Frederic Manning

About Frederic Manning

Birth

1882

Death

1935

Frederic Manning was an Australian poet and novelist.

Frederic Manning was born in Sydney in 1882 and moved to England to complete his education.

Before the First World War, Manning established a reputation as a poet and critic within intellectual circles.

During the conflict, he served as a private in the French trenches, experiencing the harsh reality of battle firsthand.

His most famous work, Her Privates We, is a novel based on his own war memoirs.

He published his war account anonymously in 1929, using only his army serial number instead of his name.