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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 | dG1fd3gzUG1BMTk3d2s
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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 honor to his town.
00:36Queensland, championship for rifle shooting.
00:43Then the war came, and he hunted men.
00:48And they hunted him.
00:50Both!
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.
01:10He was shot, stabbed, and left behind enemy lines to die.
01:20But he survived.
01:23While fighting for the king, his family were fighting to save their farm from drought and thieves.
01:29May I help you?
01:30Saw some scrawny Herefords back a mile.
01:33Wondered who'd be the owner.
01:34If there were Herefords, that'd be me.
01:36His name was William Kelly.
01:39That's a shotgun, sweetheart.
01:42Won't hurt me from there.
01:43G'day, missy.
01:44When he returned from Europe, his war had only just begun.
01:56No!
01:56No!
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