Odyssey Of The Unknown Anzac

Monash University Publishing, 2018. Softcover. FINE. In 1928 the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia produced 10,000copies of a poster asking for help identifying a patient, believed to be areturned soldier, now in Sydney’s Callan Park Mental Hospital. The response ofmembers of the public hoping that this might be their lost father, brother, orson, was overwhelming.Miraculously, the family of this unknown Anzac was located, in Taranaki, New Zealand. The resulting, happy blaze of newspaper andradio attention conveyed, obliquely, the continuing existence of widespreadunresolved grief, as the final fate and resting place of a third of thesenations’ war dead were unknown. And this man, now being taken home by hismother and sister, was no longer the healthy youngster who had sailed toGallipoli over a decade before.The story of what happened to George McQuay, ofwhat he suffered and how he survived, speaks of the dehumanising effects of warwith unique power.pp. 185 illusts #0720 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.