| Collection type | Library |
|---|---|
| Author | Byrnes, Paul, author.; |
| Call Number | 940.41294 B995 |
| Document type | Monograph |
| Year | 2019. 2019. |
| Pagination | 364 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. |
| Publisher | AFFIRM PRESS, Affirm Press, |
| Note | Includes index. In the First World War of 1914?1918, thousands of boys across Australia and New Zealand lied about their age, forged a parent?s signature and left to fight on the other side of the world. Though some were as young as thirteen, they soon found they could die as well as any man. Like Peter Pan?s lost boys, they have remained forever young. These are their stories. This extraordinary book captures the incredible and previously untold stories of forty Anzac boys who fought in the First World War, from Gallipo li to the Armistice. Featuring haunting images of the boys taken at training camps and behind the lines, these tales are both heartbreaking and rousing, full of daring, ingenuity, recklessness, random horror and capricious luck. A unique perspective on th e First World War, The Lost Boys is military history made deeply personal, a powerful homage to youthful bravery and a poignant reminder of the sacrifice of war. Tertiary/Undergraduate. General. |
| Place made | [S.l.] : South Melbourne, Victoria : |
The lost boys : the untold stories of the under-age soldiers who fought in the First World War / Paul Byrnes. The lost boys : the untold stories of the under-age Anzac soldiers who fought in the First World War
Abstract
Turkey 1915 -- France 1916 -- Belgium 1917 -- France 1918 -- Coda.
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Subjects
- Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
- Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
- Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps History.
- Teenage soldiers - Australia - Biography.
- Teenage soldiers - New Zealand - Biography.
- World War, 1914-1918 - Personal narratives, New Zealand.
- World War, 1914-1918 - New Zealand - Participation, Juvenile.
- World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, New Zealand.
- World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Juvenile.
- Soldiers - Australia - Biography.
- Soldiers - New Zealand - Biography.
- Child soldiers - New Zealand - History.
- Soldiers - New Zealand - History.
- World War, 1914-1918 - Australia.
- World War, 1914-1918 - Australia - Participation, Juvenile.
- World War, 1914-1918 - Personal narratives, Australian.
- Child soldiers - Australia - History.
- Soldiers - Australia - History.
- World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Australian.
- Australia - History, Military - 20th century.
- New Zealand - History, Military - 20th century.
- Biographies.