young_soldier_from_the_goldThe Young Soldier from the Goldfields

by Roma Wood

ISBN 0 85905 210 9, (1995 new), Soft Cover, 140mm x 215mm, 138 pp, illustrated, 200grams

$22.00 + POST


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.