The Eleventh: Volume 1 | Author: Wes Olson

The story of the first battalion to be raised in Western Australia for overseas service in the First World War. The battalion was one of the first ashore at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, and was one of the last to be relieved, serving nearly seven months at Anzac.

This book covers the formation of the unit at Blackboy Hill Camp in August 1914, its training in Egypt and on the Greek island of Lemnos, its subsequent service at Gallipoli, the withdrawal in November 1915, and its rebuilding prior to being sent to France in March 1916. The Eleventh: Volume 1, tells the story of many of these officers and men, and members of the battalion's reinforcement companies, who fought, laughed, cried and died at Gallipoli.

ISBN: 9780987334824
Hardcover
Pages: 537