The Legend of Albert Jacka

by Peter FitzSimons

Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become.
Albert 'Bert' Jacka was 21 when Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914. Bert soon enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and the young private was assigned to 14th Battalion D Company. By the time they shipped out to Egypt he'd been made a Lance Corporal.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0733646697
• ISBN13: 9780733646690
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Hachette Australia
• Length: 604 Pages