A torrent of patriotic songs, marches and even waltzes were composed during l914-1919 in Australia and New Zealand -dealing with the call to arms , the ANZACS, Maori war songs , Sons of the Diggers ,and the grand feeling of being back at home after all the slaughter .One New Zealand collection of wartime sheet music, some of it Australian, runs to 75 items . Perfect Peace was the name of a waltz.
