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*:Likely to be the text, or an abridged version, of ''Peninsula of Death'', as told to W. J. Blackledge by Digger Craven. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1937, which is accordingly also classified as fiction, although elsewhere classified as bibliography.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0KbnVtLyiRkC&pg=PA56 Page 56, item 164] ''The Dardanelles Campaign, 1915: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography'' by Fred R van Hartesvelt Google Books</ref>, and also see comments on page 4 of [https://www.rslwa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Vol17-No3-Mar-1937.pdf ‘’The Listening Post’’ 15 March 1937 (RSL WA)] …"appears to be a novel whose author delights in much sordid detail" from the Prime Minister’s Department. For two more books by this author see below, under Mesopotamia, and General.
**[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9789652294579 ''Of Guns and Mules''] by David Lawrence-Young 2010. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. A historical novel set in the Zion Mule Corps.
**[https://archive.org/details/39020025219968-atgripswiththet/page/n6 ''At grips with the Turk : a story of the Dardanelles Campaign in the Great War''] by F S Brereton, first published 1915. Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
**[https://archive.org/details/fightforconstant00westiala ''The Fight for Constantinople : a Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula''] by Percy F Westerman. Catalogued 1915. Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11513 ''On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles''] by T C Bridges c 1915. Gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42943 ''Frank Forester: A Story of the Dardanelles''] by Herbert Strang 1915 Gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
*East Africa
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26642 ''Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force''] by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrator Ernest Prater. 1918 gutenberg.org. [https://archive.org/details/wilmshurstofthef26642gut Archive.org version]
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39912 ''Tom Willoughby's Scouts: A Story of the War in German East Africa''] by Herbert Strang. Illustrator Wal Paget. 1919 gutenberg.org.
*Mesopotamia
**[https://archive.org/details/cu31924013590975 ''On the Road to Bagdad; a Story of Townshend's Gallant Advance on the Tigris''] by Lieut-Col Brereton 1917. Archive.org. An adventure story.
**[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38714 ''Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad''] by Herbert Strang 1917 gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
**[https://archive.org/details/legionofmarching00blaciala/page/n7 ''The Legion of Marching Madmen''] by W J Blackledge c 1936 Archive.org. This book is considered to be fiction, although classified by some as a personal narrative, as discussed in a ''Great War Forum'' topic.<ref> Maureene. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/270727-fictionfactionfact-the-legion-of-marching-madmen-w-j-blackledge-online/ Fiction/faction/fact? The Legion of Marching Madmen/ W J Blackledge: Online] ''Great War Forum'' 15 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.</ref>
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