Bill Harney's War (1983) By Currey O'Neil
 
Account of a young Queensland bushman's War on the Western Front. Superbly illustrated with around 30 reproductions of Will Dyson's WWI lithographs. 
 
Faced with unemployment, on 6 September 1915, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. He trained in Egypt and served on the Western Front in 1916-18 as a signaller in the 9th Battalion. Discharged on 20 June 1919 in Queensland, he travelled west by train, then rode to the Northern Territory; he drove cattle, delivered mail by pack-horse, and again worked as a boundary-rider. In 1921, he won £650 in a Melbourne Cup sweep. With the money, he took up land with Johno Keighran at Seven Emus Lagoon, near Borroloola. They made a meagre living by buying and selling cattle and mustering wild herds.
 
Hard Cover With Dust Jacket
59 pages
In Good Condition