Sheep On The Somme – Hardcover

A WWI Picture Poetry Book: War on the Somme

This WWI picture poetry collection reflects the lived experience of Australian soldiers on the Western Front. From the dusty Diamantina to outback South Australia and the desert country of the west, they came from tiny townships and bustling cities alike — volunteering to fight in the War on the Somme.

Mother England had need. The world was vast, exciting, and mostly somewhere beyond the horizon.

Australia went to fight in the Great War of 1914–1918. Her young men found only the blood and the mud of the Somme. Sheep on the Somme tells their story — in pictures and poetry.

Inside the WWI Picture Poetry Collection

Duty, Excitement, and Grief

For Australia’s men — both young and old — this was a duty: to serve Mother England. It was an excitement: the chance to see the world.

It was also the deepest grief — to lose sons, lovers, and husbands in a war so far from home. The brightest and best, fallen on foreign fields.

Destruction and Ruin

Livelihoods lost. Cities and villages levelled. So many places of worship that had stood proud — destroyed.

Trains and transports. Men and more men. Eaten by the machine of a cruel and wanton war.

A Picture Tells a Thousand Tales

Frank Prem finds stories hidden within historic images of World War I. In Sheep on the Somme, 180 images speak again — each paired with a poem. Communicated: image to soul.

This is a unique telling of war — one that invites you to see, feel, and remember.

Sheep On The Somme Booklaunch Video

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More WWI Images

If you’d like to explore more images of WWI and the Western Front, visit the Australian War Memorial, your local State Library, or Museums Victoria.

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