HMAS MK II THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1944 MILITARY BOOK

H.M.A.S. Mk. III

Hard to Find Out of Print First Edition Book

The R.A.N's Third Book

Prepared by R.A.A.F. Directorate of Public Relations

Published for The Royal Australian Navy

By Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT 1944

Message from the Air Vice-Marshal, Chief of the Air Staff

HMAS Mk III differs from its forerunners - HMAS and HMAS Mk II in that a far larger proportion of its contents consists of material contributed by personnel afloat and in shore establishments. In this is is, we feel, an improvement on the two volumes that have gone before. For here the story of a year of achievement is told by those who have themselves participated in the chronicled events. In phrases coloured by experience, in scenes painted in words, through feelings crystallized in the heat of action and communicated sharp etched in reminiscence, facets of the life of the sea and of the Royal Australian Navy are brought to us with clarity and verity not existent in the second hand narrative.

Again an attemot has been made - this time necesarily in a much abridged form - to continue the still unfolding picture of the war in a chronological narrative. It provides but the barest bones. Those bones are clothed with flesh and inspired with life by the individual narratives following that opening chapter.

Features black and white, half tone and red wash illustrations throughout.

• Hardcover Book
• First Edition 1944
• Decorated End Papers
• Scarce and Valuable Title
• Size 22cm W x 27cm H
• 200 Pages in Good Condition

Postage - Happy to combine items. Up to 6 books (depending on weight) fit into a 3kg satchel which costs $9.60 to post anywhere in Australia.

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