{"id":5742,"date":"2009-08-12T01:04:17","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T14:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/?p=5742"},"modified":"2009-08-12T01:04:17","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T14:04:17","slug":"book-auction-23-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=5742","title":{"rendered":"Book Auction 23 August"},"content":{"rendered":"

The John Laffin\u00a0Memorial Fund<\/a> (JLMF) is once again the beneficiary of the generosity of Craig Laffin and his family. Craig has donated a collection of books from the professional library of his father, the late John Laffin<\/a>. These books include\u00a0soldiers’ stories and humour,\u00a0unit stories, battles and campaigns as well as\u00a0official histories and reference sources.\u00a0 They will be auctioned over the coming months on line through eBay<\/a>,\u00a0with profits\u00a0from the sales\u00a0going to the JLMF.<\/p>\n

The first \u2018lot\u2019 of books, listed below, will be\u00a0auctioned on eBay from Saturday 15 August with final bidding taking place on Sunday\u00a023 August.<\/p>\n

Forty Days in 1914<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Major-General Sir F Maurice
\nPublished by Constable, London. 2nd<\/sup> Edition. 1925<\/p>\n

\"Forty<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Forty<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eye-witness’s Narrative of the War: From the Marne to Neuve Chappelle – September 1914 – March 1915<\/em>
\n<\/strong>General Headquarters Press Bureau
\nPublished by Edward Arnold, London. 1915<\/p>\n

\"Eye<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Eye<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Somme Battle Stories<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Recorded by Captain A. J. Dawson and Illustrated by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather
\nPublished by Hodder and Stoughton, London. 1916<\/p>\n

\"Somme<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Somme<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Somme<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Battles of the Somme<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Philip Gibbs
\nPublished by Heinemann. 1917<\/p>\n

\"Battles<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Battles<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Battles<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

If you are interested in bidding on any of these books click here<\/a> to visit the auction \u2018house\u2019 and see how eBay works, and search for the books on or after\u00a0Saturday\u00a015 August when they come up for auction.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

The Families and Friends of the First AIF<\/em><\/strong> applauds\u00a0the joint Australian\u2013UK decision, announced by The Hon Greg Combet AM MP and the Hon Kevan Jones MP, to conduct a full DNA testing program on the remains of Australian and British soldiers found in mass graves at Pheasant Wood (Fromelles), and for their continuing commitment to identify as many of the fallen as is possible. We also thank the Australian, UK and French governments for affording dignified individual reburials for these soldiers, buried by\u00a0German soldiers following the Battle of Fromelles\u00a0on 19\/20 July 1916, in the new Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery presently under construction at Fromelles.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The John Laffin\u00a0Memorial Fund (JLMF) is once again the beneficiary of the generosity of Craig Laffin and his family. Craig has donated a collection of books from the professional library of his father, the late John Laffin. These books include\u00a0soldiers’ … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-sales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}