The Australian Army has always had rules about who is allowed to fight for their country. But during the First World War those rules were sidestepped by thousands of underage boys desperate to enlist. In Episode 32 of Collected, Louise Maher hears the stories of the boy soldiers who went looking for adventure, many never to return, and the project to ensure their memory is kept alive.
Collected. Episode 12. Christmas during wartime
collected-011 Women and War
Collected - 010 Damien Parer and the Oscar
Collected - 009 Anzac biscuits and secret cookbooks
Collected - 008 Jim's POW loin cloth
Collected - 007 D-Day and the Australian Connection
Collected - 006 Framing Memory - Rare World War One Portraits
Collected - 005 Music and the First World War
Collected - 004 Australia's military tattoos
Collected - 003 The Bushmaster
Collected - 002 A mother's love and memory
Collected - 001 Treaty of Versailles
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