Saints and Soldiers (1918) By Harley Matthews
 
Very scarce volume of Humourous Australian soldier's stories.
 
Harley Matthews (1889-1968), writer, soldier and vigneron, was born on 27 April 1889 at St Leonards, Sydney, son of Henry Matthews, clerk, and his wife Edith, née Morgan, both born in New South Wales. Registered at birth as Harry Matthews, he grew up on his parents' vineyard at Fairfield and was educated at Sydney Boys' High School. After working as an articled clerk in 1906-14 he enlisted as a private in the 4th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, on 13 September 1914. He took part in the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, was mentioned in dispatches and wounded early in August. After service in France, in August 1916 he was posted to the Australian Army Pay Corps at A.I.F. Headquarters, London; repatriated towards the end of 1917, he was discharged on 29 December.
 
 His volume of twenty short stories, Saints and Soldiers (1918), illustrating the typical traits and exploits of diggers during the war, is most successful when the tone is humorous.
 
Hard Cover
150 Pages
In Poor to Fair Condition