Khaki Crims and Desperadoes explores criminality among soldiers in the AIF during World War I

By Ross Southernwood
Updated September 25 2014 - 10:08am, first published September 14 2014 - 12:15am
Handing over: Soldiers and friends George Bickerstaff and Joseph McQueen pose for a pre-embarkation photograph. Photo: State Library of South Australia B 46130/241
Handing over: Soldiers and friends George Bickerstaff and Joseph McQueen pose for a pre-embarkation photograph. Photo: State Library of South Australia B 46130/241
From Khaki Crims and Desperadoes: A range of offences, from minor to heinous.
From Khaki Crims and Desperadoes: A range of offences, from minor to heinous.
Handing over: Soldiers and friends George Bickerstaff and Joseph McQueen pose for a pre-embarkation photograph. Photo: State Library of South Australia B 46130/241
Handing over: Soldiers and friends George Bickerstaff and Joseph McQueen pose for a pre-embarkation photograph. Photo: State Library of South Australia B 46130/241
From Khaki Crims and Desperadoes: A range of offences, from minor to heinous.
From Khaki Crims and Desperadoes: A range of offences, from minor to heinous.
Handing over: Soldiers and friends George Bickerstaff and Joseph McQueen pose for a pre-embarkation photograph. Photo: State Library of South Australia B 46130/241
Handing over: Soldiers and friends George Bickerstaff and Joseph McQueen pose for a pre-embarkation photograph. Photo: State Library of South Australia B 46130/241
From Khaki Crims and Desperadoes: A range of offences, from minor to heinous.
From Khaki Crims and Desperadoes: A range of offences, from minor to heinous.

KHAKI CRIMS AND DESPERADOES 
Russell Robinson
Macmillan, $32.99