Lot 5191

Description

Polar Medals Awarded to Australians For Service in Antarctica, by Ian C.Teague, 1996, plastic covered soft cover (21.5x29.8cm), 57pp, one of only 20 draft copies; The Silence Calling, Australians in Antarctica 1947-97, The ANARE Jubilee History, by Tim Bowden, 1st edition 1997, hardcover (19x26cm) with dust jacket, 593pp with colour and b&w photos; The History of The ANARE Club 1951-2001, The Club for members of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, by members of the ANARE Club, 1st edition 2002, hardcover (21.8x30.3cm), 213pp with colour and b&w photos and list of members. The first very fine, a few spots of foxing on back fly pages of third book, otherwise last two virtually as new, nearly uncirculated. (3)

Lt Col Ian C Teague, service in Vietnam (3 tours) including as a Captain with AATTV, as Major and OC 1SAS Sqn, also served on secondment to US Embassy, with US Military Advisory and Assistance Group operating with CIA and with US Special Forces, life member of US Airborne Assn Century Club, later CO of SAS Regt and Officer-In-Charge of Mawson Station in Antarctica in 1976.