Letters From France (1917) By C. E. W. Bean
 
Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (1879-1968), historian and journalist, was born on 18 November 1879 at Bathurst, New South Wales. In 1916-18 Bean was in France to observe every engagement of the A.I.F. Some dispatches were published as Letters from France (London, 1917). The historian's task grew larger in his mind. At first, he thought of one volume, but in France, he conceived a grander work which would be literally a monument to the men of the A.I.F.—'the only memorial which could be worthy of them', he decided, 'was the bare and uncoloured story of their part in the war'.
 
Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, usually identified as C.E.W. Bean, was an Australian World War 1 war correspondent and historian. He is remembered as the Editor of the 12-volume Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 and was instrumental in the establishment of the Australian War Memorial and of the creation and popularisation of the ANZAC legend.
 
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