Gona's Gone: The Battle For the Beach-Head, 1942 (1994) By Peter Brune
 
This military book examines the capture of Gona, the first of the Japanese beach-head strongholds in New Guinea to fall. The Book concentrates on operations of the 21st Australian Infantry Brigade, 7th Division, AIF and its attached 39th Australian Militia Battalion (the Famous Chokos).
 
This work suggests that, for Australia, the Pacific War was the beginning of a new interpretation of the Southeast Asian region and Australia's position in it. The three battles fought during the seven-month period beginning July 1942 were the turning-point of the war against Japan on land in the Southwest Pacific. This book examines the capture of Gona, the first of the beach-head strongholds to fall. It concentrates on the involvement of the 21st Australian Infantry Brigade, 7th Division, AIF and its attached 39th militia battalion. The strategic problems and successes, both military and psychological, of this conflict are explored.
 
One edition has newspaper clippings from an ex digger
 
Soft Cover
129 Pages
In Good Condition