Before I forget / by John MacNeil
- Bib ID:
- 10004661
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- MacNeil, John Robert, 1927-2020, author
- Edition:
- 2nd edition.
- Description:
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- Weston, ACT : Richard MacNeil, [2019]
- ©2019
- 387 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 29 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780646878447 (hardback)
- Summary:
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"John Robert Macneil was born in Carlton, Victoria and grew up in Pascoe Vale South during the Great Depression and the Second World War. His father, a merchant navy officer, had emigrated from Scotland in 1912 and 'went to sea' ages '14'. John;s mother came from an Irish background and also began work early in life, as a seamstress. John applied to join the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1945 but the war ended before he was old enough to be accepted. He became a school teacher instead, working in small schools in country Victoria. when the Korean war threatened John applied to join the air force again, and in February 1951commenced his initial training an 7 Aircrew Course at rAAF Base Point Cook. Here he developed many lifelong friendships that he maintained for the rest of his life." --Backcover.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2090 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2020
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2019
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