Soldier Boy : The True Story of Jim Martin the Youngest Anzac
Ringwood
Harmondsworth
:
Penguin
,
2001
Z821892
2001
single work
biography
young adult
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. (Trove)
