Across the Sea to War

Australia and New Zealand have a proud record of sending troops overseas to fight for Great Britain. This book chronicles the transporting of these troops by ship to overseas destinations starting with the Sudan Campaign in 1865 and ending with Vietnam. It is a story not told before, about an aspect of war that has been largely overlooked by military historians. Using contemporary accounts from the men and women on board these ships, as well as detailed records, the author reveals aspects of history. Many of the ships used were great liners, such as the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Nieuw Holland, and Mauretania. Others were less grand, but no less important. Conditions aboard varied for man and beast. (During the Boer War and World War I large numbers of horses as well as men were shipped to the conflict). Luxury liners converted to carry large numbers of troops traveled to various fields of conflict.