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Chester Wilmot Chester Wilmot i(A138684 works by) (a.k.a. Reginald William Winchester Wilmot)
Born: Established: 21 Jun 1911 Brighton, Brighton - Moorabbin area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 10 Jan 1954
Gender: Male
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1 Wouldn't It Chester Wilmot , 2011 extract autobiography (Tobruk, 1941 : Capture - Siege - Relief)
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian War Writing 2011; (p. 210-222)
1 y separately published work icon Tobruk, 1941 : Capture - Siege - Relief Chester Wilmot , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1944 Z1850548 1944 single work autobiography

'In early 1941 Australian soldiers stormed Italy’s stronghold on the Libyan coast and took control of the port city of Tobruk. Heavily outnumbered, yet resourceful and defiant, the Australians then defended the garrison against sustained attack by German forces. For five months the ‘Rats of Tobruk’ held on, dealing a major blow to the Axis powers’ North African campaign. Tobruk 1941 is the pioneering ABC reporter Chester Wilmot’s on-the-ground account of the siege, a landmark work of war writing.' (Publication summary)
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