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This page is part of the book "On Guard with the Volunteer Defence Corps" |
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List of Contents of "On Guard" with the Volunteer Defence Corps |
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| Item | by | page | Link |
| Editorial Notes | Editors | 1 | Front Page |
| Foreword | H G Chauvell | 7 | Front Page |
| They Came in the Morning. | "Xav" | 11 | Chapter 1 |
| The Sentinel | W75086 | 15 | Chapter 1 |
| Exercise Finished | N318211 | 16 | Chapter 1 |
| How We Brought the "Cat" Home. | Q140627 | 19 | Chapter 1 |
| For Valour Or Something. | W48393 | 22 | Chapter 1 |
| The Quarter Bloke. | N318211 | 24 | Chapter 1 |
| V.D.C. Goes Arty in a Big Way. | V357154 | 27 | Chapter 2 |
| Fifth Column-Mobile. | N244817 | 35 | Chapter 2 |
| Smoko! | N425623 | 36 | Chapter 2 |
| So They Offered Him a Machine Gun. | V363601 | 38 | Chapter 2 |
| The Veteran. | N318211 | 39 | Chapter 3 |
| And There Was Light. | V365463 | 41 | Chapter 3 |
| When War Came to the Gulf. | Q140103 | 47 | Chapter 3 |
| "What! Shot Himself?" | W242801 | 49 | Chapter 3 |
| The Border Patrol. | N452039 | 50 | Chapter 3 |
| Frank Tames a Rough 'Un. | S69052 | 55 | |
| "Once more into the Breech!" | N457349 | 61 | |
| Brookvale Days. | NP9295 | 62 | Chapter 5 |
| Night Raid. | V374733 | 67 | Chapter 5 |
| Topsy-turvy Tactics. | N225605 | 69 | Chapter 5 |
| The Story of The Volunteer Defence Corps | . | 70 | |
| VDC photo album Part 1 | asstd | asstd | Chapter 7 |
| Wind, Sand and ... Super. | TX6140 | 95 | Chapter 8 |
| They Lapped it Up! | N387953 | 96 | Chapter 8 |
| Old Harry. | Q205187 | 99 | Chapter 8 |
| V(ery) D(istressing) C(ircumstances). | V364396 | 102 | Chapter 8 |
| The Story of a Great Offensive. | N323532 | 105 | Chapter 8 |
| Fighting Patrol in the North. | Q218123 | 106 | Chapter 8 |
| The Password Was "Bass Ale"! | N467395 | 108 | Chapter 8 |
| Caught with their Mouths Open. | N225605 | 113 | Chapter 8 |
| Mortars. | N323722 | 115 | Chapter 8 |
| How a V.D.C. Man Saw Stars. | N318118 | 116 | Chapter 9 |
| Patrols Sometimes Get Wet. | W61989 | 119 | Chapter 9 |
| "When I First Put This Uniform On . . ." | W48393 | 121 | Chapter 9 |
| Nit-witlessness. | V4127 | 122 | Chapter 9 |
| Tale, Fairy, V.D.C, Mk 1. | Q226770 | 125 | Chapter 9 |
| "Christopher Robin Went Hoppity Hop . . | T'4127 | 127 | Chapter 9 |
| Christmas at the Post | Q203549 | 128 | Chapter 9 |
| "'What Did You Do in the Great War, Daddy" | V68694 | 132 | Chapter 10 |
| The V.D.C. Makes a Mortar. | Q225306 | 139 | Chapter 10 |
| An Exercise in Deception. | V374799 | 141 | Chapter 10 |
| O.P., O.C., OX.... Oh Hell! | N447978 | 142 | Chapter 10 |
| The Ballad of Moriarty's Bull. | V366987 | 145 | Chapter 10 |
| Compensations. | N318118 | 148 | Chapter 10 |
| "Part-Time Soldiers" Helped Hold Japs in New Guinea. | B3173 | 149 | Chapter 11 |
| "They Also Serve . . ." | V362983 | 152 | Chapter 11 |
| Ginger Among the Silver. | N172424 | 155 | Chapter 11 |
| I've Nothing Against My Old Rifle. | V365463 | 156 | Chapter 11 |
| Jonah Has Marched Out. | N393107 | 157 | Chapter 11 |
| Plumpton (April, 1942) | N348327 | 163 | Chapter 11 |
| Too Real. | V144618 | 164 | Chapter 11 |
| "Five Rounds Rapid ... Fire." | Q204703 | 165 | Chapter 12 |
| The Missing Rifle. | Q200343 | 169 | Chapter 12 |
| "Seen the Headlines?" | V364412 | 170 | Chapter 12 |
| VDC photo album Part 2 | asstd | asstd | Chapter 13 |
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ILLUSTRATIONS |
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| Item (Only colour plates are listed. Many more B & W plates and pencil sketches are scattered throughout). | By | Original Page | Link on this site |
| Catalina Rescue. | VX93486 | frontispiece | |
| Manhandling a 25-pounder. | VX93433 | 17 | |
| Last-minute Instructions. | NX37175 | 45 | Chapter 3 |
| V.D.C. Spotters. | VX128043 | 51 | Chapter 3 |
| Field Lecture, W/Toc. | NX111341 | 52 | Chapter 3 |
| V.D.C. Sergeant. | NX37175 | 65 | Chapter 5 |
| By Order ... Greatcoats Will Be Worn. | N233780 | 66 | Chapter 5 |
| Inspector-in-Chief, Volunteer Defence Corps, General Sir Harry Chauvel, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. | VX46163 | 71 | |
| V.D.C. Manning Searchlights-Tasmania. | VX128043 | 97 | |
| V.D.C. Training on Coastal Guns. | VX138661 | 123 | |
| A Day at the Range. | N303922 | 153 | Chapter 11 |
| Ready for Inspection. | NX111341 | 154 | Chapter 11 |
| Grenade-thrower. | VX128043 | 167 | Chapter 12 |
| Recruiting Mounted Detachments. | NX37175 | 168 | Chapter 12 |
| The photographs were supplied by S66287, John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd, Associated Newspapers Ltd, Consolidated Press Ltd, The Argus
and Australasian Ltd, West Australian Newspapers Ltd, Advertiser Newspapers Ltd, and photographers of the Military History Section. Drawings in "The Story of the Volunteer Defence Corps" were supplied by The Argus and Australasian Ltd. The dust jacket was designed by S66287. |
