Purple over Green: The History of the 2/2 Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1945 (1977) By S. Wick
 
The history of the 2/2nd Battalion 1939 to 1945 – Now an incredibly scarce and highly desirable book which was only printed in a small initial print run. A must for the Australian military book collector!
 
This is the story of a great fighting unit of the Second Australian Imperial Force in World War II; how it came into being, the campaigns and battles in which it fought over six long years against the Italians in the North African desert, the Germans in the mountains of Northern Greece, and finally against the Japanese in the mountainous rain forests and coastal jungles of New Guinea.  Above all, it is the story of the men who fought in its ranks, so many who paid the supreme sacrifice.  The foreword is written by Lieut Col Chilton, one of the four Battalion Commanding Officers, who at the time the book was published was the last surviving Commanding Officer. 
 
Inscribed as a gift book.
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
454 pages
In Fair to Good condition- some small wear on jacket