No Ordinary Determination: Percy Black and Harry Murray of the First AIF

AS NEW! SUPERIOR COPY. An epic tale of two ordinary individuals thrown into the extraordinary and surreal world of the Gallipoli campaign as soldiers of the First AIF in WWI. Percy Black and Harry Murray were plain hard-working Australians whose paths crossed in Western Australia when they enlisted in support of country and empire. The powerful narrative paints a complex and thorough picture of the heroism, loyalty, inventiveness, mateship, stoicism and strength of the many individuals, on all sides, caught up in the horror of the “war to end all wars”.
Foreword by Lieutenant General John Sanderson, AC 13
Preface 15
Chapter 1 Colonists and Convicts 19
Chapter 2 Blackboy Hill to Cairo 37
Chapter 3 Distinguished Conduct 55
Chapter 4 Officers and Gentlemen 75
Chapter 5 Western Front 95
Chapter 6 Mouquet Farm 115
Chapter 7 ‘Sheer Valour’ at Stormy Trench 139
Chapter 8 Death in the Wire 153
Chapter 9 The Path of Duty 179
Chapter 10 Commanding Officer 193
Chapter 11 Homecoming 223
Chapter 12 The Sunlit Plains 237
Chapter 13 Great-hearted Men 255
Appendix: A Note on Decorations 270
Bibliography 277
Notes 283
Index 295.
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