William Kelly's War

When WW1 breaks out, farm boys, Billy (Josh Davis) and Jack Kelly (Mathew John Davis), along with their cousin, Paddy (Lachie Hume), sign up, and are shipped out to serve in Europe. With Billy a dead-eye shot with a rifle, the boys are soon set up as a sniper team, mowing down Germans and Turks like nobody’s business. They become heroes, but back home, the family farm is being circled by a gang of cattle thieves, meaning that even when the war ends, the blood is set to keep flowing.

Cast

Josh Davis

as William Kelly

Mathew Davis

as Jack Kelly

Lachlan Hume

as Paddy

Tony Bonner

as Mr. Kelly

Maureen Alford

as Kath

Peter Berzanskis

as Peter Burns

Helen Davis

as Mrs. Marjorie Kelly

Tom Farrah

as Ned Kennett

George Ivanoff

as Major Jones

Dave Kenyon

as Military Police Chaplain

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