War Book Shop in Loftus, New South Wales, Australia | Company
War Book Shop
Locality: Loftus, New South Wales, Australia
Phone: +61 2 9542 6771
Address: 13 Veronica Place 2232 Loftus, NSW, Australia
Website: http://www.warbookshop.com
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24.01.2022 ONLY ONE RIVER TO CROSS by A.M. (Jack) Harris Jack Harris MM operated in enemy territory in Korea as a special agent. He was captured by the North Koreans but survived the war. Click on the link below to purchase your copy from the War Book Shop online store...... https://www.warbookshop.com//korea-only-one-river-to-cross
20.01.2022 HASSETT by John Essex Clark A biography of our famous general - The man who conducted the great Australian Victory at the battle of Maryang San in Korea. In later years he was a Chief of Army during the Vietnam era. Click on the link below to purchase your copy from the War Book Shop online store...... https://www.warbookshop.com//korea-hassett-essex-clark-amhp
20.01.2022 DAMBUSTER COVER ARTWORK POSTER FOR SALE The artwork used as our cover photo is a painting by Tony Corbett. It depicts a Dambuster Lancaster dropping a 'Grand Slam' bomb and was commissioned for use on the book cover for our publication "617 RAF Squadron: Australia's Dambusters" by Colin Burgess. Posters of this artwork can be purchased for $25 via the link below. Copies signed by survivors also available so please inquire.
16.01.2022 TO ORDER BOOKS: Online: www.warbookshop.com Email: [email protected] Phone: +61-2-9542-6771 ... Mail Order: 13 Veronica Place, LOFTUS NSW 2232 AUSTRALIA All prices are in Australian dollars and include FREE postage within Australia. International buyers please request a quote for shipping.
10.01.2022 HUNTED BY THE BEST AND SURVIVED In the Middle East air war, the Germans deployed a ‘super ace’ who had 151 desert victims Hans-Joachim Marseille. Flying in the same area was RAAF pilot, Ron Cundy, DFC, DFM, MID. In his book, Ron related what happened to him in one ‘dog fight’ over the desert:... It was on this occasion that I had one of the greatest frights of my life ... sitting on my tail was a Me-109 ... I could see the flashes of his guns as he opened fire ... from the way the German was handling his aircraft it was obvious I was dealing with a very experienced pilot. I never took my eyes off him. For what seemed like hours but in reality only 15 or 20 minutes he kept at me ... opening fire. Every time he did this, a funny tingling feeling ran up and down my spine. I could clearly see the flashes of his guns. Eventually he either ran out of ammunition or patience and disappeared from sight. Still in a deep climbing turn, I glanced to my right and there he was again, level with me and not far off my right wing tip, his face clearly visible. He nodded, saluted and disappeared. What a relief. I could hardly believe I had survived ... Ron returned to Australia and was still with us in mid-2017. From the book: A Gremlin on my Shoulder. Click on the link below to purchase your copy from the War Book Shop online store... https://www.warbookshop.com//autobiography-a-gremlin-on-my
09.01.2022 A RUSSIANJAPANESE SOLDIER OF AUSTRALIA With a Russian mother, Greek father and Japanese upbringing, Arthur Pappadopoulos (changed to Page to avoid confusion with spelling) was one of our strangest members of the AIF in the Pacific war. His parents escaped the Russian Bolsheviks to find sanctuary in Tokyo in the 1920s, where young Arthur grew up with Japanese kids and spoke the language fluently.... With war impending they all escaped to Australia without documentation, where he and his father were suspected of being spies for Japan. That was sorted out and Arthur was soon interrogating enemy prisoners for allied intelligence (ATIS) and his father was working on translating documents etc. Arthur ended his war in Borneo where he was a key figure in persuading the Japanese commander to surrender to an Australian general without causing a riot he is the boyish figure on the cover of the book below. Arthur stayed in Australia and became a CMF colonel in the army, gained a degree in physiotherapy and his amateur astronomy resulted in a Queensland observatory being named after him not bad for an ‘irregular arrival refugee’! From the book: Between Victor and Vanquished Click on the link below to purchase your copy from the War Book Shop online store... https://www.warbookshop.com//png-between-victor-vanquished
04.01.2022 FROM FARM BOY TO DEATH IN KOREA Charlie Green grew up near Grafton NSW and when WW2 began he was a just a sergeant in a militia unit. He joined the AIF in 1939 and in the desert war, reached lieutenant’s rank. By war’s end he was commanding a battalion of about 1000 men in New Guinea quite a demonstration of how leadership shows through in men and women. He returned to civilian life but the army still attracted him and in 1950, he was commanding 3RAR in Korea.... The battalion fought several battles under his leadership until the ugly hand of fate intervened. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Green was asleep in his tent, on the ‘safe’ side of hill, when the enemy artillery opened fire. Suddenly a shell caressed the nearby hill top and in a freak incident, hit a small tree near the tent. Charlie was hit by a piece of shrapnel and, despite getting to hospital, died a short time later. He was the highest ranking officer to be killed in action in Korea. From the book: The Name’s still Charlie Click on the link below to purchase your copy from the War Book Shop online store... https://www.warbookshop.com//korea-the-name-s-still-charli
