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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561359708452 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1409 (317) |
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Description
FAREWELL CAMPO 12
by Brigadier James Hargest G.B.E., D.S.O., M.C.
DESCRIPTION
Format: small cloth board hardcover
Published: Whitcombe & Tombs 1945, 1st edition NZ 1946
Size (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 20 d
Pages: 207
SKU: A5/2606/K581
ABOUT
Brigadier James Hargest was a decorated New Zealand officer who served during World War I and II.
Having fought in the bloody battles of the Invasion of Crete, he went on to lead the 5th Brigade in the Western Desert during Operation Crusader but was captured soon into the campaign. Never one to take a defeat lying down Hargest, determined to escape his Italian Prisoner of War camp "Campo 12", this journey and its adventures are recounted here in this book of his journey to Switzerland and freedom.
Hargest was awarded a second bar to his DSO and was later appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Illustrated with monochrome drawings, no images..
CONDITION
**No dust jacket - first three images for illustrative purposes only.**
Excellent with wear/repairs on covers, some foxing.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Increasingly scarce.
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