THE PURPLE DEVILS: A History of The 2/6 Australian Commando Squadron, Formerly The 2/6 Australian Independent Company.
\fs26 Pp. xviii+306(last blank), frontispiece and 31 plates within the pagination, text maps, appendices, Honour Roll (KIA, died of wounds etc), Honours and Awards, nominal and wounded rolls, bibliography, list of subscribers, index; demy 8vo; purple cloth, lettered in gilt & white, lower edges lightly browned and a little shelf worn, slightly canted; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and scuffed, edges very slightly worn; 2/6 Commando Squadron Association, Melbourne, 1992. First edition. *Inscribed on the title page to Major General J R Broadbent from Gordon King (later Lt-Col), both one-time commanding officers of the Company during WWII. Original advertisement for the book loosely inserted. 2/6 Commando served in the New Guinea Campaign - Kokoda, Buna, the Markham-Ramu Valleys and Balikpapan (Borneo). Item #P12261
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