The Legend of Albert Jacka: From the Shores of Gallipoli to the Battlefields of France, the Epic Story and Fierce Battles of the First Australian Soldier Art and war is everywhere

and war is everywhere

The First World War was waged through the participation not just of soldiers but of men

these people created a vernacular history of the violence they endured and witnessed

and unwillingness to recognize the gravity of the situation essentially turned likely failure into complete disaster

Inspired by true events

The Legend of Albert Jacka: From the Shores of Gallipoli to the Battlefields of France, the Epic Story and Fierce Battles of the First Australian Soldier Art and war is everywhereDescription By Peter FitzSimons Paperback Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become. Albert 'Bert' Jacka was 21 when Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914. Bert soon enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and the young private was assigned to 14th Battalion D Company. By the time they shipped out to Egypt he'd been