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Bad characters : sex, crime, mutiny, murder and the Australian imperial force / Peter Stanley.

By: Stanley, Peter, 1956- [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: [Sydney] : Read How You Want, [2010]Edition: [Large print edition]Description: xii, 544 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781459621015Subject(s): Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) | Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps | World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian | Military offenses -- Australia -- History -- 1914-1918 | Military deserters -- Australia -- History -- 1914-1918 | Military discipline -- Australia -- History -- 1914-1918 | World War, 1914-1918 -- Destruction and pillageGenre/Form: Large type books. DDC classification: 355.13340994 Summary: Australia's long-standing love affair with the Diggers has blinded us to the dark side of the Anzac legend. This book tells the story of the Australian soldiers in the Great War who were not heroes, soldiers who committed offences and crimes, those who deserted, robbed and murdered their comrades and more.

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"Many were Anzac heroes. Some were criminals. Some were both."--Cover.

Originally published: Millers Point, NSW : Pier 9, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Australia's long-standing love affair with the Diggers has blinded us to the dark side of the Anzac legend. This book tells the story of the Australian soldiers in the Great War who were not heroes, soldiers who committed offences and crimes, those who deserted, robbed and murdered their comrades and more.

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