LEADER 02499nam 2200505 450 001 9910463248403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-74343-378-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000359889 035 $a(EBL)1190547 035 $a(OCoLC)845257604 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5413673 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1190547 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5413673 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11650637 035 $a(OCoLC)1041068418 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1190547 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000359889 100 $a20180621d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aWallaby warrior $ethe World War 1 diaries of Australia's only British Lion, Tom Richards /$fedited by Greg Growden 210 1$aSydney :$cAllen & Unwin,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-74331-661-5 327 $aCONTENTS; Author's note; Introduction; 1 Under way, 1914; 2 Egypt, 1914-15; 3 On the way to Gallipoli, 1915; 4 Landing, 1915; 5 War, 1915; 6 Digging in, 1915; 7 Sick parade, 1915; 8 Evacuation, 1915; 9 Return to Egypt, 1916; 10 France, 1916; 11 Shells and sport, 1916; 12 Towards the front, 1916; 13 Counter-attacks and kings, 1916; 14 Blighty, 1916; 15 Infantryman, 1916-17; 16 Frontline, 1917; 17 Mixed fortunes, 1917-18; Epilogue 330 $aTom Richards is the only Australian-born Test rugby player to have played for both Australia and the British Lions. When the Australian team won the Gold Medal for rugby at the 1908 Olympic Games, the London Times pronounced: 'If ever the Earth had to select a Rugby Football team to play against Mars, Tom Richards would be the first player chosen.'. With an introduction by leading Australian rugby writer Greg Growden, Richards's diaries offer wonderful insights into his extraordinary sporting life, but more importantly provide perceptive and acute observations of the brutality and the humanity 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$vPersonal narratives, Australian 606 $aSoldiers$zAustralia$vDiaries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918 615 0$aSoldiers 676 $a940.48141 702 $aGrowden$b Greg 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463248403321 996 $aWallaby warrior$92470436 997 $aUNINA