The story concerns a fictitious company of men under arms in the 8th Battalion formed and trained in Victoria. The first episode is a primer of how they got together including the friendship between Martin Barrington, Dick Baker and his sister Kate. At the train station on the way to the Broadmeadows Army Camp is Pat Cleary, the typical Aussie larrikin. At the camp they are joined by Roly Collin, Tom McArther and Bill Harris. From there you follow them through the training camp where they are commanded by Lt Harold Armstrong with whom the men form an instant bond. Alongside this thread is that of Dick Baker's sister, Kate, who joins up as a nurse and provides the romantic slant to the story-line. After basic training the boys are sent off to fight against the Turks and landed at Anzac Cove where they earn their first reputation at Gallipoli.
Andrew Clarke
Martin Barrington
Jon Blake
Robert Flanagan
Paul Hogan
Pat Cleary
Jonathan Sweet
Bill Harris
Megan Williams
Kate Baker
Shane Briant
"Kaiser" Schmidt
Tony Bonner
Harold Armstrong
Patrick Ward
Sgt. Tom McArthur
Robert Coleby
Rev. George Lonsdale
Vincent Ball
Sir Rupert Barrington
Rhys McConnochie
David Lloyd George
Bill Kerr
General Monash
Peter Browne
Carter
Nick Waters
"Huddo" Hudson
Jim Holt
Pte. "Dingo" Gordon
Noel Trevarthen
Field Marshall Haig
Mark Hembrow
Dick Baker
Edmund Pegge
Capt. Young
Reg Evans
Gen. Birdwood
Alex Menglet
Hans
Charles Tingwell
Narrator
