'The ties that bind' : Southern Yorke Peninsula and the Great War, 1914-1919 : the war diary and letters of Private Sidney Peter King, of Koolywurtie, South Australia (including the letters of Stanley King) / edited, with historical commentaries by Don Longo.

Collection type	Library
Author	King, Sidney Peter, 1894-1972, author.; King, Stanley, 1881-1930, author.; Longo, Don, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.; Ardrossan RSL Sub-Branch Inc. issuing body.;
Call Number	940.48194 K54
Document type	Monograph
Year	2015.
Pagination	221 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits and facsimiles ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Ardrossan RSL Sub-Branch Inc.,
Note	"Published with support from the Federal government's Anzac Centenary Local Grants Program and the South Australian Anzac Day Commemoration Fund."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index of names. Explores the experience of the Great War by rural South Australians. It gives a unique picture of life in the trenches of the Western Front through the diary, letters and photographs of Private Sidney King, who enlisted in the 43rd Battalion of the AIF in 1916.
Place made	Ardrossan, S.A. :

Abstract

The Hon. Rowan Ramsey -- The Hon. Steven Griffiths -- Foreword / Kevin Kavanagh -- Preface / Sandra Klopp -- The war diary of Sidney Peter King, January-October 1917 -- The war letters of Sidney Peter King and Stanley King, 1916-1919 -- Soldier profiles: details on Yorke Peninsula soldiers mentioned in the diary and letters -- Historical background: Southern Yorke Peninsula and the Great war, 1914-1919 / Don Longo -- The bonds of war : Australia and the Great War -- The bonds of battle: the trenches on th e Western Front -- The bonds of empire: the home front in Southern Yorke Peninsula -- The bonds of community: the kings of Koolywurtie -- Notes to Section 6, historical background.