Victoria at war 1914-1918 / Michael McKernan ; Di Quick, design.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKernan, Michael, 1945- author.

Contributor:

Quick, Di, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Australia--Victoria.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Australia--Victoria--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, Australia : New South, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; Maps; Foreword; Prologue; Chapter 1: War comes to Melbourne; Chapter 2: War comes to Victoria; Chapter 3: Victorians go to war; Chapter 4: War in the Schools; Chapter 5: Counting the Cost; Chapter 6: On the Western Front; Chapter 7: Conscription; Chapter 8: Holding On; Chapter 9: Victory; Epilogue; A note on sources; Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 21, 2014).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781742247045

1742247040

OCLC:

882779158