Enlisting for Gallipoli: Diaries & letters of the men of the 18th battalion

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Over 80 letters and diaries have been sourced for this personal story of the 18th Battalion at Gallipoli. We follow the men from their Australian camp to Egypt and then Gallipoli. During their first week on Gallipoli, the 18th suffered over 600 casualties. An Honour Roll of those killed in this week is included as well as one hundred brief newspaper obituaries from 1915.

With meticulous research, author Maurie Garland reveals the full, untold story of the tragic 18th Battalion.

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Maurie Garland is a former schoolteacher who lives in the Manning Valley, NSW, and writes Australian historical non-fiction. The Trials of Isabella Mary Kelly, his first book in 2005, was used by Di Morrissey as the basis for her novel The Valley. He has also produced The Swiss Swagman, Jimmy Governor: Blood on the Tracks and Horace Dean: A Pocket Full of Lies. His latest release is Who Poisoned Mary Dean