A nominal roll is included.

The author Lyle Comyns Reeves was a young NSW Railways clerk who had experience with typing and morse.  On the 11 August 1914, he joined the ANMEF as a signaller. After service in New Guinea, he returned to Australia and by early April 1915 had written and published his book, "Australians In Action". In June 1915, he relisted with the 1st AIF and served on the Western Front with the 20th Battalion.
In between wars, he established a printing and newspaper business in Wyong. In WW2, he become an Officer within the Army's Records Office. After the war he was employed by the Water Board Engineers' Office in Sydney. He died on the 17 March 1958.

His book was the first WW1 account written by an Australian soldier.