Major Fitz-Gerald and the matter of war : an anzac archive / World War, 1914-1918
Scheckter, John,
Major Fitz-Gerald and the matter of war : an anzac archive / John Scheckter. - xix, 158 pages, 20 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In 1915, Major Richard Francis Fitz-Gerald was the last Australian to leave an exposed position at Gallipoli. He was awarded the DSO for that and served on the Western Front through to the end of the Great War. Everywhere he went, often while in danger, he collected materials that marked his experience - photographs, orders, his battalion's timetable for evacuation, and a souvenir map of Gallipoli that he annotated by hand. He wrote careful comments on everything he kept, transforming public documents into personal sites of memory and retrieval. He also kept a diary for the first year of his experience, covering Gallipoli, Egypt, and France. 'Major Fitz-Gerald and the Matter of War' personalises the difficult position of a front-line officer by closely examining the things he carried, collected, and preserved for the rest of his life.
9781922669056 1922669059 (Trade Paper) : AUD 39.95 Retail Price (Publisher) : $9Active Record
00689124
Fitz-Gerald, Richard Francis.
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front--Personal narratives.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Turkey--Gallipoli Peninsula--Personal narratives.
Biographies.
940.394
Major Fitz-Gerald and the matter of war : an anzac archive / John Scheckter. - xix, 158 pages, 20 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In 1915, Major Richard Francis Fitz-Gerald was the last Australian to leave an exposed position at Gallipoli. He was awarded the DSO for that and served on the Western Front through to the end of the Great War. Everywhere he went, often while in danger, he collected materials that marked his experience - photographs, orders, his battalion's timetable for evacuation, and a souvenir map of Gallipoli that he annotated by hand. He wrote careful comments on everything he kept, transforming public documents into personal sites of memory and retrieval. He also kept a diary for the first year of his experience, covering Gallipoli, Egypt, and France. 'Major Fitz-Gerald and the Matter of War' personalises the difficult position of a front-line officer by closely examining the things he carried, collected, and preserved for the rest of his life.
9781922669056 1922669059 (Trade Paper) : AUD 39.95 Retail Price (Publisher) : $9Active Record
00689124
Fitz-Gerald, Richard Francis.
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front--Personal narratives.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Turkey--Gallipoli Peninsula--Personal narratives.
Biographies.
940.394