Summary

Copy of the first issue of the magazine 'Australia in the Great War, The Story told in Pictures'. Published by Messrs Cassell and Company Limited by arrangement with the Government of the Commonwealth, edited by H.C. Smart. Probably published in 1916 or 1917.

Physical Description

Book (magazine) with brown, blue and green lettering, Australia in the Great War, The story told in pictures. Published by Messrs Cassell and Company Limited by arrangement with the Government of the Commonwealth, edited by H.C. Smart. Front: Australia in the Great War, The story told in picture. Issue No 1, Published by Messrs Cassell and Company Limited by arrangement with the Government of the Commonwealth, edited by H.C. Smart. The net profits from sales will be devoted to Australian Soldiers Repatriation Fund. No 2 will be ready Dec 21st. 6d net. Sketch of Australian Soldier holding the Australian Flag and photo of Soldiers in the Trenches. Inside: contains photos which are: The king watches the Australians practising Trench Fighting, Moving up to the front in France, A view within the A.I.F. lines, Australians keeping a sharp look out for the Boche, On the road to Pozieres, General Birdwood meets Australians in a wood after the battle, The Village Church at Pozieres as it now appears, All that is left of Pozieres, A scene in the Australian lines, Gunners at work ramming home the shell, Review of the Australian Troops on Salisbury Plain by H.M. The King march past of Infantry, Review of Australian Troops on Salisbury Plain the King inspecting the lines, The King receiving A.I.F. Officers on Salisbury Plain, Review of Australian Troops on Salisbury Plain parade of Invalids who have been wounded in France, Members of the Australian Imperial Force passing Stonehenge the most ancient monument in Great Britain, A.I.F. Headquarters at Tidworth Salisbury Plain Changing Guards, In training on Salisbury Plain Trench digging, Three cheers for the King, A.I.F. Furlough men leaving the A.I.F. and War Chest Club Westminster to see the sights of London, A.I.F. and War Chest Club Horseferry Road Westminster, A visit to Westminster Abbey, Feeding the pigeons at St Paul's, An A.I.F. man buying a publication giving the whereabouts of the Kaiser, A hight scene within the Australian lines during the British Advance in the west, Australian Offices taking Luncheon, German Trenches in front of the ANZACS, An Australian resting in the Trenches, A.I.F. Artillery passing through a French Village, Loading a Trench Mortar which is called a Tommy a flying pig, Australians in Imitation of the Hun shout Kamerad, Shopping in a French Village, German prisoners arriving at a Divisional Cage in Motor Lorries, Australians having their wounds dressed, A mine exploded by the Australian Imperial Force, An Enquiry after missing Men, Distinguished Australians at the Front, Australian and German wounded on stretchers waiting for the Ambulance, A party of wounded Australians entertained by Lord Fitzhardinge at Berkeley Castle near Bristol, The ground near Pozieres, Australian Officers leaving Buckingham Palace after being decorated by the King, also the inside includes advertisements.

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