'Over the Western Front' was my fifth book, published in November 2018, though I started the research process back in 2003. It was published by Feed-a-Read and  is available directly from the publisher or through any of the on-line book stores such as Amazon. 

 

The RRP from Feed-a-Read is AU$17 and the postage to anywhere in the UK is AU$5 (equating to approximately £12 per copy including postage). The postage to other countries will be higher, so a better deal may be had through sites such as Amazon, and Fishpond.  If you would like to buy a signed copy, please contact me. For anyone living in Australia, the cost of a signed copy is AU$25.00 including postage. Press the CONTACT menu item and send me a message.

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Over the Western Front is divided into two parts:

 

Part One is an expanded version of my grandfather's war diaries, kept by him for the whole of the time he served with 6 Squadron on the Western Front during WW1. It has been written in the form of a month-by-month journal, covering the period November 1915 to January 1918 inclusive, and describes what is happening within the squadron as well as my grandfather's own personal experiences of the war.

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Reproduced below are three pages from Part One, in which my grandfather as an Air Mechanic 1st Class is describing his first month at 6 Squadron, which at the time was operating from an aerodrome at Abeele on the French/Belgian border, on the Western Front about ten miles from the Ypres.

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