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Longueville Media, Australia, 2018. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Foreword by Brigadier Duncan Warren. Size: Large 8vo ( 9 to 11 inches). Item Type: Book. Binding tight, spine fine. Gift inscription, neat, to preliminary pages. Minor marks and wear to book. ISBN/EAN: 9780992277383.. 9780992277383

Longueville Media, 2018. New book, 215 pages. Tobruk to Labuan is an account of Brigadier Colin ‘Hugh’ Boyd Norman’s life told through selected letters from his years of service during the Second World War. They present to the reader a soldier with a clear vision of his responsibilities to his men, and a man of compassion and unswerving integrity. Reading these letters, we can see clearly why he was much loved by family and those with whom he served. As Captain of the 24th Anti-tank company at the siege of Tobruk against German troops led by General Erwin Rommel, he was awarded the Military Cross. Then in 1943 as Lt Colonel of the West Australia 2/28th battalion, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for the battalion’s courageous crossing of the Busu River in New Guinea and its surprise attack on the Japanese, which contributed to the capture of Lae. In this moving account of Hugh Norman’s wartime experiences he attributes his courage to the deep love from his wife,… Read More

Longueville Media, 2018. New book, 215 pages. Tobruk to Labuan is an account of Brigadier Colin ‘Hugh’ Boyd Norman’s life told through selected letters from his years of service during the Second World War. They present to the reader a soldier with a clear vision of his responsibilities to his men, and a man of compassion and unswerving integrity. Reading these letters, we can see clearly why he was much loved by family and those with whom he served. As Captain of the 24th Anti-tank company at the siege of Tobruk against German troops led by General Erwin Rommel, he was awarded the Military Cross. Then in 1943 as Lt Colonel of the West Australia 2/28th battalion, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for the battalion’s courageous crossing of the Busu River in New Guinea and its surprise attack on the Japanese, which contributed to the capture of Lae. In this moving account of Hugh Norman’s wartime experiences he attributes his courage to the deep love from his wife,… Read More

Longueville Media, 2018. New book, 215 pages. Tobruk to Labuan is an account of Brigadier Colin ‘Hugh’ Boyd Norman’s life told through selected letters from his years of service during the Second World War. They present to the reader a soldier with a clear vision of his responsibilities to his men, and a man of compassion and unswerving integrity. Reading these letters, we can see clearly why he was much loved by family and those with whom he served. As Captain of the 24th Anti-tank company at the siege of Tobruk against German troops led by General Erwin Rommel, he was awarded the Military Cross. Then in 1943 as Lt Colonel of the West Australia 2/28th battalion, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for the battalion’s courageous crossing of the Busu River in New Guinea and its surprise attack on the Japanese, which contributed to the capture of Lae. In this moving account of Hugh Norman’s wartime experiences he attributes his courage to the deep love from his wife,… Read More

Longueville Media, 2018. New book, 215 pages. Tobruk to Labuan is an account of Brigadier Colin ‘Hugh’ Boyd Norman’s life told through selected letters from his years of service during the Second World War. They present to the reader a soldier with a clear vision of his responsibilities to his men, and a man of compassion and unswerving integrity. Reading these letters, we can see clearly why he was much loved by family and those with whom he served. As Captain of the 24th Anti-tank company at the siege of Tobruk against German troops led by General Erwin Rommel, he was awarded the Military Cross. Then in 1943 as Lt Colonel of the West Australia 2/28th battalion, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for the battalion’s courageous crossing of the Busu River in New Guinea and its surprise attack on the Japanese, which contributed to the capture of Lae. In this moving account of Hugh Norman’s wartime experiences he attributes his courage to the deep love from his wife,… Read More

Longueville Media, 2018. New book, 215 pages. Tobruk to Labuan is an account of Brigadier Colin ‘Hugh’ Boyd Norman’s life told through selected letters from his years of service during the Second World War. They present to the reader a soldier with a clear vision of his responsibilities to his men, and a man of compassion and unswerving integrity. Reading these letters, we can see clearly why he was much loved by family and those with whom he served. As Captain of the 24th Anti-tank company at the siege of Tobruk against German troops led by General Erwin Rommel, he was awarded the Military Cross. Then in 1943 as Lt Colonel of the West Australia 2/28th battalion, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for the battalion’s courageous crossing of the Busu River in New Guinea and its surprise attack on the Japanese, which contributed to the capture of Lae. In this moving account of Hugh Norman’s wartime experiences he attributes his courage to the deep love from his wife,… Read More