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Bellenden Ker, Queensland
Nigel is first found Taxidermist first introduced -
Nigel and Taxidermist walk through the Australian Museum (Sydney)
Motif of 'ape' and 'monkey' first introduced Taxidermist and Nigel's relationship explored shown that Nigel is a curious boy -
Beginning of War
first introduced to Harry Old schoolmaster telling them about the war -
Ern, Bob and Norm first introduced
context of WW1 is given through Harry's mate -
Ern, Bob and Norm get into the army
Through two different posts -
Norm, Ern and Bob proudly wearing their uniforms
realised that they are 'looked at' differently -
Waiting to cross France (Archie)
letter to Aunty May
has images of life -
Dardanelles (Laurie)
'arriving in boats uninvited on someone's beach' -
Boundary Hotel, Brisbane
Norm, Bob and Ern discuss getting paid How their pay from the army hasn't gotten to them -
Indian Ocean - Harry on a ship
'The world's turned upside down' Aggressive PTE was attacked rather than Harry -
Bertie and Tommy discuss what to do with Frank's body
cut a lock of his hair to bring back to Australia -
Mick kills a ton of German soldiers
'dopey bugger' 'warrior blood in my veins' -
Bertie has a freak out
'I shouldn't be here... I'm fifteen!' 'We missed the call.... we're not going back..." -
Tommy gets trapped in a pocket of air
his boot is sticking out of the mud -
Tommy is dug out from his 'living grave'
he was trapped for 3 days imagery --> three days = Jesus, Lazarus -
Bullecourt, Nigel in a dugout
climbs in, and stuns the other people in the dugout Judge, Bunny, Vic, Whacker, 'Darky' -
Mick is in Ypres
Trinidadians call him 'nigger', and that he 'didn't wash' Gets triggered so he punches four of them out in a row -
Nigel is lone surviver and gets captured by German soldier
Bullecourt is sent to retrieve the telephone, but everyone is killed when he returns gets caught by a German soldier -
Bertie convincing his mum to allow him to join the army
asks her to write a letter lying about his age grandad does not approve mum doesn't want to but will because she knows he'll just run off anyway -
Harry hopes for change
'we'll always have a beer with you' 'you're as good as a white man, Harry' -
Mick, Archie, Ern, Stan and Harry playing I-spy in trenches
talking about how it's a stalemate 'moved seven feet since April' -
Archie writes about Ollie Thomas
letter to Aunty may How Ollie shot his face Lost his identity -
Laurie is in Jerusalem
day before the attack of Beersheba new life, new Jerusalem -
Nigel is in a POW camp
categorised as 'Indian' triggered because he identifies as 'Australian' -
Bertie is in hospital, writing a letter to his mum
Told to cover what he wants to say can't say what he truly wants told mum to tell them his true age -
Laurie in the No Man's Land foxhole
'I thought youse blokes could see in the dark' 'tracking skills' stereotyping -
Messines (Archie)
Kills an Austrian 'with white eyes' -
Zossen, Nigel in the POW camp
professor saying he is a 'fine specimen' reoccurring theme -
Bertie is discharged from service
'for you the war is over' but is it really? he's broken - not physically dead but he seems emotionally dead his optimistic self is gone -
Villers-Bretonneux, Ern is in the dark
Ern and 'voice in the dark' connect as they are from the same way 'you'll be walking into the front bar mate, don't worry about that' -
Near Amiens (Archie)
writes letter to Aunty May can't make sense of scripture because of his experience -
Abbeville - Ern, Norm and Bob in hospital
Ern has arm in sling Bob is blind Norm lost hearing symbolises 'hear, see, speak' no evil etc -
Mick and Archie return home
'roll out the carpet for you' congratulate themselves for getting through the war -
Laurie leaving camp, having been demobbed (leaving the army)
meets up with his mate starts to tell them what it was like -
Bertie meeting his mother
stiff and expressionless holding onto lock of hair -
Archie wants more of a fair go
archie talks to the overseer/manager manager doesn't appreciate that he is put in his place :( -
Meeting with public servant from the soldier settlement commission
want to reclaim the land -
Granddad and Mum sitting and watching the rain (Murrumbidgee)
talking about irrigation (forcing things to grow where they don't grow naturally/in the natural cycle) Bertie still standing to attention - still lost himself and is staring into space -
Nigel is reading a letter he wrote
journalists are interested but not in the story, rather who wrote it (an Aborigine) treated like a monkey (star attraction) - 'we came from monkeys' -
What has become of Nigel
a 'sad figure' ends up becoming a 'freak show' just 3 years later -
Cellarman won't let Archie and another Digger into the RSL
won't let them in on account of them being Aboriginal RSL secretary and publican lets them in -
Minister gives an address to Tommy's grave
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Churchgoer recognises Laurie
Laurie denies being a digger Blocking out the fact Isn't able to carry the weight that war left behind -
Ern, Bob and Norm talk about their PTSD
Shakes Deaf 'painted my colour back on the day I got off the boat' -
Ern gives medals to returned serviceman in pharmacy
doesn't think his family will honour/care about the war medals -
Harry and Stan meet on Castlereagh Street
Stan is in a better position than Harry 'we that are left, grow old' - poppies -
Glebe Town Hall
bloke with a glass of wine says a tribute speech about the Australian soldiers (white or black) -
Nigel in a psychiatric hospital?? Nursing Home??
'I don't want to join in. I don't belong' Shown the end stage of his life Bookended - started with Nigel, ends with Nigel Ends play with The Last Post -
An old soldier
recounting his time in the war and the aftermath how he was treated 'we thought you was dead' - 'for a long time, I was' -
Prime Minister's dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Voice of Prime Minister
