Sons of War: Astonishing Stories of Under-Age Australian Soldiers Who Fought in the Second World War by Paul Byrnes
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Sons of War: Astonishing Stories of Under-Age Australian Soldiers Who Fought in the Second World War by Paul Byrnes

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781922848277
Book Condition: Very Good
Author: Paul Byrnes
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Affirm Press
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 2022
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 380 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. No dust jacket.

In the Second World War, thousands of Australian boys lied about their age and volunteered for a war the scale of which they could never have imagined. Like many of their fathers in the Great War, they went with their eyes wide shut: under-trained, under-equipped and under-age.

Some were as young as thirteen - too young even to shave. Many did not grow old; others came back broken. A handful are still alive to tell their tales.

This extraordinary book captures the bold and untold stories of forty Australian children who fought in the deadliest war in history. Follow these boys through Libya and Palestine, Greece and Crete, to the jungles of Malaya, Papua New Guinea and Borneo, fighting for their lives, their country, their mates.

Many of the photographs have never been seen. Haunting images of youths in training camps and behind the lines stand beside moving portraits of old men who have not forgotten. (Trove)

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