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Table of contents: It's war -- Beginning of 'The Great Adventure' -- To distant lands -- Into the trenches -- Trench life -- Gas, boys! Gas! -- Messines : the big show -- Feeling a bit crook -- After the war Summary: A young soldier from rural New Zealand heads off to fight in World War One. At first he and his mates are full of excitement, but then they encounter the horrors of the Western Front. Based on the written recollections of Matt Elliott's grandfather, Cyril. Partly in graphic novel format This book was nominated in the NZ Post Book Award Finalist 2012