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'A Globite suitcase, a diary, and a bundled pile of postcards and letters left abandoned in a barn. Lying unknown to his family, here was the life of a young man of humble beginnings who left home at fourteen to become a telegraph boy, only later to experience the horrors of Gallipoli day by day, day after day, and establish one of Australia' s great political families.
Sapper Hubert Anthony was seventeen when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in October 1914. He wrote deeply affectionate letters home to his mother in outback New South Wales. They show the thoughts of a young man encountering the world for the first time, provide great insights into the relationship between a son and his mother, and tell of a long-gone period in Australi' s rural history.
But these letters offer more. They give a fleeting picture of Honora McNab, a young girl who escaped the famine in Ireland for service in outback Queensland, a woman who endured the loneliness and hardship of bush life and a mother who instilled in her children a curiosity and deep eagerness to learn. Letters Home is a rich and intimate portrait of a different time, the sadness of war and the enduring nature of family.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Epigraph: In all my experience I have never seen fiercer fighting against the odds and with greater gallantry than I have seen with the troops in the Dardanelles. -General Sir Ian Hamilton, Commander-In-Chief, Mediterranean
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Dedication: For Hubert
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Diary of Father’s War Speaks to Anthony
2015
single work
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— Appears in: The Australian , 27 March 2015; (p. 3) -
Non-Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 November 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of Letters Home : To Mother from Gallipoli and Beyond : Diaries and Letters of Sapper Hubert Anthony 2009 single work correspondence ; How to Write History That People Want to Read 2009 single work criticism ; Bart: My Life 2009 single work autobiography -
Letters from the Front a Source of Pride
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 November 2009; (p. 21) -
Diggers' Luck, in Life and War
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 November 2009; (p. 14)
— Review of Over the Top: A Digger's Story of the Western Front 2009 single work autobiography ; Letters Home : To Mother from Gallipoli and Beyond : Diaries and Letters of Sapper Hubert Anthony 2009 single work correspondence -
Beyond Myth
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 November 2009; (p. 18-19)
— Review of Over the Top: A Digger's Story of the Western Front 2009 single work autobiography ; Letters Home : To Mother from Gallipoli and Beyond : Diaries and Letters of Sapper Hubert Anthony 2009 single work correspondence ; Bomber : From Vietnam to Hell and Back 2009 single work autobiography ; The Tiger Man of Vietnam 2009 single work biography
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Beyond Myth
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 November 2009; (p. 18-19)
— Review of Over the Top: A Digger's Story of the Western Front 2009 single work autobiography ; Letters Home : To Mother from Gallipoli and Beyond : Diaries and Letters of Sapper Hubert Anthony 2009 single work correspondence ; Bomber : From Vietnam to Hell and Back 2009 single work autobiography ; The Tiger Man of Vietnam 2009 single work biography -
Diggers' Luck, in Life and War
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 November 2009; (p. 14)
— Review of Over the Top: A Digger's Story of the Western Front 2009 single work autobiography ; Letters Home : To Mother from Gallipoli and Beyond : Diaries and Letters of Sapper Hubert Anthony 2009 single work correspondence -
Non-Fiction
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 November 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of Letters Home : To Mother from Gallipoli and Beyond : Diaries and Letters of Sapper Hubert Anthony 2009 single work correspondence ; How to Write History That People Want to Read 2009 single work criticism ; Bart: My Life 2009 single work autobiography -
Life at the Front from a Country Boy
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 October - 1 November 2009; (p. 6) -
Letters from the Front a Source of Pride
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 November 2009; (p. 21) -
Diary of Father’s War Speaks to Anthony
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 March 2015; (p. 3)