In order to get more accurate results, our search has the following Google-Type search functionality:
If you use '+' in front of a word, then that word will be present in the search results.
ex: Harry +Potter will return results with the word 'Potter'.
If you use '-' in front of a word, then that word will be absent in the search results.
ex: Harry -Potter will return results without the word 'Potter'.
If you use 'AND' between two words, then both of those words will be present in the search results.
ex: Harry AND Potter will return results with both 'Harry' and 'Potter'.
If you use 'OR' between two words, then bth of those words may or may not be present in the search results.
ex: Harry OR Potter will return results with just 'Harry', results with just 'Potter' and results with both 'Harry' and 'Potter'.
If you use 'NOT' before a word, then that word will be absent in the search results.
ex: Harry NOT Potter will return results without the word 'Potter'.
Placing '""' around words will perform a phrase search. The search results will contain those words in that order.
ex: "Harry Potter" will return any results with 'Harry Potter' in them, but not 'Potter Harry'.
Using '*' in a word will perform a wildcard search. The '*' signifies any number of characters. Searches can not start with a wildcard.
ex: Pot*er will return results with words starting with 'Pot' and ending in 'er'. In this case, 'Potter' will be a match.
Tom Skeyhill wasn't what he appeared to be. Landing at Anzac Cover on the morning of 25 April 1915 as a signaller with the 8th Battalion, First Australian Imperial Force, Tom quickly recognised danger and feigned blindness to escape. Wearing smoke-glass goggles he returned to Australia as a 'blind soldier-poet'. His book of verse "Soldier-Songs from Anzac" quickly sold 50,000 copies.
Reinventing himself as charismatic public speaker, in 1917 Tom relocated himself to the USA where his engaging tales of heroism raised funds for the war effort and underpinned his lucrative career. He wrote to war diary of Sergeant Alvin C. York, America's most decorated WWI hero, on which Howard Hawk's film, "Sergeant York" was based, Gary Cooper winning his first Oscar in the title role.
Spinning exaggerated and often erroneous tales, Tom's public lectures proved to be excellent theatre but truthfulness was a casualty of Tom's restless ambition; an ambition which eventually brought him down.
Tom Skeyhill wasn't what he appeared to be. Landing at Anzac Cover on the morning of 25 April 1915 as a signaller with the 8th Battalion, First Australian Imperial Force, Tom quickly recognised danger and feigned blindness to escape. Wearing smoke-glass goggles he returned to Australia as a 'blind soldier-poet'. His book of verse "Soldier-Songs from Anzac" quickly sold 50,000 copies.
Reinventing himself as charismatic public speaker, in 1917 Tom relocated himself to the USA where his engaging tales of heroism raised funds for the war effort and underpinned his lucrative career. He wrote to war diary of Sergeant Alvin C. York, America's most decorated WWI hero, on which Howard Hawk's film, "Sergeant York" was based, Gary Cooper winning his first Oscar in the title role.
Spinning exaggerated and often erroneous tales, Tom's public lectures proved to be excellent theatre but truthfulness was a casualty of Tom's restless ambition; an ambition which eventually brought him down.