Forget My Age, It's My Duty

How does a 15 year old enlist in the AIF, let alone serve at Gallipoli from the beginning to the end, then on the Western Front where he is wounded, sent to England and back again for the victories of 1918?


Today such things are beyond comprehension. Back then… well, it seems unlikely at best.


Yet, it's all true.


Forget My Age, It's My Duty tells Ted Graham's remarkable Great War Story - his determination to enlist, his acceptance by the hard men of the 14th Battalion AIF (Jacka's Mob), his resilience throughout the various campaigns, his wound which would have sent many others home with a permanent disability, his view of the world and how he fitted in, coped and grew as humanity did its worst to itself.


It's a story of mateship, that iconic state which only those who fought, lived and died in the war truly understand. Neither Ted nor any any of his mates ever saw themselves as heroes. They volunteered for a war which turned out far different than any could have imagined. It was their job, it was their duty. It was an adventure for some but a horror for all.