Victoria at War : a History of Victoria during the First World War.

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 a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McKernan, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney : NewSouth, 2014.
Temas:
1901-1922
World War, 1914-1918 > Australia > Victoria.
World War, 1914-1918 > Australia > Victoria > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Australie > Victoria.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Australie > Victoria > Biographies.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
Manners and customs
Victoria > History > 1901-1922.
Victoria > Social life and customs.
Victoria > Mœurs et coutumes.
Victoria
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 historia.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 pages)
ISBN:9781742247045
1742247040

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