The RSL Book of World War I

True stories of Aussie courage and mateship from the annals of the RSL. Published to mark the centenary of the First World War and of the RSL in 2016, this is a collection of 100 true stories of Aussie courage from those who were in the action. These are intimate, eyewitness accounts across the breadth of Australia's war from Gallipoli to the Western Front, related with humour, pathos and vivid detail. For example: The Gallipoli landing as related in a Diggers's letter home. An engineer who was one of the first ashore at Gallipoli and who cut steps up the cliffs for those who followed. General Monash on a mysterious meeting on an Anzac beach. Major General Pompey Elliott's story of a crackshot sniper. The curious case of the stolen cheese. Firsthand accounts of HMAS Sydney's victory over the Emden and a battle between HMAS Sydney and a Zeppelin. Charles Kingsford-Smith on meeting a German pilot after the war. A Light Horse patrol daringly slipping through advancing Turkish troops...