Missing in Action: Australia's World War I Grave Services: An Astonishing True Story of Misconduct, Fraud and Hoaxing by Marianne van Velzen

Missing in Action: Australia's World War I Grave Services: An Astonishing True Story of Misconduct, Fraud and Hoaxing by Marianne van Velzen

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781760632809
Author: Marianne van Velzen
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Place: Crows Nest NSW
Year: 2018
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with all external stickers removed. Protective plastic covering. Book is clean and binding intact.

By the end of World War I, 45,000 Australians had died on the Western Front. Some bodies had been hastily buried mid-battle in massed graves; others were mutilated beyond recognition. Often men were listed as 'Missing in Action' because nobody knew for sure.

Lieutenant Robert Burns was one of the missing, and now that the guns had fallen silent, his father wanted to know what had become of his son.

He wasn't the only one looking for answers. A loud clamour arose from Australia for information and the need for the dead to be buried respectfully. Many Australians charged with the grisly task of finding and reburying the dead were deeply flawed. Each had his reasons for preferring to remain in France instead of returning home.

In the end, there was a great scandal, with allegations of 'body hoaxing' and gross misappropriation of money and army possessions leading to two highly secretive inquiries.

Untold until now, Missing in Action is the compelling and unexpected story of those dark days and darker deeds and a father's desperate search for his son's remains. (back cover

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