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A wonderful and comprehensive record of hundreds of Victorians involved in the Great War 1914-18. Includes biographies and photos of those who served - those who were killed and those who returned.

The 306 page book is arranged as follows

INTRODUCTORY

* Foreword
* Summary
* The Builders

CONCERNING SERVICE ABROAD.

* The Men who Enlisted - gives the names and last school before they enlisted
* The Men who Fell - short biographies - with photos of most
* Inspectors, Teachers, and other Departmental Officers whose Sons or Brothers Died on Service - over 100 who died
* The Men who Returned - short biographies - with photos of most
* Honors and Decorations - list of those who received these
* The Men who Volunteered and were Rejected - mostly on medical grounds
* Memorials

THE WORK OF WAR RELIEF

* Formation of the Education Department's War Relief Organization
* The Supply of Comforts for Soldiers
* How the Country Schools Helped
* How the Town Schools Helped
* League of Young Gardeners
* Young Workers' Patriotic Guild
* Helping the Hospitals at Home
* War-savings Effort
* Chronicle of the Activities of the Education Department's War Relief Organization
* School Subscriptions
* Statement of Receipts and Expenditure

Some information from the summary

* Enlistments- - 752. Of those who enlisted, 724 were teachers, two School Medical Officers, one was a School Nurse, and one an Inspector of Schools. The remaining 24 belonged to the Clerical Division of the Public Service, and were employed in the Education Department.
* Those who Died. - 146.
* Honors and Decorations- - V .C, 1; C.B., 1 ; C.M.G., 1; D.S.O. and Bar, 1; D.S.O., 4; D.C.M., 4; M.C. and Bar, 3; M.C., 35; M.M. and Bar, 2; M.M., 35; Croix de Guerre, 2; Order of the British Empire, 4; Meritorious Service Medal, 5; Order of the Nile, 1; Serbian Order of the White Eagle, 1; Distinguished Flying Cross, 1. Total, 101.
* Articles of Comfort Sent Abroad. - These numbered rather more than 400,000.
* Supplies to Hospitals at Home- - Condiments and preserves, 50 tons; cake and biscuits, 18J tons; tea, cocoa, coffee, 91r tons; invalid foods, 23J tons; general groceries, 21^ tons; dairy produce, 21 tons; eggs, 65,000 dozen; fish, 5 tons; vegetables and fruit, 264 tons; tobacco, 189 lbs; cigarettes, 24,500 packets; poultry and game, 9,250 pairs; and sundries, 4 tons. A rough estimate in tons gives 460.
* The Young Workers Patriotic Guild {including the League of Young Gardeners). - It comprised about 80,000 members, of whom 20,481 earned and gave to the War Relief Fund