"Very insightful on the fate of the Australian contingents during the war. Their personalities, interactions, and friendships are described under the most stressful of conditions.

" (Mike)Knyvett spent much of his active service as Intelligence Officer, 15th Bn. Australian Imperial Force.

Seriously wounded at Gommecourt in November 1916, the day before he was due to transfer into the Royal Flying Corps, Capt. Knyvett was invited to deliver war lectures in America, and died in New York in 1918 aged 31.

(University of Oxford)CONTENTSAn Introduction Mainly About ScoutsPART I: "THE CALL TO ARMS"I. The Call Reaches Some Far-Out AustraliansII.

An All-British ShipIII. Human SnowballsIV.

Training-Camp LifeV. Concentrated for EmbarkationVI.

Many Weeks at SeaPART II: EGYPTVII. The Land of Sand and SweatVIII.

HeliopolisIX. The DesertX.

Picketing in CairoXI. "Nipper"PART III: GALLIPOLIXII.

The Adventure of YouthXIII. The Landing That Could Not Succeed-But DidXIV.

Holding On and NibblingXV. The EvacuationXVI.

"Ships That Pass. .

. "PART IV: THE WESTERN FRONTXVII.

Ferry Post and the Suez Canal DefensesXVIII. First Days in FranceXIX.

The Battle of FleurbaixXX. Days and Nights of StrafeXXI.

The Village of SleepXXII. The SommeXXIII.

The Army's Pair of EyesXXIV. Nights in No Man's LandXXV.

Spy-HuntingXXVI. Bapaume and "a Blighty"PART V: HOSPITAL LIFEXXVII.

In FranceXXVIII. In LondonXXIX.

The Hospital-ShipXXX. In AustraliaXXXI.

Using an Irishman's NervePART VI: MEDITATIONS IN THE TRENCHESXXXII. The Right Infantry WeaponsXXXIII.

The Forcing-House of BestialityXXXIV. The Psychology of FearXXXV.

The Splendor of the Present OpportunityXXXVI. Not a Fight for "Race" but for "Right"XXXVII.

"Keeping Faith with the Dead"Poem, "But a Short Time to Live". .