THE LIFE STORY OF ANNIE SARGENT

Zealand; with only the clothes that he stood in, empty pockets and no connections. His self-reliance saw him soon working on a boat that travelled between the North and South Island of New Zealand, which can be a hard and treacherous crossing, but vital for transit of passengers and goods between the two islands. Tim Sargent tired of life on the sea, and determined to try his luck in Sydney, Australia on the eve of war breaking out in Europe in 1914. Looking for new adventures, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force - putting up his age from sixteen years to twenty-one. Age was not his only hurdle to enlistment as the paperwork required the signature of his mother; which was quickly achieved by ducking around the back of the recruitment tent and signing her name. Tim enlisted on the 10 th of March 1915 and was sent to live under canvas at Liverpool Camp until embarking for Gallipoli on the 25 th of June 1915 at the tender age of seventeen.