To Hell And Back eBook Susanna De Vries
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The book the military censors banned As a young soldier in the battlefields of Gallipoli, Sydney Loch witnessed the horror of war first-hand. On his return to Australia he detailed what he saw in his book, the Straits Impregnable. Hoping to avoid military censorship, his publishers dubbed Sydney's book a novel. But as the war ground on and the numbers of casualties grew, the publisher inserted a note saying the story was factual. the book, which had enjoyed huge literary acclaim, was immediately withdrawn from sale by the censors. Sydney Loch's experiences in the war shaped his life afterwards. With his wife, Joice, he went on to work in refugee camps in Poland and Palestine, and his many subsequent books, set in war-torn countries, reflected his humanitarian beliefs. In to Hell and Back, historians Susanna and Jake de Vries have recovered and edited Sydney's book for a new generation of readers and written a biography of his remarkable life.
To Hell And Back eBook Susanna De Vries
This book, banned at time of first publication, early 1916, was too dangerous to be read by the public. Australia was committed to finding more lambs for the slaughter, and the true story would surely have given some young men and their families, pause for thought. the myth of ANZAC as a significant event in Australia's young nationhood, needs to be busted. This frank account helps towards that end, but the book is hard to find....even now, as new generations of young Australians are taught to revere the slaughter, as though it was something noble. It was a tragic and senseless waste of young lives. It's been lied about ever since 1915.Product details
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To Hell And Back eBook Susanna De Vries Reviews
Sydney was raised in England and came to Australia as a young man a few years before the war. He enlisted quickly, August 1914, and got himself into the artillery brigade then in training at Broadmeadows Camp on the northern outskirts of Melbourne. He writes a little of his training and deployment to Egypt. There is quite a bit of this phase. He works a lot with horses, though these do not follow the unit to Gallipoli. He landed on the first day and there is quite a lot of description about moving about on the boats and what happens on the beach. The beach was quite confused and there was lots of uncertainty. Sydney is a runner and as things settle down and the guns are put in place he has various missions to conduct. He does some observing in the front lines and tries to snipe a Turk or two. Mostly he is at the beck and call of his officers and tries to make his waiting as comfortable as the circumstances allow. There is lots on the food and the poor conditions - things that eventually catch up with him, causing him to be evacuated sick and be medically discharged from the army.
As far as combat goes - Sydney is exposed to small arms fire in the early days and shellfire throughout. It wasn't an easy time though as quite a few members of his unit become casualties. He writes about some of these with some detail. As with most soldiers the dead and the wounds that killed them are morbidly fascinating. He writes a bit about his fellow soldiers but he doesn't really convey a sense of mateship beyond the superficial. He has no great friend for instance who he writes of often. It was a different type of Gallipoli story really. Sydney had time to 'smell' the roses so to speak and indeed he writes avidly of the views. "One could push up the periscope and stare upon the strangest, stillest scene a stretch of barren heathland, bearing such poor bushes and herbs as the pitoless sun allowed. One could catch sight of a field of rusty browns and faded greens, with here and there brighter spots where hardy heath flowers blossomed. It was like peering into some magic world, far remote from our everyday existence." - so he can certainly write.
The phrase 'banned account' implied more than I had anticipated. The censor of the time simply refused to allow serving soldiers to publish accounts. Sydney's story contained some criticism and cynicism but it was not exactly damning of the venture. He changes the names of most of his comrades but the authors list who was actually who. So really it has little that would shock an audience or demand answers. Apparently the publisher thought he wrote dialogue quite well but I thought it was a bit sparse personally.
To me, this was a sound book. It was well written and conveys some of the horror of war but Sydney's role meant he was usually only indirectly involved.
This book, banned at time of first publication, early 1916, was too dangerous to be read by the public. Australia was committed to finding more lambs for the slaughter, and the true story would surely have given some young men and their families, pause for thought. the myth of ANZAC as a significant event in Australia's young nationhood, needs to be busted. This frank account helps towards that end, but the book is hard to find....even now, as new generations of young Australians are taught to revere the slaughter, as though it was something noble. It was a tragic and senseless waste of young lives. It's been lied about ever since 1915.
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