Missing in Action

von Marianne van Velzen

288 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Uncover the dark secrets behind the search for Australia's missing WWI soldiers.

At the end of WWI, 45,000 Australians had died on the Western Front. Some bodies had been hastily buried in mass graves; some were mutilated beyond recognition. Many men were listed as 'Missing in Action', because nobody knew for sure.

Now that the guns were silent, a loud clamour arose from Australia for information and for the dead to be buried respectfully. But the men put in charge of this exercise were deeply flawed, many with their own personal reasons for preferring to remain in France unearthing bodies rather than being demobilised and sent home.

Discover the untold story of those dark days and darker deeds, with allegations of 'body hoaxing' and gross misappropriation of money and army possessions. This compelling narrative by Marianne van Velzen reveals the truth behind the Australian Graves Services and the desperate search for closure.