A MAGNIFICENT ANZAC, The Untold Story of Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Wilder Neligan,
Queensland. Published by The Author. 2014. 4to. pp,225. index,with black & white and colour illustrations., maps etc.Original hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. A fine copy. Item #196367
"Neligan was a mercurial and eccentric Englishman who joined the Australian Army as a Private soldier at the beginning of the First World War, lying about his identity, age and birthplace.
He landed with the 9th battalion at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and was both decorated for gallantry, and commissioned as an officer, a few days later. He went on to command the 9th and 10th Battalions and was one of the most decorated ANZACs of World War One. He was almost killed on one occasion in 1916 and spent many months recovering in an English hospital from serious head wounds, before returning to the front."
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