In The Footsteps Of Private LynchRetrace Australia's role in the First World War from the trenches of Somme Mud to the wider war on the Western Front. Retrace Australia's role in the First World War from the trenches of Somme Mud to the wider war on the Western Front. Imagine this. You are a country boy and just eighteen. The war has been raging for two years and because of your age, you have not been eligible for enlistment. Your mates, older by a few months are joining up and