The Family That Went to War is the true story of a Cootamundra family whose sons and cousins answered the call when Australia entered the First World War. In 1915, six young men — labourers, apprentices, engineers, horsemen — left their rural lives behind and volunteered to fight for King and Country.

Their journey takes them from the quiet streets of Cootamundra to the troopships of Sydney Harbour, the training camps of Egypt, the trenches of Gallipoli, and the brutal battlefields of France. Through official archives, war records, and contemporary newspaper reports, the book follows their hopes, fears, courage, and sacrifice.

Three of the six never returned. Three came home changed forever.

This is a deeply Australian story — of family, duty, heartbreak, and the unimaginable cost of war. It honours not only the men who fought, but the mothers, wives, sisters, and brothers who carried the burden at home.

A powerful, meticulously researched tribute to an ordinary family caught in extraordinary times.

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