Stealth Raiders

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Stealth Raiders
ePub ISBN – 9780143786641

First published by Vintage in 2017

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Cataloguing-in-Publication entry

Jordan, Lucas, author
Stealth raiders: a few daring men in 1918 / Lucas Jordan

ISBN 978 0 14378 664 1 (ebook: epub)

Australia. Army. Infantry – Drill and tactics
World War, 1914–1918 – Australia – Personal narratives
Soldiers – Australia – Biography
Raids (Military science)

Cover image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial, AWM E01050: The stealth raider Alex Irvine, second from the left, with the headquarters of the 18th Battalion. Left to right: Lt Col George Murphy, Irvine, Lt A. Johnson, L/Cpl R. C. Smith, Sgt S. F. Tevelin, Pte E. A. Polkinghorn, Pte F. G. W. Clarke.
Cover design by Luke Causby, Blue Cork
Maps by Alicia Freile, Tango Media Pty Ltd
Ebook by Firstsource