Billy - A Boy from Queenstown by Sandra Stubbings | PB Travel But until the age of

But until the age of 15 Welby could neither read nor write

~ Libby Goodsir (Tasmanian writer short listed for the Premier’s Literary Prize and the People’s Choice 2015)

Based on historical documents

A celebration of the discovery of new identities

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Billy - A Boy from Queenstown by Sandra Stubbings | PB Travel But until the age ofThe story of Billy Gadd, a Tasmanian World War I boy soldier. Its not known how many under aged Tasmanian lads signed on for the Great War, but Sandra Stubbings great uncle Billy Gadd from Queenstown was one of them. He signed on in 1915 at just 16 years of age. Just three years earlier Billys father, Albert had been recognised as a national hero for his actions in the North Mount Lyell mining disaster. Sadly, Albert died in 1913, his death hastened