| Description |
173 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
The Glenart Castle -- Tocumwal -- Glenferrie School -- War -- Joining up -- Leaving -- The Berrima -- Egypt -- The Soutland -- Mudros Bay -- Gallipoli -- Line of fire -- Death |
| Summary |
On 28 June 1915, young James Martin sailed from Melbourne aboard the troopship Berrima - bound, ultimately, for Gallipoli. He was just fourteen years old. "Soldier Boy" is Jim's extraordinary true story, the story of a young and enthusiastic school boy who became Australia's youngest known Anzac. Four months after leaving his home country he would be numbered among the dead, just one of so many soldier boys who travelled halfway around the world for the chance of adventure. This is, however, just as much the story of Jim's mother, Amelia Martin. It is the heartbreaking tale of the mother who had to let him go, of his family who lost a son, a brother, an uncle, a friend. It is about Amelia's boy who, like so many others, just wanted to be in on the action |
| Analysis |
World War 1 |
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Defence personnel |
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Youth |
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Biography |
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History, 1901-1945 |
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Jim Martin |
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Australia. Army - Biography |
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World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula - Biography |
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Martin, Jim, -1915 |
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World War, 1914-1918 - Australia - Biography |
| Notes |
Shortlisted for Book of Year 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 167-[171]) |
| Audience |
For primary students |
| Notes |
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, 2002 honour book |
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Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature, 2002 winner |
| Subject |
Martin, Jim, -1915 -- Juvenile literature.
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Martin, Jim, -1915 -- Fiction.
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Martin, Jim, -1915.
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| SUBJECT |
Martin, Jim, -1915. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2002028591
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| Subject |
Australia. Australian Army -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Australia. Australian Army -- Biography.
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Australia. Australian Army -- Fiction.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Juvenile literature.
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Gallipoli Campaign, 1915-1916 -- Biography
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Fiction.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Fiction.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia.
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Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Children's nonfiction
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Biography.
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War.
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Biographies.
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Fiction.
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| LC no. |
2002391945 |
| ISBN |
0734305303 |
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0141003308 (paperback) |
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