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Paul Byrnes - The Lost Boys

Wed, 06 Nov

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Better Read Than Dead

Join us as Paul Byrnes discusses his new book The Lost Boys, the incredibly powerful and moving stories of the ANZAC kids who lied about their age to fight in World War I. Paul will be in conversation with Paul Daley.

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Paul Byrnes - The Lost Boys
Paul Byrnes - The Lost Boys

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06 Nov 2019, 6:30 pm

Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia

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About The Event

Join us as Paul Byrnes discusses his new book The Lost Boys, the incredibly powerful and moving stories of the ANZAC kids who lied about their age to fight in World War I. Paul will be in conversation with Paul Daley.

About the Book

In the Great War of 1914–1918, thousands of boys across Australia and New Zealand lied about their age, forged a parent’s signature and left to fight in a war on the other side of the world. Though some were as young as thirteen, they soon found they could die as well as any man.

Like Peter Pan’s lost boys, they have remained forever young. These are their stories.

This extraordinary book captures the incredible and previously untold stories of 40 Anzac boys who fought in the Great War, from Gallipoli to the Armistice. Featuring haunting images of the boys taken at training camps and behind the…

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