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A. J. Mackinnon A. J. Mackinnon i(A116746 works by) (a.k.a. Alexander James Mackinnon; Sandy Mackinnon)
Born: Established: 1963 Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Alexandra McKinnon Review of Heather Sheard and Ruth Lee, Women to the Front : The Extraordinary Australian Women Doctors of the Great War A. J. Mackinnon , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , April no. 3 2020; (p. 179-183)
— Review of Women to the Front : The Extraordinary Australian Women Doctors in the Great War Heather Sheard , Ruth Lee , 2019 selected work biography 'On the night of 29 March 1918, Dr Phoebe Chapple saw the world explode in flames. She had been inspecting a Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps camp near Abbeville in France when the site came under fire from a German aerial bombardment. Chapple and 40 other women were sheltering in a trench when a direct hit killed eight women and mortally wounded a ninth. Chapple worked for hours in the destroyed camp, tending to the wounded in the dark. For ‘gallantry and devotion to duty’ during the attack, Chapple was awarded the Military Medal, making her the first woman doctor to receive the award. Chapple had enlisted in England with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in 1917 as she was ineligible to join the Australian forces. At the outbreak of hostilities in 1914, women doctors were seen as unsuitable for active service in England, too. Women were allowed to serve as nurses and in a number of auxiliary roles, until the unceasing swell of wounded from the Western Front prompted the RAMC to reluctantly allow women medical practitioners into its ranks. Chapple was among dozens of women doctors who served in World War I, and who have largely been forgotten by history.' (Introduction)
1 7 y separately published work icon The Well at the World's End A. J. Mackinnon , Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2010 Z1695482 2010 single work autobiography travel adventure

'When A.J. Mackinnon quits his job in Australia, he knows only that he longs to travel to the Well at the World's End, a mysterious pool on a remote Scottish island whose waters, legend has it, hold the secret to eternal youth.

'Determined not to fly ("It would feel like cheating"), he sets out with a rucksack, some fireworks and a map of the world and trusts chance to take care of the rest. By land and by sea, by train, truck, horse and yacht, he makes his way across the globe - and through a series of hilarious adventures. He survives a bus crash in Australia, marries a princess in Laos, is attacked by Komodo dragons and does time in a Chinese jail. The next lift - or the next near-miss - is always just a happy accident away.

'This is the astonishing true story of a remarkable voyage, an old-fashioned quest by a modern-day adventurer.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 Empty Vessels A. J. Mackinnon , 2008 extract autobiography (The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow)
— Appears in: The Age , 5 July 2008; (p. 15)
1 6 y separately published work icon The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow A. J. Mackinnon , Woodbridge Dobbs Ferry : Seafarer Books Sheridan House , 2002 Z1513997 2002 single work autobiography humour travel

'Truly hilarious books are rare. Even rarer are those based on real events. Join A J Mackinnon, your charming and eccentric guide, on an amazing voyage in a boat called Jack de Crow. Equipped with his cheerful optimism and a pith helmet, this Australian Odysseus in a dinghy travels from the borders of North Wales to the Black Sea - 4,900 kilometres over salt and fresh water, under sail, at the oars, or at the end of a tow-rope - through twelve countries, 282 locks and numerous trials and adventures, including an encounter with Balkan pirates.

'Along the way he experiences the kindness of strangers, gets very lost, and perfects the art of slow travel.' (Publisher's blurb)
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