The Forgotten War

by Laurie Field

The first concise and comprehensive history of Australia's part in the Boer War.

Sixteen thousand men went from Australia to the Boer War in South Africa between 1899 and 1902: more than 500 of them died there. Though the nation honoured its dead with ceremonies and monuments, the enormity of the following two world wars overshadowed the legacy of this terrible and bloody conflict. But the Boer War soldiers are the precursors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522846556
• ISBN13: 9780522846553
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"