Echoes of Gallipoli
For Those Left Behind
By Chris Shaw (self published)
ISBN 9781922644886 | 146pp
Available to purchase on Amazon.com.au at this link.
Chris Shaw is a retired pharmacist who has now turned his considerable talents to writing. His purpose in writing this book is twofold: firstly, he wanted to give a voice to the maritime and post-war suffering of civilians and he wanted to forewarn generations to come of the emotional upheaval war brings.
He has chosen to focus on the Gallipoli campaign, a well-documented and much written about military engagement.
What he has written about though are the stories of the families and friends left behind. His ambition is to honour the fallen and embrace families who suffered life-changing loss.
He has chosen to tell the stories in an unusually ‘imaginative’ way, using a first person narrative that is more aligned with works of fiction.
The stories he relates — twenty-five in all — are of British, French, Canadian, Indian and Australian men and the families who mourned them.
His efforts have been widely praised.
“In Echoes of Gallipoli, Chris Shaw presents a raw and honest account of the emotional impact of the loss of a child from war on parents, from the ten countries that were part of the Allied forces in that campaign. It’s a story of grief and humanity told in a beautifully empathetic and poetic way.”
The late Senator Jim Molan, AO DSC, Canberra. ACT.
“There is much to commend this ‘Anthology’ of Gallipoli stories. Chris Shaw has illustrated each account vividly and brings out both the horrors of warfare and the agonies of parents losing their sons.”
Emeritus Professor Neville Marsh, Adelaide University, South Australia.
“You had me in tears. You really took me there. This is a beautiful piece of work. Congratulations.”
Kirsty Nancarrow, Freelance Journalist and Multi-media Professional.
Thanks to the author for the copy of his book. If you are interested in purchasing the book, I’ve provided a link to Amazon.com.au – or you can contact the author himself via email: cjrcshaw@bigpond.com
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Greetings, Peter, and thank you so much for your words about ‘Echoes’. It’s difficult to describe in words such a diffuse topic as relationships post trauma during wartime. Much easier is following the personnel and heroics of an identifiable regiment or battle than what Mum did when son Harry got blown up by Turkish Artillery on the far flung shores of Gallipoli. However, your words are great, and I may use them – with appropriate recognition, of course. Please note, my publisher is no longer in the marketplace, so my new domain name is: http://www.chrisshawauthor.net http://www.chrisshawauthor.net/ Who knows, you may like to check out ‘The Imposter’, a fictitious account of a sniper in WW1. The sequel will be ‘The Enforcer’, which will be published this year, and is an account of what may have happened if Germany had invaded the North Norfolk Coast in WW2. Thank you for your support, Peter, and I send best wishes for 2026. Cheers, Chris Shaw.
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