Balls, bullets and boots / authors: Clive Akers with Bettina Anderson and Peter Cooke.

"A shorter version of this text, without photographs, was published as an e-book in 2015"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Roll of honour -- From rugby field to battlefield -- The Carroll brothers (William Carroll, Frank Carroll, Vince Carroll, Phonse Carroll) -- Stella Regina Wright (nee Hickey) -- Rugby in the Middle East -- Trooper Karl Donald Ifwersen -- Major William James 'Bill' Hardham VC -- Sergeant Albert Joseph 'Doolan' Downing -- Sergeant Henry 'Norky' Dewar -- Captain Harvey Maitland Chrystall -- Sergeant Beethoven 'Beet' Algar -- The Brownlie brothers (Maurice Brownlie, Anthony 'Tony' Brownlie, Cyril Brownlie) -- Trooper Eric Tristram Gerald Harper -- Wartime rugby in England and France -- Captain Guy Collyns MC -- Second Lieutenant Frank Reginald Wilson -- Private Robert Stanley Black -- Private James Alexander Steenson Baird -- Private George Maurice Victor Sellars -- Lance Corporal Reginald Taylor -- Private James 'Jim' McNeece -- Second Lieutenant Philip Lyell 'Dad' Bennett DSO MC -- Corporal Tom French -- Sergeant Major David Gallaher -- Sergeant Hubert Sydney 'Jum' Turtill -- Second-Lieutenant Harry Waldo Collier MC -- The Dansey brothers (Roger Dansey, Harry Delamere Dansey, George Robert Dansey) -- Lance Sergeant Ernest Henry Dodd -- Rifleman Alexander James 'Jim' Ridland -- Post-war rugby in England and France -- Sergeant Nathaniel Arthur 'Ranji' Wilson -- Second-Lieutenant Hohepa 'Harry' Jacob MC -- Bernard Cyril 'Tiny' Freyberg VC, DSO & Three Bars -- Home again.

"Balls, Bullets and Boots is a tribute to a generation of New Zealanders affected by World War One. This book explores the lives of a selected number of players and their families who each had a close connection with rugby..."--Dust jacket.