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Australias military history began with the british marines who came with the first fleet to man the penal colonies and to set up outposts on the east coast of australia. The whowherewhatwhen of history is covered from the first battle of megiddo or armageddon, the first battle recorded in history up to the gulf war. The published volumes of the official history of the canadian army, medical services and the naval service of canada in the first world war have been digitised and are available to download for free. If you wish to find out whether a regiment you are interested in published a history and obtain the details of the title you can search the iwm collections online or contact the museum to make an enquiry. This book tells where australian infantrymen have served, how they were organised and equipped, and what they have done. Regimental books australian military history facebook. I have consistently found regimental books australian military history to be a high quality orga.
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