Wallaby warrior : the World War 1 diaries of Australia's only British Lion, Tom Richards / edited by Greg Growden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Growden, Greg, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.

World War, 1914-1918.

Soldiers--Australia--Diaries.

Soldiers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2013.

Summary:

Tom Richards is the only Australian-born Test rugby player to have played for both Australia and the British Lions. When the Australian team won the Gold Medal for rugby at the 1908 Olympic Games, the London Times pronounced: 'If ever the Earth had to select a Rugby Football team to play against Mars, Tom Richards would be the first player chosen.'. With an introduction by leading Australian rugby writer Greg Growden, Richards's diaries offer wonderful insights into his extraordinary sporting life, but more importantly provide perceptive and acute observations of the brutality and the humanity

Contents:

CONTENTS; Author's note; Introduction; 1 Under way, 1914; 2 Egypt, 1914-15; 3 On the way to Gallipoli, 1915; 4 Landing, 1915; 5 War, 1915; 6 Digging in, 1915; 7 Sick parade, 1915; 8 Evacuation, 1915; 9 Return to Egypt, 1916; 10 France, 1916; 11 Shells and sport, 1916; 12 Towards the front, 1916; 13 Counter-attacks and kings, 1916; 14 Blighty, 1916; 15 Infantryman, 1916-17; 16 Frontline, 1917; 17 Mixed fortunes, 1917-18; Epilogue

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-74343-378-6

OCLC:

845257604