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Memoirs Of An Anzac: A First-Hand Account By An Aif OfficerIn The First World War

Memoirs Of An Anzac: A First-Hand Account By An Aif OfficerIn The First World War

by Barrie John Charles
Publication Date: 25/03/2015

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Against his mother's wishes, John Charles Barrie joined the Australian army in 1909. Five years later, he was on his way to Egypt as an officer with the Australian Imperial Force. He survived the war to write his memoirs, which were kept by his family for 80 years. Made public for the first time, this book gives first-hand accounts of Barrie's wounding at Gallipoli on that fateful first Anzac Day, his recuperation in England, and the friendships he made there. It chronicles his escape from rehab so that he could return to the war in France, and his fighting for days on end, waist-deep in mud in the trenches. Memoirs of an Anzac tells of the horrors of war, but it is also lightened with the good humour that resulted from thousands of young Australian men being thrown together in dire circumstances. This is not a history textbook, nor is it a series of diary notes and letters - it is a gut-wrenching, heart-warming true story that will move you.
ISBN:
9781925106497
9781925106497
Category:
First World War
Publication Date:
25-03-2015
Publisher:
Scribe Publications
Pages:
304
Weight:
0.43kg

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