A lasting gift to his descendants" :Family memory and the great war in australia

History and Memory

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-146

  Ziino, Bart ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84880991371     PISSN: 0935560X     EISSN: 15271994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ham.2010.0001     Document Type: Article

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