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It's World War 1. Bells can be heard ringing out across the French countryside, and flags from allied countries drape every building. Four profound years of brutal conflict shredding hearts and souls globally have culminated in a truce, an uneasy armistice. Astonishingly, peace prevails. But Australia's heroic, broken Diggers weren't miraculously packed up and returned home immediately to their long-suffering families following the signing of the Armistice on 11 November 1918. By no mean feat, they were trained killers tormented by the horrors of battle they wrestled to unsee as the inner war consuming them raged on. James Henry Rainey of the 9th Reinforcements 41st Battalion was one of these soldiers. Little is mentioned of the metamorphose that reconfigured our shattered troops in the months following the 1914-18 War. In fact, little was said at all. In true legendary spirit, Jim's records and letters reveal the enduring wills of our veterans, not only before arriving in the Hindenburg Line's bloodied trenches but shouldering a polar opposite transformation of themselves in its wake through the Australian Corps School. The same transformation would see them returned with a creed...a creed of silence.

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I would not hesitate to put this battalion up against anything in the A.I.F. Brigadier General James Harold Cannan 3rd Division Australian Infantry Force October 1918

I would not hesitate to put this battalion up against anything in the A.I.F. Brigadier General James Harold Cannan 3rd Division Australian Infantry Force October 1918

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Ruth James is a T.E.S.O.L. English teacher with an inherent passion for writing and history.Inspired by her grandfather's letters and war memorabilia from World War 1, Ruth brings James (Jim) Henry Rainey's war story to life in the illustrated non-fiction book, Returned With a Creed, the first in her scheduled Legacy's Gate series.The heart-warming sequel, Coming Home From France, crosses three generations and is awaiting release.Eternally enchanted by the people and highlands of Papua New Guinea, Ruth is compelled by the ruggedness of the Kokoda Track and teaches English in the isolated schools dotted along its remote corridor. Her compassion for these endearing people and teachers brings her back to these unforgiving regions repeatedly, engaging with the resourcefulness of life in the Papuan highlands and its bloody history.Ruth is originally from Redcliffe, Queensland, where she grew up in the 1960s to '80s before settling in Bundaberg where her family roots began in the late 1800s.

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