Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day is November 11th. It commemorates the signing of the 1918 Armistice which ended the First World War. Commemoration and remembrance of fallen soldiers and the suffering which surrounds war and stories which mean that they should not be forgotten.

Updated October 29, 2024
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Time's echo : the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the music of Remembrance
Eichler, Jeremy (Music critic)
Paper Book
A stirring account of how music acts as a witness to history and a medium of cultural memory in the post-Holocaust world.
Poppy day
Wilkinson, Rick.
Paper Book
George now a columnist on the Bellarine Courier discovers through the police the scattered bones of an old murder victim, Nearby they find grainy black & white photographs and a Flanders' Badge- a flower of remembrance for those who suffered or died. The Courier which gets immersed in...
The Diggers of Kapyong: ; The story of the Aussies who changed the course of the Korean War
Gilling, Tom.
Paper Book
The gripping account of Australia in the Korean War and how 3RAR battalion held back an entire Chinese army division to prevent Seoul being overrun.
Sisters in captivity : Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the courageous story of Australian Army nurses in Sumatra, 1942-1945
Burgess, Colin
Paper Book
The incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of evacuation ship SS Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three years in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra. During those perilous years...
Forgotten warriors : a history of women on the front line
Percy, Sarah V.
Paper Book
'Fascinating' BBC History Magazine'An important contribution to the field of military history' The Times'Brilliant, perspective-shattering' Bookseller'Outstanding . . . hard-hitting and evidence-based' Wavell ReviewsFrom Boudicca to Ukraine,...
The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the Oss, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare
Lisle, John.
Paper Book
John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch--The Dirty Tricks Department--and its role in World War II. In the summer of 1942, Stanley Lovell, a renowned industrial chemist, received a mysterious order to report to an unfamiliar...
The last charge of the Australian Light Horse
FitzSimons, Peter
Paper Book
On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What...
Jack of Hearts, QX11594
Huggins, Jackie
Paper Book
'It has been over 100 years since our father was born, 80 years since Father enlisted in the AIF, and over 60 years since he died. How do we go beyond what we knew from our Mother's stories of him? The past, present and future need to be spoken about and shared.' -- Jackie Huggins ...
Lest : Australian war myths
Dapin, Mark
Paper Book
From Simpson's donkey and the Emu War to Vietnam and Ben Roberts-Smith, Australian military history is full of events that didn't happen the way most people think they did. In his inimitable style, award-winning author Mark Dapin sets the record straight. ...
Second Krithia : The Forgotten Anzac Battle of Gallipoli
McLachlan, Mat.
Paper Book
Gallipoli is the defining battlefield in Australian history and identity, yet the taleof the Second Battle of Krithia has existed largely in the shadows of the bigger Gallipoli story. It is, however, one of the most poignant and tragic tales of World War I, now brought to light by bestselling...

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