As Rough as Bags – the History of the 6th Battalion 1st AIF, 1914 – 1919 (1st Ed

Item Height: 250mm

Author: Ronald J. Austin

Publication Name: As Rough As Bags : the History of the 6th Battalion 1914-1918

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Slouch Hat Publications

Subject: Government,History

Publication Year: 1992

Type: Textbook

Number of Pages: 394 Pages

Title: As Rough as Bags – the History of the 6th Battalion 1st AIF, 1914 – 1919

Author: Austin, Ronald

Condition: Very Good +

Edition: 1st Edition

Publication Date: 1997

ISBN: 0646086006

Cover: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket – 394 pages

Comments: The comprehensive history of the 6th Battalion AIF during World War I.

When the 6th Australian Battalion sailed from Australia in October 1914, little did it realize, that for the next four years it would travel on a sacrificial journey to Turkey, France and Belgium. The Great War of 1914-1918, was from an Australian point of view, a watershed in our national development. The performance of our enthusiastic citizen soldiers at Gallipoli, mesmerized the British Empire. However by 1918, the AIF had become a professional battle hardened army. The 6th Battalion was typical of the Australian infantry battalions, and it could be argued that it was one of the best. The guiding hand behind the 6th battalions Maturity as a fighting battalion, which was sometimes described as being AS ROUGH AS BAGS, was Lieutenant Colonel H. Gordon Bennett, who was the Commanding Officer in 1915 – 1916.

The history of the Sixth is vividly described and supplemented by the extensive use of diaries, letters, interviews with veterans, and photographs, many of which have never before been published. The inclusion of many appendices makes this history a notable addition to Australian Military literature.

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