The Sir John Monash Centre : Interpreting Australia's experience of the Western Front / Department of Veterans' Affairs. Sir John Monash Centre, Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France

Collection type	Library
Author	Australia. Department of Veterans' Affairs. Commemorations and War Graves Branch, author.; Houston, Sir Angus (AK, AFC), Air Chief Marshal (Retd), writer of foreword.;
Call Number	069.0681 A932
Document type	Monograph
Year	2018. 018.
Pagination	220 pages : illustrations, photographs (chiefly colour), portraits ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Big Sky Publishing,
Note	Includes bibliographical references. The Sir John Monash Centre tells the remarkable story of Australia's men and women who served on the Western Front some 100 years ago. These men and women were ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances - fathers, brothers, sons, sisters and daughters who left families and friends to become citizen soldiers, nurses and voluneers answered the call to serve their country and take up arms in a protracted war a long way from home. By their conduct and the values of courage, commitment, selflessness, end urance and mateship they caught the imaginations of our people on the home front, and their actions helped create the Anzac tradition. This tradition remains an inheritance bequeathed to all Australians. It defines our national character and our commitm ent to Australia in all endeavours.
Place made	Canberra :

Abstract

Foreword -- Introduction -- Preamble: honouring service and sacrifice -- Part 1. Australia before the war -- Part 2. Australians in action -- Part 3. At the front: trench warfare -- Part 4. The distinctive character of the AIF -- Part 5. The Australian ex perience of the war -- Part 6. The impact of the war -- Acknowledgements.