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No turning back : a memoir / E.T.W. Fulton ; edited, with an introduction and afterword by Elizabeth Fulton Thurston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fulton, E. T. W. (Edward Thomas Whyte)
- Series:
- Sullivan's Creek series No turning back
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gold miners--New Guinea (Territory)--Biography.
- Gold miners.
- Soldiers--New Guinea (Territory)--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- World War, 1939-1945--Papua New Guinea.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Gold mines and mining--New Guinea (Territory).
- Gold mines and mining.
- Papua New Guinea--History.
- Papua New Guinea.
- Australia New Guinea Administrative Unit.
- Fulton, E. T. W. (Edward Thomas Whyte).
- Fulton, E. T. W.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Canberra, A.C.T. : Pandanus Books, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Containing a unique account of Australia's World War II engagement in the Pacific and illustrated by arresting photographs, this laconic memoir roves across the 20th century. A remarkable story of travel, adventure and heroism, Ted Fulton prospected for gold, became a patrol officer and served during World War II. Ultimately finding fulfilment in the rugged beauty of Papua New Guinea — of which he writes with moving insight — the recollections of Ted Fulton are a compelling tribute to the spirit of adventure.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1 A Sydney boy; 2 Off to the Pacific; 3 Down and out in Hong Kong; 4 Back where I began Sydney 1927; 5 Rabaul 1930; 6 Jack Thurston the Sepik and Number One Gold; 7 My first recruiting trip Aitape Palai; 8 Starlight; 9 Parer's Air Transport opens up the Sepik; 10 Another recruiting trip; 11 War is declared; 12 Signing up with the 6th Division; 13 The 6th Division arrives in the Middle East; 14 The first Australian action Bardia and Tobruk; 15 The longest day of my life the Greek Campaign; 16 Back in Palestine; 17 From Egypt to Ceylon; 18 Return to New Guinea with ANGAU; 19 The Bulldog Track to Wau20 Into the Highlands Wau to Bena Bena; 21 A few days stroll in New Guinea's Central Plateau; 22 Seeing without being seen rafting down the; 23 The evacuation of German missionaries; 24 Japanese ambush at Kambot; 25 Correspondence with Father Schwab Editor's Note; 26 Moving base as the Japanese encroach; 27 The failure of Mosstroops; 28 Persecution Task Force lands at Aitape working; 29 116 days behind; 30 Interlude at Bougainville Bay; 31 A wedding in Melbourne and a honeymoon in hospital; 32 From soldier to civilian; 33 Makurapau Plantation; 34 Growing up in New Guinea (Elizabeth Fulton Thurston); 35 Ted's last visits (Elizabeth Fulton Thurston).
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-74076-201-0
- OCLC:
- 475965908
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