{"id":6167,"date":"2009-08-27T23:46:30","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T12:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/?p=6167"},"modified":"2009-08-27T23:46:30","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T12:46:30","slug":"book-auction-6-sept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=6167","title":{"rendered":"Book Auction 6 Sept."},"content":{"rendered":"

The John Laffin\u00a0Memorial Fund<\/a> (JLMF) is 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\u00a0second \u2018lot\u2019<\/strong> of books<\/span>, listed below, will be\u00a0auctioned on eBay from Saturday\u00a030 August with final bidding taking place on Sunday\u00a06 September.<\/p>\n

1914
\n<\/em><\/strong>James Cameron
\nPublished by Cassell, London. 1st Edition. 1959<\/p>\n

\"1914_web\"<\/a><\/p>\n

From Mons to Ypres with French – A Personal Narrative
\n<\/em><\/strong>Frederic Coleman
\nPublished by Sampson Low,Marston & Co, London. 4th Impression. 1916<\/p>\n

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

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

A General Sketch of the European War –\u00a0The First Phase.
\n<\/em><\/strong>Hilaire Belloc
\nPublished by Thomas Nelson & Sons, London. Reprint 1st Edition June 1915.<\/p>\n

\"Belloc_1_web\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Townshend of Kut
\nA Biography of Major-General Sir Charles Townshend K.C.B., D.S.O.
\n<\/em><\/strong>A.J. Baker
\nPublished by Cassell, London. 1st Edition 1967.<\/p>\n

\"Townshend_1_web\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Townshend_2_web\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/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\u00a0Sunday 30 August when they come up for auction.\u00a0A more detailed description of the books will appear on eBay<\/p>\n

\u00a0*****<\/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

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The John Laffin\u00a0Memorial Fund (JLMF) is 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’ stories … 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-6167","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\/6167","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=6167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}