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When WW1 breaks out, farm boys, Billy (Josh Davis) and Jack Kelly (Mathew John Davis), along with their cousin, Paddy (L | dG1fLVJGaTkwM01UUTQ
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00:00He was born in the year 1896.
00:18He learned to shoot, hunting kangaroo along the banks of the Proserpine River.
00:30His skill with the rifle brought food to his family and honour to his town.
00:36Queensland Championship for Rifle Shooting.
00:43Then the war came, and he hunted men.
00:48And they hunted him.
00:50Move!
00:52By the time he left Gallipoli, he'd killed over 50 men.
00:57By the time he reached Montbraheim, there was no time to count the dead.
01:10Run!
01:12Run!
01:14He was shot, stabbed, hit by artillery, and left behind enemy lines to die.
01:24Billy!
01:24Billy!
01:25But he survived.
01:27While fighting for the king, his family were fighting to save their farm from drought and thieves.
01:33Can I help you?
01:34Saw some scrawny Herefords back a mile.
01:37Wondered who'd be the owner.
01:38If there were Herefords, that'd be me.
01:40His name was William Kelly.
01:43That's a shotgun, sweetheart.
01:46Won't hurt me from there.
01:47G'day, missy.
01:48When he returned from Europe, his war had only just begun.
01:58Jesus.
01:58Homer!
01:59Look at this.
02:14Oh!
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