David Meredith looks up to his brother, Jack, who stands up to their father who has become abusive after returning home from the war; David struggles in a commercial art firm is father forced him to work in.

David, now a successful writer for the Morning Post, covers the 1937 Anzac Day celebrations, where his mother and father march with their old units.

Jack Hazlitt, a Gallipoli campaign veteran, talks about growing up, the spirit of adventure, and what life was like in war.