THE "ANZAC BOOK"
PATRIOTIC SOUVENIRS OP A GREAT '• EPISODE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services,) (Rec. May 21, r 5.45 p.m.) London, May 23. Messrs. Cassell and Co. are publishing a half-dollar "Anzac Book,'' written and illustrated in Gallipoli by Anzacs for the benefit of the. Australian and New Zealand patriotic funds. One largo edition was sold out before publication. The book contains 170 pages, with j. cover design depicting an Anzac, backed by tho Union Jack, and with his bayonet poised, defying the enemy. An introduction has been written for the book by General Birdwood, wbo touch, ingly refers to the eight months spent in Gallipoli, where he made many fast friends in all ranks. "I shall ever ye hie these friendships. My pen is incapable of describing to tho Australasians and their fellow countrymon the courago und determination of those who fought s ad gave Mip their lives for their King and country's sake." The volume is interspersed with j-Uito-graphs and graphic pictures in colour and line by Ted Colles, Crozior, Wimbush, Leyshonwhite, Captain Bean, Roach, and others.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2779, 25 May 1916, Page 5
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182THE "ANZAC BOOK" Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2779, 25 May 1916, Page 5
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