G. P. Cuttriss

G. P. Cuttriss is the author of Over the Top with the Third Australian Division, a First World War book first published in London by Charles H. Kelly. In the book’s own preface, he says it was written in response to requests from the men themselves and was never meant to be an official history, which helps explain its direct, conversational tone.

The work focuses on everyday experience in active service and on the character of the Australian soldiers around him. Instead of trying to cover every campaign detail, it aims to preserve moments, moods, and stories from life with the 3rd Australian Division, making it especially appealing to readers who enjoy personal war writing.

Reliable biographical details about Cuttriss himself are limited in the sources I could confirm, so it is safest to remember him through this book: a firsthand, affectionate portrait of Australian troops in wartime, written from inside the experience rather than at a distance.