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In this book, Philip Payton provides a vivid insight into the experiences of regional Australia during the Great War of 1914-18.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Preface 1. 'A different war': The regional experience 2. 'To make Australia's name glorious': Kio goes to war 3. 'Our motto is "dig on, dig ever"': Gallipoli 4. 'Mothers, Manliness and Moonta': The Somme 5. 'I'm fed up with England now': Blighty 6. 'Not only Germany's war; it's Rome's war too': Conscription 7. 'Doing their best for the Empire': Australia Triumphant 8. 'Returning with the scars of deadly conflict': Aftermath Epilogue: 'The Hub of the Universe?' Notes Index

Regional Australia and the Great War The Boys

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: 4/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780859898737, 978-0859898737
      ISBN10: 0859898733
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this book, Philip Payton provides a vivid insight into the experiences of regional Australia during the Great War of 1914-18.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Preface 1. 'A different war': The regional experience 2. 'To make Australia's name glorious': Kio goes to war 3. 'Our motto is "dig on, dig ever"': Gallipoli 4. 'Mothers, Manliness and Moonta': The Somme 5. 'I'm fed up with England now': Blighty 6. 'Not only Germany's war; it's Rome's war too': Conscription 7. 'Doing their best for the Empire': Australia Triumphant 8. 'Returning with the scars of deadly conflict': Aftermath Epilogue: 'The Hub of the Universe?' Notes Index

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