Gill, Maria, 1961-

ANZAC heroes / by Maria Gill ; illustrations by Marco Ivancic. - 88 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

World War I -- Map -- Timeline -- Corporal Cyril Bassett -- Matron Evelyn Brooke -- Lieutenant Colonel Dr Peter Buck -- Air Commodore Keith Caldwell -- Lieutenant Colonel Robert Harper -- Lieutenant John Howell Price -- Captain Albert Jacka -- Sergeant Olive King -- Corporal Albert Knight -- Captain Robert Little -- Air Vice Marshal Frank McNamara -- Lieutenant Colonel Henry Murray -- Lieutenant Commander William Sanders -- Lieutenant Dr Jessie Scott -- Captain Hugo Throssell -- Sergeant Richard Travis -- World War II -- Map -- Timeline -- Brigadier Arthur Blackburn -- Lieutenant Tom Derrick -- Lieutenant Colonel Dr Ernest Dunlop -- Air Vice Marshal Sir Hughie Edwards -- Lieutenant General Sir Bernard Freyberg -- Lieutenant Commander Leon Goldsworthy -- Joice Nankivell Loch -- Second Lieutenant Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Ng�arimu -- Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park -- Vice Admiral Sir Peter Phipps -- Captain Reginald Saunders -- Group Captain Leonard Trent -- Captain Charles Upham -- Captain Nancy Wake.

"ANZAC Heroes is an 88-page illustrated children's non-fiction book about ANZAC soldiers and nurses (Australian and New Zealand soldiers from WW1 and WW2)"--

Primary, intermediate, junior secondary National Library of New Zealand.

New Zealand Children and Young Adults Book Awards - Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, 2016. New Zealand Children and Young Adults Book Awards - Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award Winner, 2016. New Zealand Children and Young Adults Book Awards - Children's Choice Non-Fiction Finalist, 2016.

9781775433637 1775433633


Soldiers--New Zealand--Biography --Juvenile literature.
Soldiers--Australia--Biography--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1914-1918--Biography --Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Biography--Juvenile literature.

D522.7 / .G55 2016