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Issue Details: First known date: 1921... 1921 An Anzac Muster
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The body of the work is a fictional structure of twenty-seven soldiers' tales (i.e. three tales presented as spoken by each of nine ex-soldiers, of various military ranks and diverse character, in reminiscent mood, convivially, after their return home to Australia from service abroad)....P.R.S. Sydney, 1962.

Notes

  • Dedication: To the men told of, To the men who returned, To the men who returned not

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:William Baylebridge , 1921 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Lone Pine, William Blocksidge , single work short story prose war literature (p. 43-47)
The Duel, William Baylebridge , single work short story war literature (p. 66-69)
The Proclamations, William Blocksidge , single work short story war literature (p. 129-139)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: William Baylebridge , 1921 .
      Extent: viii, 288p.p.
      Edition info: Limited edition of 100 copies.
      Written as: William Blocksidge
      Note/s:
      • Privately printed.t.p.
      • Author's Preface: ...And my friend, with a smile, thus concluded: 'If these tales display, in any degree, what is best in human nature-the love of freedom, honour for courage, sympathy with the stricken, endurance without hope, and perseverance till death-they are justified. If tthey can place us in the company of our men, and help us, in any degree, to see with their eyes and hear with their ears, have they not the best justification? In the present writer's opinion, at least, the Australian soldier will find in them not a little of his own great soul.' (pp.1-18).
      • Partial contents indexed. Remainder pending.

      Holdings

      Held at: Monash University Monash University Library
Alternative title: Collected Works of William Baylebridge (Memorial Edition) vol.2
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1962 .
      Extent: 272p.
      Edition info: Revised ed.
      Description: illus., port.
      Note/s:
      • Editor's Preface: ...My task has been to prepare its text for its first public printing, in the final form in which the author intended it to be offered for general reading, as far as I can ascertain those intentions from his material posthumously available, and from my recollections of his personality and methods of working... It will be noticed..that he made corrections of the text on every page, and on some pages almost in every line....P.R.S. Sydney, 1962. (pp.9-26).
      • Revised Author's Preface (pp.27-44).
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Works about this Work

Silent Heroes Bruce A. Clunies Ross , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kunapipi , [Double Issue] vol. 18 no. 2-3 1996; (p. 169-181)
Australian Prose Literature of the First World War : A Survey J. T. Laird , 1971 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 5 no. 2 1971; (p. 146-157)
William Baylebridge : Man's Voice Proclaiming Man Robyn Claremont , 1964 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , June vol. 1 no. 3 1964; (p. 155-169) A reappraisal of Baylebridge's work in the light of what the author calls an 'ambivalent' attitude of previous critics towards Baylebridge.
Confident Prose Charles Higham , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February vol. 2 no. 4 1963; (p. 57)
— Review of An Anzac Muster William Baylebridge , 1921 selected work short story
Wooden Anzacs Leon Gellert , 1963 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 January vol. 85 no. 4328 1963; (p. 37)
Confident Prose Charles Higham , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February vol. 2 no. 4 1963; (p. 57)
— Review of An Anzac Muster William Baylebridge , 1921 selected work short story
My Friend Baylebridge John Kirtley , 1955 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 16 no. 3 1955; (p. 135-137)
Baylebridge's Literary Reviews R. G. Howarth , 1955 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 16 no. 3 1955; (p. 147-150)
William Baylebridge : Man's Voice Proclaiming Man Robyn Claremont , 1964 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , June vol. 1 no. 3 1964; (p. 155-169) A reappraisal of Baylebridge's work in the light of what the author calls an 'ambivalent' attitude of previous critics towards Baylebridge.
Silent Heroes Bruce A. Clunies Ross , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kunapipi , [Double Issue] vol. 18 no. 2-3 1996; (p. 169-181)
Wooden Anzacs Leon Gellert , 1963 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 January vol. 85 no. 4328 1963; (p. 37)
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