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'Landing on the beach at Gallipoli, Alec Campbell, aged 16, looked more like a 12 year-old in his big brothers uniform. An Australian country boy caught up in a war he knew little about, on a peninsula he couldn't even spell, he eluded snipers as he carried water up the line to the trenches of anzac cove. Eventually he succumbed to illness and was evacuated to Cairo. Back home again he went bush as a drover and jackaroo, but Gallipoli had opened his eyes to the iniquities of war and of empire, and the depression reinforced his political radicalisation. He became an active unionist, a socialist and republican. Living with the injury he sustained at Gallipoli, he devoted much of his working life to helping others with disabilities. Alec Campbell who went to war for adventure and lived to become a national icon, epitomises the Aussie larrikin and reluctant hero.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: To Jane, my life partner, best friend, co-author, reader and wife.
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[Review] Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing: The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , June vol. 83 no. 11 2004; (p. 19)
— Review of Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing : The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell 2003 single work biography -
In Short : Non-Fiction
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 October 2003; (p. 19)
— Review of Mango Country : A Journey Beyond the Brochures of Tropical Queensland 2003 single work prose ; Antarctica on a Plate 2003 single work autobiography ; The Boy in the Green Suit : A Memoir 2003 single work autobiography ; Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing : The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell 2003 single work biography -
Hackneyed, Slipshod Writing
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 May 2003; (p. 7a)
— Review of Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing : The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell 2003 single work biography -
Anzac Legend Embraces Turks
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 April 2003; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing : The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell 2003 single work biography -
One in a Million
2003
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 19-20 April 2003; (p. 18-21)
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The Slaughter that Shaped the Identities of Two Nations
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 April 2003; (p. 10)
— Review of Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing : The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell 2003 single work biography -
Anzac Legend Embraces Turks
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 April 2003; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing : The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell 2003 single work biography -
Hackneyed, Slipshod Writing
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 May 2003; (p. 7a)
— Review of Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing : The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell 2003 single work biography -
In Short : Non-Fiction
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 October 2003; (p. 19)
— Review of Mango Country : A Journey Beyond the Brochures of Tropical Queensland 2003 single work prose ; Antarctica on a Plate 2003 single work autobiography ; The Boy in the Green Suit : A Memoir 2003 single work autobiography ; Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing : The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell 2003 single work biography -
[Review] Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing: The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , June vol. 83 no. 11 2004; (p. 19)
— Review of Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing : The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell 2003 single work biography -
One in a Million
2003
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 19-20 April 2003; (p. 18-21)
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