The Personal Recollections of an Australian Infantryman from 1916 to 1918
by H.R. Williams
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781526766656
Pub Date: 2020-04-26
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
208 Pages
This is a graphic account of one soldiers service in the First World War an account that is based on a diary he maintained whilst on active service. It has been described by one senior officer as the best soldiers story I have yet read in Australia. H.R. Williams enlisted in 1915, joining A Company, 56th Battalion AIF.
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