Major Fitz-Gerald and the matter of war : an anzac archive / John Scheckter.
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TextPublisher: North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty, Limited, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: xix, 158 pages, 20 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781922669056; 1922669059 (Trade Paper) :Subject(s): 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 narrativesGenre/Form: Biographies. DDC classification: 940.394 Summary: 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.
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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.
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