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'Flying Officer Granville Allen Mawer features in the annals of his country only as a footnote or two to the official History of the Second World
War, published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, which recorded
some of his victories in the skies over the English Channel and Darwin between 1941 and 1943.
'He did not survive to make a mark in the postwar world or to enjoy the peace and security for which he fought, but he did leave his family with a candid and disconcerting record of the hopes and fears, triumphs and follies of three crowded years.
'Sixty-eight years on, his son and namesake has edited Mawer's war diary to reveal the impact of war, not only on the diarist but also on those who waited, worried and eventually mourned.'
Source: Promotional flyer for National Library of Australia book launch.
Sighted: 04/10/2011
'He did not survive to make a mark in the postwar world or to enjoy the peace and security for which he fought, but he did leave his family with a candid and disconcerting record of the hopes and fears, triumphs and follies of three crowded years.
'Sixty-eight years on, his son and namesake has edited Mawer's war diary to reveal the impact of war, not only on the diarist but also on those who waited, worried and eventually mourned.'
Source: Promotional flyer for National Library of Australia book launch.
Sighted: 04/10/2011
Notes
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Book launched in Canberra by Dr Peter Stanley at the National Library of Australia, 19 October 2011.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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High Spirits in Love and Battle
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 October 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of Diary of a Spitfire Pilot 2011 selected work diary
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High Spirits in Love and Battle
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 October 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of Diary of a Spitfire Pilot 2011 selected work diary
Last amended 18 Feb 2020 17:00:12
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cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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cAustralia,c
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