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The 42nd Infantry Battalion Australian Imperial Force (42Bn AIF)

42nd Bn History

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The Spirit of the Forty Second

This section of the site is a BOOK transferred to the web.  Choose your chapter from the list below

Unit badge. Click to enlarge. Unit shoulder patch. Unit badge. Click to enlarge. Chapter Index
Preface
Honours
C1 Patriotism
C2 Adventure
C3 Tenacity
C4 Endurance
C5 Determination
C6 Enterprise
C7 Resistance
C8 Pride
C9 Comradeship

cede nullis

(yield to none)

The history of the

42nd  Battalion, 

11th  Infantry Brigade,

Third Division, 

Australian Imperial Force

during the Great War of 1914-1918

"The Australian Black Watch"

Written and compiled by

VIVIAN BRAHMS

Registered at the General Post Office, Brisbane, for Transmission through the Post as a Book. 

Wholly set up and printed in Australia by

W. R. SMITH & PATERSON PTY. LTD.,

Marshall Street, The Valley,

Brisbane, Australia. 1938.

Converted to the World Wide Web in memory of  

805 Sgt C F W Harris, MM of D Coy 42nd Bn.

 

Please keep in mind that this is a BOOK converted to the electronic form. It was not written as a web-site. It is probably more value to the serious browser than a surfer.     Please keep in mind that this is a BOOK converted to the electronic form. It was not written as a web-site. It is probably more value to the serious browser than a surfer.     Please keep in mind that this is a BOOK converted to the electronic form. It was not written as a web-site. It is probably more value to the serious browser than a surfer.     Please keep in mind that this is a BOOK converted to the electronic form. It was not written as a web-site. It is probably more value to the serious browser than a surfer.

Chapter Index ] Preface ] Honours ] C1 Patriotism ] C2 Adventure ] C3 Tenacity ] C4 Endurance ] C5 Determination ] C6 Enterprise ] C7 Resistance ] C8 Pride ] C9 Comradeship ]

 

This web site was first presented to the public on ANZAC Day, 25 April 2002. It was upgraded 8 January 2005

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The History of the 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion in WW1