Australia in World War I

• 1915 by Roger McDonald (adult fiction)
• A Fortunate Life by Albert Facey (a memoir which includes his experiences in WWI)
• And In the Morning by Graeme Hague (adult fiction)
• Boys of Blood and Bone by David Metzenthen (YA fiction, but it's about Australians in The Somme)
• From Gallipoli to Gaza by Jill Hamilton (Simon & Schuster 2003) - an anthology of poetry by soldier poets including Rupert Brooke &
• Scarecrow Army the Anzacs at Gallipoli" by Leon Davidson is a combination of fiction and non-fiction.
• Soldier Boy by Anthony Hill (YA--a fictionalised biography of the youngest ANZAC, 14 year old Jim Martin)
• The ANZACS by Godfrey McLeod (Adult fiction, a 1980 mini-series was based on this)
• The ANZACS Patsy by Adam-Smith (adult non-fiction)
• The Broken Years by Bill Gammage (adult non-fiction)
• The Gallipoli Story by Patrick Carlyon (YA non-fiction)
• Through the Doorway which was a timeslip type fantasy where a young girl met up with the wife of a WWI soldier who was grieving after his death

 

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