Pioneers of Australian Armour

[Mike Cecil]

Ok, Ok, I know this is a WW2 thread, but there isn't one for WW1 history.....

New book to be released in August this year.

It has taken David and me several years of detailed research for this book, which details the history of the 1st Armoured Car Battery (two custom-built armoured cars), 1st Australian Light Car Patrol (stripped & armed Model T Fords) and the Special Tank Unit (one Mark IV Female tank). The book details the history of the units concerned and provides extensive biographical details (birth to grave) of every member of each of the units mentioned.

The exploits of the first two units mentioned are very ably told by reproducing 'The Motor Patrol', a previously unpublished manuscript written by E H James, the units' Officer Commanding. The original manuscript, which is held by the Australian War Memorial, is being published within this book with the permission of the Army History Unit (AHU). The book is being published by Big Sky Publishing as part of the AHU Military History Series.

Release is scheduled for August 2015, with an official launch at the School of Armour, Puckapunyal, Victoria.


Mike