Pens and Bayonets : Letters from the Front by soldiers of Yorke Peninsula during the Great War.

Pens and Bayonets -- About the author -- Title page -- Imprint -- Dedication -- Contents -- Editor's note -- Foreword -- Preface -- Yorke Peninsula, the Great War and Soldiers' Voices -- Wars: Rural Australia's 'different war' -- Voices: Mail, Censorship and Rural Newspapers -- Meanings: Consolations, Narratives and Judgements -- Methods: Structure, Selection, Sources and Editing -- 1914: For King and Empire -- 1915: Voyage to the Dardanelles -- 1916: In Mud and Sand -- 1917: A War of Attrition -- 1918: Endings -- Epilogue: After the Armistice -- Appendix -- Indigenous Volunteers from Yorke Peninsula -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Measures -- Index of Names -- Wakefield Press page.

This book gives voice to the young Australia soldiers who volunteered to fight for our freedom in the Great War. Letters written during quiet periods give us an insight and sometimes graphic account of the day-to-day encounters during the Gallipoli campaign and various offensives on the Western Front and Palestine.

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