John is married to Jenny, who has recently had a baby. John knows that Australia's involvement in the War will mean Jenny's involvement as well.

A regular patron in Bill's bar, George is constantly listening to the wireless, as though expecting the announcement.

A single mother, Carol had her son David at only 16. Now that he is an adult, Carol is taking the opportunity to live out those years of carefree adolescence that she was denied. However, she begins finds it difficult when David makes a major adult decision without her consent.

Jenny is a young mother and an ex-army nurse. With the impending announcement, Jenny must make the difficult decision whether or not to leave her baby and husband and return to the army, which she considers to be a personal duty.

A quiet character with a mysterious past. Richard wears an eye-patch covering a scar received in The Great War, while his quiet personality carefully conceals the less visible scarring of a man who has seen battle. *Actors who can competently play piano will immediately be considered*

The son of Carol, David grew up without a strong male figure in his life. Now that he is an adult, he struggles with what he feels to be his civil and moral responsibility.