There were few families in Australia that didn’t pay a heavy price as a result of World War One.

Writer Adam Holloway’s descendants perhaps contributed more than most with 11 of his male relations seeing service from Gallipoli to the Western Front.

In the countdown to the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day Adam has published his first book Duty Nobly Done and he tells Mark it chronicles the experiences of young men embarking on an adventure only to discover a living hell.

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