Four young Australian boys join the military and are sent to Gallipoli.
As dawn breaks on April 25, 1915, ANZAC troops go into battle on the beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula. Landing in the dark chaos, Tolly, Bevan and their mates struggle to establish a tenuous foothold on the treacherous slopes and deep ravines. They endure the next eight months on the peninsula learning lessons of survival. By the time of the final evacuation they have also learned the skills of combat and what it means to be a young man in war.—ahmetkozan
1915. After his brother Bevan joins up to fight for the Australian Army, 17-year-old Thomas "Tolly" Johnson does the same. The two end up in the some platoon are sent to fight in the Allied invasion of Gallipoli. The campaign should be brief and effectively knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war. Well, that's the plan, at least.—grantss