He Was My Father : Hill, Harry : 36th Battalion AIF WW1 : Passchendaele WW1

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From Book Cover Description: Harry Hill is a retired teacher living in Tumut, near the Snowy Mountains. Through careful research he has written the life story of his father Henry (Clem) and has illustrated it with many photographs and documents. Clem Hill was born on his father's original selection on Brungle Creek, Tumut Shire, in 1887 and had a hard, but fulfilling, life working as a labourer and stockman. He enlisted in the 36th Battalion of the AIF in February 1916. After training in Australia and England he fought in France and Belgium and was severely wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele. He was repatriated to Australia and, while recuperating in hospital, met Lottie Low, an Army Nurse, whim he married in 1992. He worked as a labourer and built a house in Concord, Sydney, but list everything in the Great Depression. The family moved back to Brungle Creek and later to Tumut where Clem conducted the summer ice run. Clem had a reputation as a marksman, having been a sniper in the war, and he knew how to trap possums and rabbits. He sold the skins and fed his family on rabbit meat in those hard times. He had many skills as a bushman, including robbing wild bee's hives, fencing, controlling rabbit buildups and killing snakes. He tried to teach these skills to his two sons. He worked as a labourer, stockman and shearer and knew how to handle live stock. He died suddenly after a hard day's shearing, aged 51. Harry Hill paints a vivid picture of life in rural Australia from before World War 1, through the Great Depression, to his father's death in 1938.

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SKU:	WW1 Books
Quantity:	- out of stock -
Author/s:	Harry Hill
Military Campaign:	World War 1 (France, Belgium, Battle of Passchendaele)
Printing Year:	2009 - 1st edition
Printing &/or Publishing Information:	Rosenberg Publishing
ISBN:	9781877058554
Format:	Softcover
Pages:	144
Approx. Book Size(cm):	26 x 19
Condition:	NEW
Weight:	0.70 kg
Price:	$ 29.95