Robbie to Dorie : Lt Col John Robertson's letters home 1940-42 / Andrew Warland. Robbie to Dorie : Lt Col John Robertson's letters from Malaya 1941-42

Collection type	Library
Author	Warland, Andrew, author.; 2/29th Battalion AIF Association issuing body.;
Call Number	940.5425951092 W277r
Document type	Monograph
Year	2014.
Pagination	xiv, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Australian Scholarly Publishing,
Note	Includes bibliographies. "Lt Colonel John Robertson of the 2/29th Battalion AIF, a decorated veteran of the First World War, was killed in action in Malaya on 17 January 1942, the first day of his Battalion?s encounter with Japanese forces. His death devastated his men but they continued to revere Robbie as they endured more than three years of captivity. By contrast, some historians have described him as too old and hide-bound for command, as having lost the confidence of General Gordon Bennett, and as having imperilled his troo ps by refusing to co-operate with the battery from the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment. Grandson Andrew Warland asks whether the evidence supports such views. Reproducing the letters Robbie wrote home to his family in 1940?42, he presents a fascinating study of a man who left his family and his business, and ultimately gave his life, to make (in his own words) ?a better world for us all?"--back cover.
Place made	North Melbourne :

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