Description
Title: Bravest – How some of Australia’s greatest war heroes won their medals
Author: Macklin, Robert
Condition: Mint
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 9781741148824
Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 288 pages
Comments: From the Boer War to the war in Vietnam, Bravest tells the story of 15 Australian war heroes and how they won the highest medals awarded for bravery.
The Victoria Cross is the highest award for valour that can be won by an Australian; just 96 Australians have been awarded the VC in conflicts from the Boer War to the Vietnam War. And only fourteen Australians have been awarded the George Cross, the ultimate medal for heroism away from active combat, since its inception in 1940.
But what is it that makes these remarkable soldiers risk everything in defence of their country and their mates? Noted biographer Robert Macklin tells the inspirational story of fifteen Australian recipients of the Victoria and George Crosses, from Neville Howse in South Africa in 1900 to the heroes of the Great War such as Albert Jacka, ‘Diver’ Derrick in the Second World War, and Keith Payne in Vietnam in 1969.
‘An excellent book on a subject that has understandably retained public interest over the years.’ – Steve Gower, Director, Australian War Memorial
About Robert Macklin
Robert Macklin is a journalist and now full-time author who has written a number of books including The Man Who Died Twice (with Peter Thompson), Backs to the Wall (with G.D. Mitchell) and Fire In The Blood.
