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A great yarn from my perspective as an "En Zed" to use his quote,obviously Kiwi wasn't in regular usage by the Aussies early in the 20th century. I found it very matter of fact style one would expect from diary entries esp. the Gallipoli campaign which was brutal and deadly as we could easily forget . Not so for myself as I have my great uncle Tommys medals[13 B/n AIF] and the family history of a pommie digger who lay in no mans land for days with a hole blown through his shoulder before his war was over. the Holy land campaign is tricky to follow the geography but Idriess does a great job considering the difficulty of keeping up a dairy in those conditions . Apart from some minor typo errors its a great book Ive been after for years. To brazes with the over priced original hardback versions....Read full review
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