A Fortunate Life

Plot Summary

At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigours of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody WWI campaign at Gallipoli.

Top Cast

Dorothy Allison Grandma Carr

Dale Randall Roy Facey

John Ley Eric Facey

Anthony Richards Bert (9 Years)

Benedict Sweeney Bert (14 Years)