Mates at the War - Adapted From the Letters and Diaries of D'Arcy Harrington Preston and Leslie Danforth Greenwood - World War I

Rae Collins, Plimmerton, 2003. Signed by the author. Fading to spine, otherwise good secondhand condition.

Based on letters and diaries written between 1916 and 1919 by two riflemen from Wanganui. Touches on prejudices of the time, the reality of army life in the trenches and behind the lines, and the horror of gas attacks and shellshock. Includes the push for Messines Ridge in June 1917. An account of two mates who always looked out for each other.