After the War: Returned Soldiers and the Mental and Physical Scars of World War I

by Leigh Straw

In Collie in 1929, a murder-suicide took place. The killer was identified as Andrew Straw. Dressed in war uniform and a slouch hat, a hauntingly familiar face stared out at me from the front page of Truth. Andrew Straw bore a striking resemblance to my husband. I had unearthed an unexpected family story. Of the 330,000 Australian men who enlisted and served in World War I, close to 60,000 never returned home. As much as it is important to commemorate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742589499
• ISBN13: 9781742589497
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"