Commemorating Remembrance Day
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row…
At 11am on 11 November 1918, hostilities officially ended when Germany called for an armistice and accepted the allied terms of unconditional surrender. This brought an end to World War One. The four-year conflict had left between 9 and 13 million dead and as many as one third of these with no grave.
In Australia and other allied countries, 11 November has become known as Remembrance Day. A day to remember and honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty.
Commemorate this Remembrance Day with stories of bravery and sacrifice.
The Beach They Called Gallipoli – Jackie French
Many books have been written about the battles of Gallipoli, the place, and what happened on Gallipoli Beach in 1915. With beautiful and painterly illustrations by Bruce Whately this is a book that explores the beach where the battles took place. In focusing on the actual place of war, the book will also examine many other aspects of WW1. From the soldiers and the conditions they fought in, to the civilians at home.
World War One : A history in 100 stories – Bruce Scates
There has been no shortage of heroic stories over the course of the Anzac Centenary. Stories of courage and sacrifice, fortitude and endurance, mateship and resolve. But a hundred years on, there is a need for other stories as well. The stories too often marginalised in favour of nation-building narratives.
From The Trenches : The best Anzac writing of World War One
From the Trenches is the definitive collection of World War One writing from Australia and New Zealand. A literary journey from the optimistic farewell parades of 1914 to the grim battlefields of Gallipoli, the Middle East and the Western Front.
The RSL Book of World War 1 – John Gatfield and Richard Landels
True stories of Aussie courage and mateship from the annals of the RSL. Published to mark the centenary of the First World War and of the RSL in 2016, this is a collection of 100 true stories of Aussie courage from those who were in the action. These are intimate, eyewitness accounts across the breadth of Australia’s war from Gallipoli to the Western Front, related with humour, pathos and vivid detail.
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