This book is a reprint of GAME TO THE LAST first published in 2012.
The Author James Hurst began writing this book with a search for one man, a friend of his grandmother, who went to war and didn’t return. All Hurst knew about him was his name and what he looked like from an old 75-year-old war photograph. The zeal to discover this man lead finally to this military book.
During his journey, Hurst gathered an extraordinary amount of details of over a 1000 men and boys who enlisted in the 11th Battalion. For anyone searching for Family History information the narrative of Game to the Last is loaded with piles of personal names and their long lost stories.
The 11th Battalion was part of the AIF covering force during the 25th April 1915 landing on Gallipoli. A and C Companies were to be first ashore. They landed in Anzac Cove and the 11th Battalion Members after overcoming deep water stormed Plugge's Plateau. A Battalion Officer Captain Peck led forward with a cry of, 'Come On Boys...by God I'm frightened!".
