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THE NAME'S STILL CHARLIE. A Biography of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Green DSO. Hardcover - 2010

by Green, Olwyn


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  • Title THE NAME'S STILL CHARLIE. A Biography of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Green DSO.
  • Author Green, Olwyn
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition SECOND EDITION
  • Publisher Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, NSW, Australia
  • Date 2010
  • ISBN 9780980567434
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The Name's Still Charlie: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Green, DSO: A Biography of an Infantry Commander.

by Green, Olwyn.

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Loftus, NSW: Australian Military History Publications / Australian Army History Unit, 2010. Facsimile ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket 323 pp. A biography of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Green, DSO, by his wife Olwyn Green. He trained in 41 Militia Battalion in the 1930s and then joined the newly-formed AIF in 1939. He was appointed as an officer to 2/2 Infantry Battalion (6 Division) and sent to the Middle East. After the early campaigns along the African north coast, the division was sent to Greece where Green was involved in the fighting withdrawal against the Germans. He escaped to Turkey before he could be captured. He was appointed CO of 2/11 Infantry Battalion and led them in the North New Guinea campaigns. He had a spell as a post-war civilian, and then rejoined the army and as Lieutenant-Colonel Green, and took 3RAR to the Korean War in 1950. He led the battalion successfully in a difficult battle… Read More
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