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Autore |
Baker K. J (Kevin James) |
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Titolo |
Paul Cullen, citizen and soldier [[electronic resource] ] : the life and times of Major-General Paul Cullen AC, CBE, DSO and Bar, ED, FCA / / Kevin Baker |
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Dural, N.S.W., : Rosenberg, 2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Generals - Australia |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-219) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Impressions of a Citizen Soldier; 2. Boy to Man; 3. Baptism of Fire; 4. Hard Campaigning; 5. Into Action on the Kokoda Track; 6. Templeton's Crossing and Eora Creek; 7. Oivi-Gorari and the Advance to Sanananda; 8. In Wartime Australia; 9. The Aitape-Wewak Campaign; 10. Australia's Citizen Soldiers; 11. Business Affairs; 12. Working for the Community; Epilogue; Appendix; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Paul Cullen is the last surviving battalion commander from the Kokoda Campaign in New Guinea, reputedly the last Australian officer to have had his horse shot from under him in battle. He was a distinguished soldier, a staunch supporter of the Army Reserve, a business entrepreneur, the founder of Aust Care and AustAid. He was recognised by the United Nations for his outstanding contributions to the refugee cause in 1981. A tireless worker for charity, especially the Royal Blind Society and a noted breeder of Galloway cattle. He will be 96 in February 2006 |
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