THE
YOUNG
SOLDIER
FROM THE
GOLDFIELDS
by
Roma Wood
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The story of a battler’s life from his early days in Boulder to service in the Middle East and New Guinea during World War II, then working in the emerging North West of Australia, raising a family in the Pilbara, and the Goldfields before retiring to Batchelor, Northern Territory. THE AUTHOR Roma Wood, born in Port Hedland of Chinese, Javanese and Aboriginal descent, met and married Ted Wood, a returned soldier. Roma lives in Darwin and is active in volunteer community work with Legacy and welfare groups for the disabled. ISBN 0 85905 210 9 1995 New, Soft Cover, 140mm x 215mm, 138 pp, illustrated, 200grams, $22.00 + POST All Hesperian Press books are printed on quality paper and will not discolour with age. They are section sewn, the pages will not drop out and the binding will not crack. This book is made to last. |