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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 The Penguin Book of Australian War Writing
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Viking , 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Airborne Invasion, Russell Braddon , extract autobiography war literature (p. 242-253)
Zero over Rabaul Recco over Rabaul, David Campbell , extract autobiography war literature (p. 254-267)
Note: Editor's note: David Campbell (1915-79) won the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) after the RAAF plane he was flying over Rabaul, New Britain, was attacked by a Japanese fighter on 6 February 1942. He wrote prose like Hemingway, and some of Australia's best-remembered war poetry.
One Eye Cocked, Osmar E. White , extract autobiography war literature (p. 282-294)
They Fought Uphill, George Johnston , extract autobiography war literature (p. 295-308)
Konju February, Ray Parkin , extract autobiography (p. 309-318)
War Despatches, 19 September - 11 October, Kenneth Slessor , extract correspondence (p. 319-326)
No Moon Tonight, D. E. Charlwood , extract autobiography war literature (p. 327-335)
Diaries, 10 June - 22 June (1945), Donald Friend , extract diary (p. 336-346)
Across the River, Harry Gordon , single work autobiography war literature (p. 351-356)
Keeping My Hat On : A Night, a Day and Another Night in the Life of an Infantry Soldier, Peter Cundall , single work autobiography war literature (p. 357-366)
A Soldier Returns, Terry Burstall , extract autobiography (p. 371-380)
Operation Ballarat, Barry Heard , extract autobiography (p. 381-390)
Diary, Wednesday 12 June, John Bullen , extract diary (p. 391-394)
Legend of a Goddess, Elizabeth Burton , extract autobiography (p. 395-398)
My Last Night in Kuta, Rodney D. Cocks , extract autobiography (p. 403-415)
We Might Let You Fire a Shot or Two, Jim Molan , extract autobiography (p. 419-426)
Hearts and Mines, Greg Bearup , single work autobiography war literature (p. 431-444)
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