the Second 43rd 
       Battalion, part of the famous 9th Australian Division, 
       which -- during campaigns in Tobruk, El Alamein, New 
       Guinea, and Borneo -- sustained more casualties and won 
       more medals than any other Australian division. It is an 
       evocative and detailed account of the day-to-day war of 
       three infantry soldiers whose experiences included night 
       patrols at Tobruk, advancing steadily through German 
       barrages at Alamein, charging enemy machine guns in New 
       Guinea, and repelling Japanese charges on Borneo. Inspired
       by American historian Stephen Ambrose's landmark book, 
       Band of Brothers, about the US Army's Easy Company of the 
       506th Regiment, Mark Johnston, one of our best military 
       historians, here gives an Australian company the same 
       treatment. Using the frank and detailed personal letters, 
       diaries, and memoirs of three Australian soldiers, he 
       brings to life their campaigns, battles, and interactions 
       with their comrades and enemies. His book is a unique and 
       powerful account of the everyday experiences of a small 
       unit of Australian soldiers on the front line. 
588 0  Print version record. 
610 10 Australia.|bAustralian Army.|bAustralian Imperial Force 
       (1940-1947).|bInfantry Battalion, 2/43rd. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|vPersonal narratives, Australian. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xParticipation, Australian. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xRegimental histories|zAustralia. 
650  7 HISTORY / Military / World War II.|2bisacsh 
655  0 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aJohnston, Mark, 1960-|tAustralian band 
       of brothers.|dSydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2018.
       |z9781742235721 (paperback)|w(DLC)2018411033 
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