I've used the fiction style of a novel to convey the all-too-real historical events, conditions and characters in war, whether it be:

the savage nature of the fighting and the major battles;
that some senior Australian officers were just as good as their British counterparts at causing the slaughter of their own soldiers in futile charges against machine guns;
that what little drinking water there was at Anzac Cove tasted of petrol from the cans it was carried in;
that dysentery ran rampant, and that it and other illnesses took 1000 soldiers off the peninsula each week;
that some of the Anzacs were of German, Japanese, Chinese, Polish, West Indian and Italian decent, some were Aboriginal and others were just mere boys;
that some played two-up with two-headed coins and ran bets on what hymns or psalms would be used on church parades.

In this story I have attempted to show the horror of war for what it is. It has been my intent to show the hardship and suffering endured at Gallipoli. I had two uncles there, Stephen Tognolini, Military Medal and Bar, 21st Battalion and Andrew Tognolini, 24th Battalion. They would be joined by their two other brothers John/Jack Tognolini, 57thBattalion Military Medal and Henry/Harry Phillips 60th Battalion on the Western Front in France and Belgium.

John/Jack Tognolini was killed in action on 25thApril 1918 at the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux in France. The army had his age as 24 years old. As he was born in 1900 he was either 16 or 17.

I will be writing three future volumes to Brothers dealing with the Western Front in the years 1916, 1917 and 1918.

John Tognolini.

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Hi I've just come back from Melbourne and the Pompeii exhibition is fantastic below is the link

http://museumvictoria.com.au/pompeii

This link is Investigating Pompeii - Classics and Ancient History
Victoria: Teachers and students of VCE Classical Societies and Cultures will find much in this education kit to stimulate a spirited exploration of daily life in Pompeii. The study of signature objects from the exhibition will provide a focus for this investigation, and encourage students to apply their knowledge of classical societies and cultures to the tasks presented.

New South Wales: Teacher Notes and worksheets focus on the themes of the exhibition with correlation made to the NSW syllabus and subject Ancient History. These materials can be used before or after a visit to the exhibition.


http://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/education/education-kits/investigating-pompeii/

One final point if your planning an excursion from NSW, SA, ACT, Qld do it during the Victorian school holidays. The exhibition has been attracting record crowds.Its on until October 25.

Cheers

John/Togs Tognolini