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'They are the veterans of the North African desert campaign, home for three weeks' leave after three long years at war – time to find the brothels, the black markets, the racketeers and the dollar-happy Yank servicemen.
'When a faceless madman in the War Office throws them into the shell-torn beaches, mountain trails and steaming jungles of New Guinea, they become creatures of the mud; walking skeletons racked with malaria. There are thousands of them.
'In the throes of battle, black clouds billow about the destroyers in the distance, piercing the darkness with savage explosions. In a merciless system of mutual slaughter, they must draw on every last ounce of their strength for a chance of survival against the raging fires of war, the endless jungle and the brutal enemy that lies within it.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (Head of Zeus ed.)
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Epigraph: Poem by Leonard Mann : 'The war has sponged the slate...'
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Getting of Manhood
1979
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Popular Culture 1979; (p. 121-144) -
The Veterans
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 5 1955; (p. 30-31)
— Review of The Veterans 1954 single work novel ; The Twenty Thousand Thieves 1951 single work novel -
Marching by the Left
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 May vol. 76 no. 3926 1955; (p. 2)
— Review of The Veterans 1954 single work novel
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Marching by the Left
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 May vol. 76 no. 3926 1955; (p. 2)
— Review of The Veterans 1954 single work novel -
The Veterans
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 5 1955; (p. 30-31)
— Review of The Veterans 1954 single work novel ; The Twenty Thousand Thieves 1951 single work novel -
The Getting of Manhood
1979
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Popular Culture 1979; (p. 121-144)
- Urban,
- Pacific Region,
- Mosman, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
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cJapan,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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cPapua New Guinea,cPacific Region,
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cUnited States of America (USA),cAmericas,
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cAustralia,c
- Middle East, Asia,
- 1940s