Soft covered book with a photograph from the Sunshine Advocate (1943) depicting President Reg Barclay surveying War Loans Appeals records achieved by the Shire of Braybrook.non-fictionThe book is an historical account of life in Melbourne's western suburbs and its community's contributions to the war effort.sunshine, h.v. mckay massey harris, world war 1919 - 1945, war work, women in non traditional roles, social conditions, braybrook shire, munition and explosives factories, rationing and shortages