TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilkinson,Carole
TI  - Fromelles: Australia's bloodiest day at war 
T2  - Drum (Fitzroy, Vic.)
SN  - 9781742031767
PY  - 2012///, ©2011
CY  - Fitzroy, Vic.
PB  - Black Dog Books
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Participation, Australian
KW  - Children's nonfiction
KW  - Australia
KW  - History, Military
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index. For secondary school age. CBA Shortlist; Map of the Western Front -- World War I timeline -- Basic Australian army structure -- New recruits -- Green fields and barbed wire -- Lethal weapons -- Attack -- Map of the Fromelles battlefield -- Dead and the dying -- Defeat -- What went wrong? -- Tommies, Frogs and Fritz -- Pheasant Wood -- Postscript -- Map of the Battle of Fromelles site today.
N2  - The Battle of Fromelles lasted less than 24 hours . in which more than 5000 Australian soldiers were killed, wounded or taken prisoner. What was the purpose of this bloody and ultimately pointless loss of life? And why, almost a century later, did the world.s attention shift to the village of Fromelles?
ER  -