Great Anzac stories : the men and women who created the digger legend / Graham Seal.

First published in 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-290) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Foundations of Anzac -- Digger -- First to fall -- The forgotten island -- The silent Anzac -- The first day on Gallipoli -- Talk about go! -- The landing -- Parables of Anzac -- Silence of the guns -- Furphy -- Leaving Gallipoli -- We got it in the neck -- At Pozieres -- We did all that was asked of us -- The charge at Beersheba -- Heroes of Anzac -- They just poured into the wards all day -- Everyone was as cheerful as possible -- Private Punch -- A soldier of the cross -- Fromelles -- The Australians are here! -- The Roo de Kanga -- The only gleams of sunshine -- The underground artillery -- Matilda goes to war -- Tobruk Rats -- `Bluey' Truscott -- Angels of the Owen Stanley Range -- Australia's secret submariners -- The home front -- Scots of the Riverina -- The Durban Signaller -- The chalk Rising Sun -- Blighty -- Homecoming -- Very irritated -- Death's soldier -- A stitch in time -- The Nackeroos -- Yanks Down Under -- The Brisbane Line --

Contents note continued: Miss Luckman's journal -- Laughter -- A million cat-calls -- The Pommies and the Yanks -- Religion -- Monocles -- Food and drink -- Babbling brooks -- Army biscuits -- The casual digger -- Officers -- Birdie -- The piece of paper -- Baldy becomes mobile -- Characters -- `The Unofficial History of the AIF' -- Please Let Us Take Tobruk -- Parable of the kit inspection -- The Air Force wife -- Legends of Anzac -- The Eureka sword -- The lost submarine -- The vanished battalion -- The two men with donkeys -- Murphy's daughter -- The souvenir king -- The crucified soldier -- The walers -- ANZAC to Anzac -- Anzac and the Rising Sun -- The first and the last -- Memories -- No. 008 Trooper J. Redgum -- The first Anzac Days -- Return to Gallipoli -- After the war -- The lonely Anzac -- The longest memorial -- The lone pines -- Mrs Kim's commemoration -- The long aftermath of Fromelles -- The Unknown Sailor -- The Long Tan cross -- Flowers of remembrance --

Contents note continued: The lady of violets -- Sound and silence -- Hugo Throssell's VC -- Do you remember?.

Over the years, the experiences of soldiers at war become the stuff of legend: tales of great bravery, battlefield wins, and also the tragic losses and poignant moments. Great Anzac Stories gathers iconic stories of Australians at war-on the front line and at home.