Physical description

Cream coloured dust-jacket, title in blue along the spine. Cover shows an image of a soldier and a woman embracing, surrounded by three black and white photographs. Title is printed at the top and author at the bottom. There is a white spine label at the base of the spine.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'PROPERTY OF VICTORIAN BRANCH RSL'[stamped in red ink on book block edges and title page]
'VICTORIAN BRANCH / LIBRARY / ANZAC HOUSE' [stamped in red ink on multiple pages]
'REVIEWED MUFTI DEC 1987' [Handwritten in blue ink along side edge of page before title page]

Summary

'We were there' provides an account of the "wide ranging lives and attitudes of some ordinary Australians who went to war". It includes brief references to discrimination, education, employment, prisoners of war, attitudes to religion, trackers, Aboriginal army service, promotions, valour and distinctions earned. - Trove