Journey To Tobruk. John Murray, Bushman, Soldier, Survivor

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Pier 9, Murdock Books
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 319 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Journey to Tobruk tells the remarkable life story of John Murray, a genuine Australian hero, on and off the battlefield. This engaging blend of military history and biography follows the transformation of a raw young bushman into a courageous soldier and inspiring leader.An illegitimate child unacknowledged by his father, John was sent at the age of fourteen to work on an outback sheep property as a jackeroo. The harshness of the environment schooled him for survival, forging the strength and resourcefulness that were later tested in the crucible of war. While the story follows Murrays post-war life as a grazier, commander of a civilian army unit and federal politician, the focus of this moving and impeccably researched book remains Johns five-year wartime odyssey, from Australia, to Tobruk, El Alamein, New Guinea and Borneo.Woven through the narrative are excerpts from the lifelong correspondence between John and his mother. Murrays letters, written in his laconic, definitively Australian style, give us a special insight into the unfaltering humanity, humour and irrepressible spirit of this Rat of Tobruk.

ISBN: 9781741965063