The Kangaroo Marines

“One thousand cheerful toughs” are wanted—and the advertisement promises pay, boiled snakes, and “all the jewels in the Sultan’s harem.” On an Australian sheep station, Bill Buster and three very different companions decide this is their call to war.

In the sun-baked Bush, a Cornstalk, a polished English remittance man, an Irish-Australian shearer, and a runaway Scottish stoker have found both hard work and a home. Now the war is calling, and the Kangaroo Marines offer the four friends a chance to fight for Australia—though their first journey brings more than songs and jokes. A furious argument with an anti-war politician tests their resolve before they have even reached Sydney. Bill, Claud, Paddy, and Sandy are bound for the front, but can this unruly band turn bush bravado into the courage war demands?

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