ANZAC Heroes
By (Author) Maria Gill
Illustrated by Marco Ivancic
Scholastic New Zealand Limited
Scholastic New Zealand
1st February 2016
New Zealand
Young Adult
Non Fiction
355.4
Short-listed for New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults: Non-Fiction 2016
88
Width 215mm, Height 280mm, Spine 11mm
590g
Discover the triumphs and tragedies of 24 heroic Australasians during WWI and WWII. Read the biographies of Anzac soldiers, as well as Air Force and Navy soldiers, medics, a spy, an ambulance driver and a humanitarian, surviving in battles in England, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific. Anzac Heroes includes famous soldiers such as New Zealands double Victoria Cross recipient Charles Upham, and much-honoured Australian Hughie Edwards. You will also find not-so-well known indigenous soldiers, Albert Knight from Australia and Peter Buck from New Zealand, and brave females Olive King, Joice Loch, and New Zealander, Dr Jessie Scott.