The oarsmen: the remarkable story of the men who rowed from the Great War to peace 9781743586235, 174358623X

At the end of the First World War, there were 270,000 demobilised Australian soldiers in Europe. Getting them home after

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Table of contents :
Intro
Title Page
Table of Contents
Prologue --
Rowing into war
Part 1 --
The War
Chapter 1 --
The game is worth the candle
Chapter 2 --
Hauenstein
Chapter 3 --
The dying days
Part 2 --
The Peace
Chapter 4 --
Occupy the men
Chapter 5 --
Battlefield to playing field
Chapter 6 --
Syd and Marion
Chapter 7 --
The Sports Section
Chapter 8 --
The oarsmen of Pozières
Chapter 9 --
Disher
Chapter 10 --
Getting back into the boat
Chapter 11 --
Putney
Chapter 12 --
Gathering the oarsmen
Chapter 13 --
Making the cut
Chapter 14 --
The Australian style
Chapter 15 --
The boat
Chapter 16 --
Fairbairn Chapter 17 --
Trouble in the boatChapter 18 --
Anzac Day
Chapter 19 --
Mutiny in the boat
Part 3 --
The Regatta
Chapter 20 --
Picking up the pieces
Chapter 21 --
New digs, new coach
Chapter 22 --
The two crews
Chapter 23 --
Six to one
Chapter 24 --
The Marlow Victory Regatta
Chapter 25 --
Tough choices
Chapter 26 --
The Royal Henley Peace Regatta
Chapter 27 --
The King's Cup
Chapter 28 --
The Inter-Allied Regatta, Paris
Chapter 29 --
The Euripides
Epilogue
Notes
Map of the Henley course
Acknowledgements
About the author
Copyright Page

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