![]() From wrestling pigs (to be eaten for lunch) to working for the Employees’ Union of Workers, he was heavily committed to his family and country, landing at Gallipoli and surviving that terrible ordeal. ![]() Self-deprecating and deathly honest, I imagine him to have been a very calming soul. His stories are told with candour and humour he tells us simply how it was. Albert had a hard life, being forced to work laboriously from age 9, working his little heart out for at times, little or no money, sometimes for people of little or no morals. The mere fact we are able to read the story of his remarkable life is testament to his hard work and tenacity having taught himself to read and write. ![]() I have to say this is a thoroughly thoughtfully told life story, of Albert Barnett Facey, an Australian born in 1894. I picked up this by recommendation of my daughter, and the owner of Dymocks when spending a Christmas voucher. ![]()
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