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Surry Hills, New South Wales: Hutchinson of Australia, 1988. 475 g; VI, 194 pages, last three pages blank, eight pages of black-and-white photography, colour illustrated dust jacket faded on the back strip section. The publication data shows the author as Smith, Keith (Keith R. A.). The author, a young radio announcer and writer called up for compulsory service in the army in 1940, joined a rather unmilitary units, The 15th Field Ambulance, and served with it through good times and bad in Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. He recalls his progression from civilians a soldier at home and abroad, recapturing the funny, frustrating and often touching moments during his war when Australian troops were beset but only by the enemy but offered by the army itself.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good -- Faded. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. biography -- Humour.