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An examination like this helps to round our understanding of the civilian soldiers of the First World War and gives us an understanding of the underpinnings of the larrikinism and mateship Australians are often so proud of. Having an idea of the “bad characters��, and their misdeeds, doesn’t detract from the brave and generous things men did. Having a rounded picture of how war impacts people isn’t a negative thing and Stanley does not condemn those who didn’t always act as modern mythology would like to claim.