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Issue Details: First known date: 1916... 1916 The Straits Impregnable
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Notes

  • Dedication: To the First Australian Division.
  • Originally published as a novel, the second edition of the work appeared with the preliminary note: 'This book, written in Australia, Egypt and Gallipoli, is true.' This caused the work to break Australian censorship rules and it was withdrawn from sale. (Source: Susanna and Jack De Vries, To Hell and Back : The Banned Account of Gallipoli: xi)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:HarperCollins Australia , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Straits Impregnable - 'the Best Book on Gallipoli' - Banned by the Censor, Susanna De Vries , Jack De Vries , single work criticism
Details the censorship of Sydney Loch's book about his experiences at Gallipoli, The Straits Impregnable.
 (p. ix-xvii)
Prologue : The Early Years - Portrait with Background, Susanna De Vries , Jack De Vries , single work biography
Recounts Loch's childhood in England and his early years in Australia before joining the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the outbreak of World War I.
 (p. 1-14)
Epilogue : The Straits Impregnable , its Aftermath, and Sydney Loch, the 'Scarlet Pimpernel' of World War II, Frederick Loch , single work biography
Recounts Loch's life after Gallipoli, the fate of his book The Straits Impregnable, his writing, and his work for refugees and victims of war in Europe with his wife Joice NanKivell.
 (p. 203-226)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: To Hell and Back : The Banned Account of Gallipoli
    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2007 .
      Extent: xvii, 248p.p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Dedication: This book is dedicated to Dame Elisabeth Murdoch ... [and] also dedicated to the memory of the late Iain Loch ...
      • Editors' note: Sydney Loch's narrative The Straits Impregnable is recounted ... in a slightly shortened form, with the addition of selected photographs from the Loch family and other sources. ... We have used the second Australian edition, abridging and editing it minimally ...
      • This edition does not include Loch's original dedication or the preliminary note which caused the Australian censor to ban the work.
      • Includes index.
      • Book launched in Canberra at Paperchain Bookshop, Manuka, on 19 April 2007.
      ISBN: 9780732285456, 0732285453
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  • The original work was also published in braille.
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For Whom the Hell Tolls Patrick Cook , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 April vol. 125 no. 6566 2007; (p. 62)
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The Straits Impregnable - 'the Best Book on Gallipoli' - Banned by the Censor Susanna De Vries , Jack De Vries , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Straits Impregnable 2007; (p. ix-xvii) Details the censorship of Sydney Loch's book about his experiences at Gallipoli, The Straits Impregnable.
Village the Voice of its Heroes Susanna De Vries , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 - 22 April 2007; (p. 18-19)
— Review of The Straits Impregnable Sydney de Loghe , 1916 single work novel
Into the Heat of Battle Ian Orchard , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 April 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of Gallipoli Correspondent : The Frontline Diary of C.E.W. Bean C. E. W. Bean , 1983 single work diary ; The Straits Impregnable Sydney de Loghe , 1916 single work novel ; Well Done, Those Men : Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran Barry Heard , 2005 single work autobiography
Censor's Rape of the Loch Michael McKernan , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 April 2007; (p. 35)
— Review of The Straits Impregnable Sydney de Loghe , 1916 single work novel
Anzacing All Areas Martin Crotty , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 April 2007; (p. 21)
— Review of The Straits Impregnable Sydney de Loghe , 1916 single work novel
Censor's Rape of the Loch Michael McKernan , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 April 2007; (p. 35)
— Review of The Straits Impregnable Sydney de Loghe , 1916 single work novel
Into the Heat of Battle Ian Orchard , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 April 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of Gallipoli Correspondent : The Frontline Diary of C.E.W. Bean C. E. W. Bean , 1983 single work diary ; The Straits Impregnable Sydney de Loghe , 1916 single work novel ; Well Done, Those Men : Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran Barry Heard , 2005 single work autobiography
Village the Voice of its Heroes Susanna De Vries , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 - 22 April 2007; (p. 18-19)
— Review of The Straits Impregnable Sydney de Loghe , 1916 single work novel
For Whom the Hell Tolls Patrick Cook , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 April vol. 125 no. 6566 2007; (p. 62)
— Review of The Straits Impregnable Sydney de Loghe , 1916 single work novel
The War Comes into Its Own Eric Partridge , 1930 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Window , January vol. 1 no. 1 1930; (p. 72-104) Surveys the literature of the Great War.
The Straits Impregnable - 'the Best Book on Gallipoli' - Banned by the Censor Susanna De Vries , Jack De Vries , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Straits Impregnable 2007; (p. ix-xvii) Details the censorship of Sydney Loch's book about his experiences at Gallipoli, The Straits Impregnable.
An Outline of Australian Literature : Fifth Period Continued - Chapter XVIII H. M. Green , 1930 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: An Outline of Australian Literature 1930; (p. 223-238)
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