Anzac Sniper: The untold story of one of Australia's greatest soldiers by Roland Perry -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Maps Title Dedication Contents PART ONE: WORLD WAR I – ON THE PATH TO GALLIPOLI

1. The Unlikely Assassin 2. The Shaping of a War Hero 3. Love and War 4. The Long Road to War 5. Gallipoli 6. The Great Escape 7. Recovery in Egypt

PART TWO: WORLD WAR I – THE WESTERN FRONT

8. France 9. At Pozières 10. Through Pozières 11. Mouquet Farm 12. Phosgene Fiend 13. Blunders and Ebullience at Bullecourt 14. Second Battle of Bullecourt 15. Broodseinde and the Monash Emergence 16. Passchendaele Fail

PART THREE: WORLD WAR I – THE PERSIAN PROJECT

17. Stan in Iran 18. Turks and Kurds in the Way 19. The Legend Inspires 20. Compassion and Culture Clash 21. The Big Project 22. Saving the Missionaries 23. Rear-guard Resilience 24. Retreat to Victory

PART FOUR: BETWEEN THE WARS

25. Home, Surreal Home 26. The Readjustment 27. Melbourne’s ‘War’ of 1923 28. Dictatorship Thwarted 29. Savige’s Alibi and the Badge in the Bordello 30. The Rise of the Fascists 31. Monash Leaves a Vacuum 32. Blamey’s Downfall 33. ‘Will You Command?’ 34. Hitler Attacks, Australia Reacts

PART FIVE: WORLD WAR II – NORTH AFRICA, GREECE AND SYRIA

35. Into the Battle Zone 36. Bardia: Brilliance and Blunders 37. To Tobruk 38. Italy Out, Germany In 39. The Greek Fiasco 40. Backward Steps of Courage 41. Costa Rica Calamity 42. Australia’s War with the Vichy French

PART SIX: WORLD WAR II – THE PACIFIC

43. Return to ‘Sleepy Hollow’ 44. Japan Attacks 45. In Defence of Home Territory 46. The Man for the Job 47. The General on Bougainville 48. A Grand Legacy

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY ENDNOTES INDEX PHOTOS SECTION About the Author Praise Also by Roland Perry Copyright