The Most Fearless and Gallant Soldier I Have Ever Seen
The Most Fearless and Gallant Soldier I Have Ever Seen

Author: Ian Loftus

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-01-20

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0646949985

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A biography of Martin O'Meara, Australia's only Irish-born Victoria Cross recipient of the First World War. Originally from County Tipperary, O'Meara served with the Australian Imperial Force in Egypt and on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918. His Victoria Cross was awarded for bravery near Mouquet Farm in August 1916. He suffered a serious mental breakdown shortly after returning to Australia in November 1918 and spent the rest of his life in mental hospitals in Perth. He died in 1935.

Stretcher-bearers
Stretcher-bearers

Author: Mark Johnston

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1107087198

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This book provides a generously illustrated, engaging and moving account of the history of the stretcher-bearer.

The War of the Rebellion
The War of the Rebellion

Author: United States. War Department

Publisher:

Published: 1891

Total Pages: 1208

ISBN-13:

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Official records produced by the armies of the United States and the Confederacy, and the executive branches of their respective governments, concerning the military operations of the Civil War, and prisoners of war or prisoners of state. Also annual reports of military departments, calls for troops, correspondence between national and state governments, correspondence between Union and Confederate officials. The final volume includes a synopsis, general index, special index for various military divisions, and background information on how these documents were collected and published. Accompanied by an atlas.