Try and imagine for a moment what it must have been like to live through the first World War. Now put yourself on the front line, in the trenches, with the constant horror of death and fear.

When Stanley Dunkley took leave from his job as an audit clerk with Sydney City Council in 1917 and joined the AIF to fight on the Western Front, he had no idea what he was about to face. He was driven by a sense of civic duty, a strong influence in his life and the overwhelming desire to escape a horrible home. The war provided a perfect opportunity.

This story combines fact with fiction and follows Stan and his mates as they go through basic training, travel by ship to England and ultimately join the 18th Battalion on the Western Front.