A Distant Grief explores the way Australians responded to the death of their loved ones after World War I, given those they mourned had died and were buried so far away.
When 60,000 Aussie troops perished during the Great War they were a long way from home and their loved ones. So how did their families come to terms with their loss, given the vast distance that separated them?
Here, author Bart Ziino explains how it was this distance that helped define Australians' reactions to the deaths. Most knew they would never see where their loved ones were buried, and this drove many mourners to communal commemorations and compelled them to forge links with the war graves and cemeteries overseas.