Gordon has spent most of his life in sales, public transport and Traffic Management. He managed traffic movements through and around major road work sites through out Queensland. His last project was as Traffic Project Manager on the construction of the Gold Coast Light Rail throughout the City of Gold Coast. He retired to Queensland's Sunshine Coast in 2014 and started to take in interest in researching his family. He discovered links back to the 1400's and even a distant link to the Royal Family of United Kingdom. During his research he discovered that he had 6 relatives who fought in the Great War. He knew about his relatives in the 2nd World War but knew nothing about the men in his family who had fought in the Great War. His research has led him to write his first book "A Family That Went To War" Realising that this was not enough he has been able to incorporate elements of that book into “An Australian Story” In this he has been able to include the stories of Australia’s