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1915: A Novel of Gallipoli 1915: A Novel of Gallipoli 1915: A Novel of Gallipoli is a 1979 historical novel by Roger McDonald. The book is about two friends, Walter and Billy, who join the AIF and go to fight at Gallipoli. The novel follows the story of the two men from their adolescence in the Australian bush to their coming of age on the battlefields of World War I. "Kirkus Reviews" wrote "A standard kit of ingredients goes into this Australian WW I novel about a pair of friends, their girls, their fates in war—but it develops with a dimensional quality provided by some