Farewell Campo 12. By James Hargest. 1946 NZ 1st edition

Hardback, tanned through out, rubbed and marked covers. Name and address inside. Publisher: Whitcombe and Tombs, New Zealand first edition, 1946 207 pp. b/w frontis. blue cloth with black titles to spine. Spine tips lightly bumped & faded.

"James Hargest, generally known as Jim or Jimmy, was born in Gore on 4 September 1891, the son of Mary Prosser and her husband, James Hargest, a labourer. He was educated at Gore and Mandeville schools, before joining his father farming at Mandeville in central Southland. In February 1911 Hargest joined the Territorial Force. He volunteered for service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 12 August 1914 and the following month was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment. He was seriously wounded at Gallipoli in early August 1915. After months of medical treatment and rest, Hargest joined the 1st Battalion of the Otago Infantry Regiment in France in July 1916. He quickly emerged as one of his unit's most promising officers. By the end of 1916 he had attained the temporary rank of major and been awarded the Military Cross..."

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