The author is an ex-high school teacher who also taught for 20 years in Queensland Correctional Centres.He has strong interest in Australia's military and social history. Genealogy is also a favourite and time-consuming pastime.As a grandson of an 'original' 9th Battalion Anzac who landed in the first wave, Peter has maintained a life-long interest in the Gallipoli Campaign. Researching the lives of the first ashore Anzacs has been an enjoyable and engrossing passion for many years.