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Light horse to Damascus by Elyne Mitchell

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Book name: Light horse to Damascus (2024)
Category: Horses
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Pages: 192 pages
ISBN13: 0091060400
ISBN: 0091060400
Language: English
Publication data: Jan. 1, 1971, 8 a.m.
As he galloped beneath a starlit Queensland sky, Karloo sensed from the talk of the men that something was wrong. His instinct was right. it was August 1914 and soon he and his master Dick were bundled aboard a troopship, along with the rest of the Australian Light Horse to Europe - and to war.
Mitchell was brought up knowing every detail of the campaign, for her father was General Sir Harry Chauvel who features in this story.

About the author

Elyne Mitchell

Elyne Mitchell

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Elyne Mitchell is an Australian author best known for her Silver Brumby children's series, which tells the story of brumbies that roamed the Snowy Mountains in the Australian Alps, in particular a pale brumby named Thowra.

In 1988, she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her services to literature, as well as an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Charts Sturt University in 1993. Read more