Forgotten Men: the Australian Army Veterinary Corps 1909-1946

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Antecedents and lessons learnt -- Prelude to war: 1914 -- Getting down to it: 1915 -- Desert, dust and camels: 1916 -- France and Belgium: 1916 -- Middle Eastern theatre: 1917 -- Hell for man and beast : 1917 -- Progress at last: Palestine and Syria, 1918 -- Western front: 1918 -- Interlude: 1919 -- Indifference and impoverishment: 1920 to 1938 -- Slipping quietly away: 1939 to 1946 -- Epilogue: what could have been? -- Notes on Army formations and numbers -- Residential background of AAVC members 1914-1918 -- AAVC embarkation roll, First World War -- Contents of veterinary officer's wallet -- Contents of unit veterinary chest -- AAVC officers as at March 1916 -- AAVC officers as at March 1917 -- Wastage in horses during week ending 4 February 1918 -- Veterinarians who joined the AAVC between the two World Wars -- AAVC officers on the active list in 1938 -- Doctrinal establishment of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps -- Distribution of AAVC vacancies across the commands: 1941. Antecedents and lessons learnt -- Prelude to war: 1914 -- Getting down to it: 1915 -- Desert, dust and camels: 1916 -- France and Belgium: 1916 -- Middle Eastern theatre: 1917 -- Hell for man and beast : 1917 -- Progress at last: Palestine and Syria, 1918 -- Western front: 1918 -- Interlude: 1919 -- Indifference and impoverishment: 1920 to 1938 -- Slipping quietly away: 1939 to 1946 -- Epilogue: what could have been? -- Notes on Army formations and numbers -- Residential background of AAVC members 1914-1918 -- AAVC embarkation roll, First World War -- Contents of veterinary officer's wallet -- Contents of unit veterinary chest -- AAVC officers as at March 1916 -- AAVC officers as at March 1917 -- Wastage in horses during week ending 4 February 1918 -- Veterinarians who joined the AAVC between the two World Wars -- AAVC officers on the active list in 1938 -- Doctrinal establishment of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps -- Distribution of AAVC vacancies across the commands: 1941.