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The Resource The digger of Kokoda : the official biography of Reg Chard, Daniel Lane

The digger of Kokoda : the official biography of Reg Chard, Daniel Lane

Label
The digger of Kokoda : the official biography of Reg Chard
Title
The digger of Kokoda
Title remainder
the official biography of Reg Chard
Statement of responsibility
Daniel Lane
Title variation
Official biography of Reg Chard
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Reg Chard endured hell as an 18-year-old Australian soldier who fought in 1942 on the infamous Kokoda Trail in the Second World War. Ironically, Kokoda rescued Reg decades later when he decided to take his own life. After losing Betty, his wife of 66 years, the grief-stricken great-grandfather lost the will to live. But he found new purpose through educating young people, giving guided tours of Sydney's Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway. On these tours, Reg relives Kokoda every day. He sees an image on the wall of a soldier - a comrade - who succumbed to disease weeks after the photograph was taken. He feels his heart beating as his patrol chases down Japanese troops who had mutilated women in a jungle clearing. He hears the war cry of a samurai sword-wielding officer charging towards him. And he tells these stories along the walkway, preserving the memory of those who never came home. As one of the last surviving diggers of Kokoda, Reg Chard has become a custodian of its legacy. This deeply moving, healing and inspiring biography of the 98-year-old returned serviceman tells us of Reg's war in the jungle and how, 80 years after the battle that saved Australia, Kokoda still lives within him
Cataloging source
AU@
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Lane, Daniel
Dewey number
940.5426
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Chard, Reg
  • Suicidal behaviour
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Wives
  • War memorials
  • Kokoda Trail (Papua New Guinea)
Target audience
adult
Label
The digger of Kokoda : the official biography of Reg Chard, Daniel Lane
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
"The battle that saved Australia. The track that saved one man's life"--Cover
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • cartographic image
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • cri
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
000071466220
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9781761260278
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)1311282092
Label
The digger of Kokoda : the official biography of Reg Chard, Daniel Lane
Publication
Copyright
Note
"The battle that saved Australia. The track that saved one man's life"--Cover
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • cartographic image
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • cri
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
000071466220
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9781761260278
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)1311282092

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