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E. J. Rule E. J. Rule i(A7705 works by) (a.k.a. Edgar John Rule)
Born: Established: 26 Jan 1886 Cobar, Nyngan - Cobar area, Far West NSW, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1958 Mornington, Mornington Peninsula (Port Phillip Bay), Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 Hamel, and the Americans E. J. Rule , 2013 extract autobiography (Jacka's Mob)
— Appears in: From the Trenches : The Best Anzac Writing from World War One 2013; (p. 321-332)
1 1 y separately published work icon Jacka's Mob E. J. Rule , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1933 Z1083725 1933 single work autobiography war literature

'The stirring memoirs of a young Victorian farmer who fought as a private, N.C.O., and officer through the Great War from Anzac to the last engagement of his battalion. They were originally written for his own pleasure in after years, and without though of publication - a fact that greatly increases their value and interest.

Captain Rule has a keen eye for character and humorous situations, as well as a graphic pen for incident and military action. Dr. C. E. W. Bean, the Commonwealth official historian, who has read and quoted these memoirs in the Official History, has stated that they make one of the most vivid documents in the whole range of Australian war literature ... In the opinion of more than one who have read the manuscript, Jacka's Mob, as an authentic picture of the life of an Australian infantryman, has few, if any, equals' (dustjacket first edition).

Morris Miller has commented that 'some of the sketches are fictitiously presented'.
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