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  • “A monument to great hearted men, and for their nation – a possession forever”

    C.E.W. Bean
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    C.E.W. Bean, Volume 6, The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–18. (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1942).

    Charles Bean (1879 –1968) was an Australian journalist, historian and official war correspondent with the AIF troops during the Gallipoli campaign. Despite receiving an injury, Bean remained in the area, prolifically detailing events as they continued to unfold during the campaign. Bean is celebrated as the author of the first six volumes of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918, detailing the AIF perspective in Belgium, France and Gallipoli. Moreover, upon his return to Australia, Bean was influential in the founding of the Australian War Memorial and in propagating the ANZAC narrative.

    Image A05381, courtesy of AWM.