Nominal Roll Of Australian Veterans Of The Korean War
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; RSL stamp on the fep.
A vital piece of Australian military heritage, the Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War stands as an authoritative record of the men and women who served Australia during one of the twentieth century's most overlooked conflicts. Published in April 2000, this official reference work chronicles the thousands of Australians who answered the call to arms between 1950 and 1953, cataloguing their service in a war fought on the Korean Peninsula under the banner of the United Nations — a conflict that shaped Australia's post-war defence identity and its enduring alliance with the United States and South Korea. Beyond its function as a roll call, this volume serves as a solemn testament to a generation of veterans whose sacrifices were long overshadowed by the greater public memory of World War II and later Vietnam. The meticulous compilation of names preserves the historical record for families, researchers, and historians alike, ensuring that Australia's contribution to the Korean War is never forgotten. For anyone tracing military genealogy or studying the depth of Australia's twentieth-century military history, this essential reference raises one compelling question: whose name, and whose story, waits to be found within these pages?
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Published: 2000
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; RSL stamp on the fep.
A vital piece of Australian military heritage, the Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War stands as an authoritative record of the men and women who served Australia during one of the twentieth century's most overlooked conflicts. Published in April 2000, this official reference work chronicles the thousands of Australians who answered the call to arms between 1950 and 1953, cataloguing their service in a war fought on the Korean Peninsula under the banner of the United Nations — a conflict that shaped Australia's post-war defence identity and its enduring alliance with the United States and South Korea. Beyond its function as a roll call, this volume serves as a solemn testament to a generation of veterans whose sacrifices were long overshadowed by the greater public memory of World War II and later Vietnam. The meticulous compilation of names preserves the historical record for families, researchers, and historians alike, ensuring that Australia's contribution to the Korean War is never forgotten. For anyone tracing military genealogy or studying the depth of Australia's twentieth-century military history, this essential reference raises one compelling question: whose name, and whose story, waits to be found within these pages?