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W. R. Olson W. R. Olson i(A34284 works by) (a.k.a. William Robert Olson; William Robert Henry Olson)
Also writes as: Charles Gibson
Born: Established: 15 Oct 1922 Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 11 Mar 1975
Gender: Male
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1 Surgical Ward at Greenslopes Military Hospital i "He came from war's last gasp;", W. R. Olson , 1993 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: The Years Away 1993; (p. viii-ix)
1 On a Visit to Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby i "Up the Markham", W. R. Olson , 1993 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: The Years Away 1993; (p. vii-viii)
1 At Masaweng River i "On the track along", W. R. Olson , 1993 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: The Years Away 1993; (p. vii)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Years Away W. R. Olson , Sydney : Wordspec , 1993 Z1302176 1993 selected work correspondence short story poetry war literature

An edited version of 329 letters written to Olson's wife, Ruth. His son, W. G. Olson, describes the purpose behind publishing the letters as 'to remind newer generations of Australians how the ordinary digger lived in those wartime years.' In his letters, Olson describes the sacrifices of the Australian infantry in New Guinea, the waste of war, and 'begins to question the purpose of the war, particularly that final year 1945.'

An 'Introduction' to the letters includes Olson's short story The Gods Were Kind, first published in Meanjin in 1945, and three poems. These works and W. G. Olson's Foreward [sic] are indexed separately. The individual letters have not been indexed.

1 8 y separately published work icon Down the Breakie W. R. Olson , North Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1989 Z122240 1989 single work novel Introduction: 'Down the Breakie is a vivid and immediately appealing series of stories that make up a novel about a boy growing to manhood in Newcastle, New South Wales, in the 1930s and 1940s, with a post-script from after the Second World War.' Geoffrey Dutton.
1 y separately published work icon Baume : Man and Beast W. R. Olson , Sydney : Horowitz , 1967 Z857482 1967 single work biography
2 y separately published work icon North from Scarlet Charles Gibson , Sydney : Horwitz , 1961 Z1158214 1961 single work novel war literature
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