Description:In 1942 Australia faced its greatest peril as Japanese forces advanced rapidly southward. The Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore and Indonesia had all fallen, and the only land mass of significance between the Japanese and Australia was the island of New Guinea. With the Australian Imperial Force engaged elsewhere, the defence of New Guinea fell to a handful of Militia units. One of the units that held the Japanese in New Guinea was the 25th Battalion from Toowoomba and the Darling Downs. Toowoomba to Torokina traces the proud history of the 25th Battalion from the end of one war to end of the next. It tells the story of the men from Toowoomba and the Darling Downs who answered the call to fight a war that would threaten their country's very existence. Like their First World War predecessors, they fought a determined foe in hellish conditions with, as the Battalion's motto decrees, `Never a Backwards Step'.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Toowoomba to Torokina: The 25th Battalion in Peace and War, 1918-45. To get started finding Toowoomba to Torokina: The 25th Battalion in Peace and War, 1918-45, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
430
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Big Sky Publishing Pty Ltd
Release
2012
ISBN
1921941588
Toowoomba to Torokina: The 25th Battalion in Peace and War, 1918-45
Description: In 1942 Australia faced its greatest peril as Japanese forces advanced rapidly southward. The Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore and Indonesia had all fallen, and the only land mass of significance between the Japanese and Australia was the island of New Guinea. With the Australian Imperial Force engaged elsewhere, the defence of New Guinea fell to a handful of Militia units. One of the units that held the Japanese in New Guinea was the 25th Battalion from Toowoomba and the Darling Downs. Toowoomba to Torokina traces the proud history of the 25th Battalion from the end of one war to end of the next. It tells the story of the men from Toowoomba and the Darling Downs who answered the call to fight a war that would threaten their country's very existence. Like their First World War predecessors, they fought a determined foe in hellish conditions with, as the Battalion's motto decrees, `Never a Backwards Step'.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Toowoomba to Torokina: The 25th Battalion in Peace and War, 1918-45. To get started finding Toowoomba to Torokina: The 25th Battalion in Peace and War, 1918-45, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.