Hell's Bells And Mademoiselles

Author: Joe Maxwell

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  • : 29.99 NZD
  • : 9780732296650
  • : HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
  • : HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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  • : August 2012
  • : 181mm X 111mm
  • : Australia
  • : 29.99
  • : January 2013
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  • : 11-Dec
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Barcode 9780732296650
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Description

Hell's Bells and Mademoiselles is the rollicking eyewitness account of the role of 18th Battalion AIF in the First World War by one of its most decorated soldiers, the irrepressible Joe Maxwell. Maxwell served at Gallipoli before being transferred to the Western Front. In just twelve months during 1917-1918 he was commissioned and awarded the DCM, Military Cross and Bar, and VC. This colourful memoir is a unique record of life as a World War One digger: Joe was in most of the major battles of the Western Front and graphically describes the action he saw, as well as the notorious larrikinism - and romantic adventures - of the off-duty diggers. With a new Afterword detailing Maxwell's life after repatriation back to Australia, this is an edition to be treasured.