Author: Turrell, A. N.
Title: Never Unprepared: A History of the 26th Australian Infantry Battalion (Aif) 1939 - 1946.
Description: Wynnum, QLD / Melbourne, Sandringham 26th Battalion Reunion Association / Printed by Llenlees Press, 1992. 1st ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), illustrated endpapers, black & white text-photos, single black & white cartoon, minor edgewear jacket, small mark fore-edge. 194 pp. A very easy-to-read history of the 26th Battalion, AIF, during World War 2 (WW2), which served in the Solomon Islands and Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This story is about the men who came from every Australian state, how they welded together with pride and tradition. This book has been written for the men of the battalion and their families. The battalion's motto, which is the title for this book, was perviously used by the original 26th Battalion in World War 1 (WW1). The Epilogue has an Honour Roll, Bomana War Cemetery (Port Moresby), A Short History of the Unit, Honours and Awards, Reunions, and Post War Activities. ISBN: 0646084976

Keywords: military, world war 2 (ww2), australian history, pacific, papua new guinea (png) 0646084976


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