Our Wartime Heroes
Suffering PTSD after the war, Trevor didn't wish to go back to Vietnam. He was persuaded to return.
Miraculously, the bullets went around George when his transport was strafed in Greece. His luck ran out later though and he was wounded.
Wounded, strafed, taken prisoner, George Baxter endured starvation and dreadful conditions. Then on April Fool's Day, came the sound of tanks approaching.
Dick Clarke was a sniper who was often placed in dangerous situations on Gallipoli.
The bloodiest battle of the Western Front. Dick Clarke was in the forefront with the 11th Battalion.
Gunshots couldn't stop him. Dick Clarke longed for a return to his simple life on the farm at home.
A soldier with incredible luck, Dick survived several gunshot wounds to the head and body. He was picked as the leader of a special mission.
Back home to a hero's welcome, Dick was not about to feel sorry for himself. People were astonished by his tenacity.
Kate Bruton was a skilled nurse. In 1914, she decided to take a holiday. It turned out to be a short rest, as nurses off her calibre were urgently needed.
When it came time to land on Gallipoli, George Rosevear and the 10th Light Horsemen were crestfallen to realise that their horses would not be going with them.
