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Archie’s letter an Anzac Day story Westbooks Recommended Title

Flanagan, Martin more...

Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Junior Fiction
BIC Subjects: Historical fiction
Publisher: One Day Hill
Imprint: One Day Hill
Publication Date: 1/04/2012
Place of Publication: Australia

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AUSTRALIAN. On Anzac Day 2010, a 96-year-old man in Hobart, a returned soldier from World War II, wrote a letter to the local paper thanking the people who were going to that morning’s dawn service. Who was this man? Why did he write this letter? Archie’s Letter tells the story of an ordinary man who went off to fi ght in World War II. His experiences included surviving the Burma Railway, where he was under the command of Australian war hero, Weary Dunlop. Archie’s Letter also tells how he dealt with his wartime experiences; how, at the age of 91, he agreed to meet a group of elderly Japanese women interested in world peace; how he could never forget the young men who were with him during the war and who didn’t come back. Ages 10+.