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Author's note pasted inside front cover of 1931 edition. Image courtesy of Fryer Library, University of Queensland.
y separately published work icon Echoes of Anzac selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1930... 1930 Echoes of Anzac
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Blackburn, Blackburn - Mitcham - Vermont area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:s.n. , 1931 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introductioni"In byways of duty that led me through danger,", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 5)
Note: With title 'Apologia'
A Question of Altitudei"His car was a new one (of genus sedan),", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 6)
Unemployed : Anzac Dayi"What if the street be bleak and cold,", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Falleni"O sleep, sleep on. The wings of night,", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 8)
Why?i"Why did I go to the wars? Dunno.", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 9)
Note: With first line: 'Why did I go to the wars? 'Dunno.'
Dawn: Before Anzac, April 25, 1915i"The plash of the salt waves awash phosphorescent,", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
The Undertonei"The brazen bugle's blaring notes,", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 11)
Goodbye : Evacuation of Gallipoli, 1915i"It has come to the last and it's good-bye, Bill,", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Prayer for Todayi"O God, who saw Australia rise", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 13)
Lindenowi"Here where the Goddess of peace and quiet", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Memory : Sonneti"When nightfall flings her shadows everywhere", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 15)
Percy : A Soldier Swelli"Lord, wouldn't he swank it in Leicester Square,", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 16)
Impromptui"Days of danger, death, and daring,", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 17)
Attacki"Crash, O grey guns, in your fury,", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 18)
Unresti"A mischievous god leaned down to me,", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 19)
To My Brotheri"Do you never dream oh my brother, asleep", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 20)
Do Yer Biti"When you've shouted 'Tipperary' till yer throat's as dry as chips", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
In Exilei"Australia, my Australia, should e'er it be my lot", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
L'Envoii"Not in the whirl of war or crush of fostered hate,", F. E. Westbrook , single work poetry (p. 24)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Surrey Hills, Box Hill - Burwood area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Triumph Press , 1930 .
      Extent: 47p.
      Note/s:
      • Introduction by Sir James Whitesides McCay.
    • Blackburn, Blackburn - Mitcham - Vermont area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: s.n. , 1931 .
      Printed by T. J. Higham
      Extent: 24p.
      Note/s:
      • With an introduction by the late Gen. Sir James Whitesides McCay.
      • A 1930 impression of this book is mentioned on page 4, but it has not been located. Though this book shares some of the poems of the author's 1916 publication Anzac and After, it is not the same book, nor an expanded version.
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