![]() Some enlisted well under the official army age of eighteen. The Australian men and women who took part in World War One were all volunteers. As you allow them to live and breath in your imagination, I hope you sense my strong feelings for the many real individuals who inspired them. The desert campaign in Egypt and Palestine was an important part of World War One, and the role the Australian Light Horse played in the fighting was vital.īut Frank and Daisy and the other people and animals in Loyal Creatures are from my imagination. It is set in a real war, inspired by real events. Loyal Creatures is a story based on history, but it doesn’t attempt to be history. When I told Dad, he tried to wallop me round the head with a canvas bucket. ![]()
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