Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1957. First Edition;. pages xvii, 686, index; 82 illusts., 49 maps; hardcover in dust jacket. reproduction d/j, new endpapers, library stamp on last page, a few spots on page fore edges, o/wise good condition. Tells the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars and then records the part played by the ships and men on every ocean particularly the eastern Mediterranean and the Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until early 1942.