Gallipoli Sniper
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4.1 • 38 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A powerful and very different account of war and its effect on those who fight
The Anzac battlefield on Gallipoli was made for snipers. Scrub, cliffs, spurs and hills meant that both Anzac and Turkish positions often overlooked one another. The unwary or unlucky were prey to snipers on both sides, and the sudden crack of a gunshot and instant death were an ever-present menace.
The most successful and most feared sniper of the Gallipoli campaign was Billy Sing, a Light Horseman from Queensland who was almost unique among the Australian troops in having a Chinese-born father. A combination of patience, stealth and an incredible eye made him utterly deadly, with the incredible - and horrifying - figure of over 200 credited "kills".
John Hamilton, author of the bestselling Goodbye Cobber, God Bless You, has written an extraordinary account of a hidden side of the campaign - the snipers' war. Following Sing from his recruitment onwards, Hamilton takes us on a journey into the squalor, dust, blood and heroism of Gallipoli, seen from the unique
viewpoint of the sniper.
Customer Reviews
Recommended reading
A well written book, telling an amazing story about an amazing man.
It was hard to put the book away and get on with one's days work when you are drawn into the trenches of Chatham's Post trying to imagine just how tough life and death would have been for the 7 months Billy's regiment was on Gallipoli.
Lest we forget.
Not at all about a Gallipoli Sniper
Don't confuse this with a biography, there is simply too little information about Billy Sing to be called as such. It's like a book that is all background and no backbone. It regularly refers to documents written by or about people who may or may not have known billy but rarely about billy the Gallipoli sniper. it's an Australian regional history lesson on war.
Don' bother
Billy's name mentioned about 6 times in the first 500 pages