Brothers. Part one. Gallipoli 1915 / by John Tognolini
- Bib ID:
- 7461061
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Tognolini, John, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries.
- Description:
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- [Lilyfield, New South Wales] : Writersandebooks, [2014]
- 1 online resource (163 pages)
- ISBN:
- 9781925023831 (pdf)
- Summary:
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"I've used the fiction style of a novel to convey the all-too-real historical events, conditions and characters in war, whether it be: - the savage nature of the fighting and the major battles; - that some senior Australian officers were just as good as their British counterparts at causing the slaughter of their own soldiers in futile charges against machine guns; - that what little drinking water there was at Anzac Cove tasted of petrol from the cans it was carried in; - that dysentery ran rampant, and that it and other illnesses took 1000 soldiers off the peninsula each week; - that some of the Anzacs were of German, Japanese, Chinese, Polish, West Indian and Italian decent, some were Aboriginal and others were just mere boys; - that some played two-up with two-headed coins and ran bets on what hymns or psalms would be used on church parades. In this story I have attempted to show the horror of war for what it is. It has been my intent to show the hardship and suffering endured at Gallipoli. I had two uncles there, Stephen Tognolini, Military Medal and Bar, 21st Battalion and Andrew Tognolini, 24th Battalion. They would be joined by their two other brothers John/Jack Tognolini, 57th Battalion Military Medal and Henry/Harry Phillips 60th Battalion on the Western Front in France and Belgium. John/Jack Tognolini was killed in action on 25th April 1918 at the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux in France. The army had his age as 24 years old. As he was born in 1900 he was either 16 or 17."--Website.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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