Dimensions
158 x 242 x 33mm
When war broke out in 1914, no one was more caught up in the popular tide of patriotism than the young boys from Australia and Great Britain who wanted to fight for King and country.
This is their untold story - the heroics of boys aged as young as thirteen who enlisted for full combat training. It is the story of Dick Trafford who was gassed and wounded three times and went over the top with one ear drum burst by the noise of battle before he was just sixteen, and Frank Lindley who, fearful that he would see no action, joined the infantry and went over the top on July 1st 1916 when some 60,000 men were killed or wounded.
Richard van Emden makes this a truly insightful investigation into the topic of children and war.
