Historical information
The story covers the typical life at the front near a Northern French town in WW1 of members of the New Zealand Division and NZ expeditionary Force.
An original copy given to May Penno (nee Allen) by her brother Sgt H Allen who served at Gallipoli and the Western front.
Physical description
Shell - Shocks, the cover consists of heavier paper in colour showing a soldier mouth agape watching a shell fly past, inside 68 white pages, black print with illustrations in brown shading.
