Don't Forget Me, Cobber: The Battle of Fromelles

by Robin S. Corfield, Les Carlyon (Foreword)

A complete account of the Battle of Fromelles, this revised edition delves into the conflict deemed "the worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history" by the Australian War Memorial. The battle, which took place July 19-20, 1916, was the first call to action for the Australian Imperial Force during World War I. A disaster from a military-planning perspective, the clash left 5,533 Australian soldiers killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. Integrating maps, images, diaries, letters, and reproduced documents, this dense reference chronicles all the events of the failed operation against German forces.

656 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Morris]

This is a very well researched book about The Attack on Fromelles, by Robin Corfield. Well researched with information from both the Australia, British, and German perspectives. I found the updated version difficult to read, because of the column notes left and right of the actual text, which was in the middle of most pages. Font size seemed to also cause me problems differentiating between actual text and column notes because occasionally there were pages of column notes across the full page. I found the book heavy going to read, and although the author calls the book an Inquiry, it is basically a sustained attack on James Mackay, and the British leadership at most levels. We need to move on, and understand that it is very difficult to put today's perspectives on events that occurred 100 years ago. i visited Fromelles in 2014 and 2015, remembering a cousin of my Grandfather, Fred Johnston. There is no denying that the slaughter was senseless, but that was what occurred for 4 years.

[Carl Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good read but was more a reference book than a page turner. Lots of side comments which after a while became tiresome as i like to read continuosly not going back all the time however it will be a good book to go back to all the time everytime Fromelles is mentioned on tv or future reference .

[Louise · Rating 5 out of 5]

The definitive book on Fromelles