{"product_id":"2026100011490-secondhand-gallipoli-eyewitness-lieutenant-g-m-gibsons-diaries-and-photographs","title":"Gallipoli Eyewitness: Lieutenant G M Gibson's Diaries And Photographs","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: repr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the dust and blood of one of WWI's most devastating campaigns, one soldier's pen and camera captured what history books could only summarize. Gallipoli Eyewitness: Lieutenant G M Gibson's Diaries and Photographs presents an extraordinarily intimate record of the 1915 Gallipoli campaign through the personal diaries and photographic archive of Lieutenant G M Gibson, an officer who lived and fought through the harrowing ordeal on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Compiled and contextualised by Robert Gibson and Steve Kendall, the book chronicles the brutal daily realities of trench warfare, the camaraderie forged under fire, and the immense human cost of a campaign that would become a defining moment in Australian and New Zealand national identity.\n\nBeyond its historical documentary value, this work stands as a deeply personal testament to courage and endurance, weaving together the written and visual testimony of a man who bore witness to events that shaped a generation. Gibson's photographs — rare, unfiltered, and profoundly human — offer a visceral counterpoint to the official record, illustrating the war not as strategy, but as lived experience. For students of military history, Anzac heritage enthusiasts, and those drawn to the power of primary sources, this volume raises a haunting question: what else remains unseen in the private archives of those who were there?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572515180763,"sku":"2026100011490-SECONDHAND","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3d8b2039-0872-4330-b2b9-8fe7fd35887d.png?v=1791166710","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011490-secondhand-gallipoli-eyewitness-lieutenant-g-m-gibsons-diaries-and-photographs","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}