In The Footsteps Of Private Lynch

Will Davies

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Vintage
01 August 2008

History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; First World War; Land forces & warfare

Retrace Australia's role in the First World War from the trenches of Somme Mud to the wider war on the Western Front.

Retrace Australia's role in the First World War from the trenches of Somme Mud to the wider war on the Western Front.

Imagine this.

You are a country boy and just eighteen.

The war has been raging for two years and because of your age, you have not been eligible for enlistment.

Your mates, older by a few months are joining up and disappearing to the great adventure across the world in Europe.

And there is forever talk of the need for reinforcements, for men like you to join up and support the Empire, Australia and your mates in the line.

Such was the case for Edward Francis Lynch, a typical country boy from Perthville, near Bathurst.

When war was declared in early August 1914, he was just sixteen and still at school, but like a generation of young males in Australia, there was something to prove and a need to be there.

Will Davies, editor of the bestselling Somme Mud, meticulously tracked Lynch and his battalion's travels; their long route marches to flea ridden billets, into the frontline at such places as Messines, Dernancourt, Stormy Trench and Villers Bretonneux, to rest areas behind the lines and finally, on the great push to the final victory after August 1918.

In words and pictures Davies fills in the gaps in Private Lynch's story and through the movements of the other battalions of the AIF provides impact and context to their plight and achievements. Looking at these battlefields today, the pilgrims who visit and those who attend to the land we come to understand how the spirit of Australia developed and of our enduring role in world politics.

By: Will Davies
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: illustrated edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 399g
ISBN: 9781741666106
ISBN 10: 1741666104
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 01 August 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Will Davies is a historian, writer and filmmaker. SOMME MUD: The war experiences of an Australian infantryman in France 1916-1919, which he edited, has become a bestseller in Australia and the UK and will soon be published in The Netherlands. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PRIVATE LYNCH has also been published to acclaim in Australia and the UK. He has recently written BENEATH HILL 60 and edited SOMME MUD: YOUNG READERS' EDITION for high school aged readers.

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