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Echoes of Gallipoli is a book of compassion, with 25 stories of some combatants, and their Mums and Dads who were left behind, of the 10 nationalities serving with the Allied forces in Gallipoli.

Those enormous emotional impacts of the loss of loved ones either killed and buried on foreign soil, or returning home wounded or broken, are being forgotten. history.

Wally Shaw was a fairly typical ‘wartime rating’, travelling from his home in Felixstowe, Suffolk for the first time; away from his new marriage, new home, young son and career. 

Together with thousands of other young men and women, he did whatever it took to help win the War...

Hey, guys, none of us has any idea what women need in a relationship, right? Is it important? About the same as breathing. 

Why? Well, if her needs are not met, she’s not happy. If she’s not happy there’s absolutely no chance for you, mate.

When I came to Australia in 1973 from England, via seven years travelling the Caribbean, I thought I was well-equipped to assimilate into my new society. However, I found I was ill-equipped to deal with the vast variations of weather and the enormous number of creatures out to ‘get’ me and my little family...

Stories from my imagination

A random, skittish and quirky selection of humorous stories from the imagination of Chris Shaw.

Most of us ‘do a job’ to make the money to raise a family and, hopefully, have enough left over for our old age. 

However, there’s a different breed of individual who doesn’t live by the accepted rules of business: not criminals, but entrepreneurs – very gifted people who use their imaginations and creativity to solve business problems...

Two lovers, a violent war, one ravaged mind and body...

Will fate intervene and allow them to live and love again?

It is the year 1914 in central Norfolk, England, when young farmer Frank Matthews meets...

Sam Smith is an English boxer from Whitechapel in the 1960s. 

In Counterpunch, you can follow his incredible journey into world championship boxing. 

Fast-paced, action-packed and full of intrigue, Counterpunch hooks you from the first page.

Echoes of Gallipoli is a book of compassion, with 25 stories of some combatants, and their Mums and Dads who were left behind, of the 10 nationalities serving with the Allied forces in Gallipoli.

Those enormous emotional impacts of the loss of loved ones either killed and buried on foreign soil, or returning home wounded or broken, are being forgotten. history.