The Digger of Kokoda
The official biography of Reg Chard
$32.64
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
28 June 2022
Summary
The battle that saved Australia. The track that saved one man’s life.
Reg Chard endured hell as an 18-year-old Australian soldier who fought in 1942 on the infamous Kokoda Trail in World War II. Ironically, Kokoda rescued Reg decades later when he decided to take his own life. After losing Betty, his wife of 66 years, the grief-stricken great-grandfather lost the will to live. But he found new purpose through educating young people, giving guided tours of Sydney’s Kokoda Track Memoria…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761260278 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761260278 |
| Author: | Daniel Lane |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| Imprint: | Macmillan Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 28 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 473g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 157mm x 33mm |
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About The Author
Daniel Lane
Daniel Lane has been a sports journalist for over 30 years, including time with Australian Consolidated Press, AAP, Network 10 and the Sydney Morning Herald. He has written 18 books, and scripts for three televised documentaries/shows. He has visited the battlefields of Gallipoli, the Western Front, El Alamein, Singapore and Malaya, and for decades has interviewed veterans of the Boer War and both world wars, including Kokoda. The biography of Reg Chard, The Digger of Kokoda, is his first military memoir.
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