1914 : riding into war / Susan Brocker.
Nā: Brocker, Susan [author.]
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Junior Fiction | Hāwera LibraryPlus Children's | Children's Fiction | BROC (Tirotirohia te whatanga) | Wātea | ||
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Itll be over by Christmas... Young Billy Bowman and his mate Jack get caught up in the excitement when war is declared in August 1914 and leave their jobs on the farm to rush off and enlist in the Mounted Riflesbecause the war would 'probably be over by Christmas'. We follow their journey from the Awapuni training camp to more training in the sands of Egypt before they finally get shipped outwithout their horsesto fight at Gallipoli. And there they discover that war isnt the big adventure they thought it would be.
Novel for children.
Billy, a 17-year-old shepherd working on a farm in the Manawatu, lies about his age and enlists in the army, and after training is sent to Gallipoli.
Intermediate, junior secondary.
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