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Object Details

Category
Books
Related period
First World War (content), First World War (content)
Creator
Australian War Memorial (Author)
Australian War Memorial (Publisher)
Production date
2005
Place made
Canberra
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 30cm., Pagination: 20p.: chiefly ill. (some col.), facsims., ports.

Catalogue number
LBY K. 05 / 1882

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