Ray Parkin’s Odyssey will be launched onboard HMAS Warramunga on 2 November, 2012 at Inner West Station Pier, Port Melbourne. The book will be launched by the recently-retired Head of the Navy, VADM Russell Crane, AO, CSM, RAN. The launch is by invitation. If you’re interested in attending, please contact Pattie.
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Pattie is speaking at Benalla Art Gallery on November 15 about Weary and Waller. Many would call these two men heroes and they would be right. Sadly, only one returned. Hec Waller was an RAN Captain, and Weary Dunlop, a Lieutenant Colonel, a doctor and POW. What are the odds that two of Australia’s greatest came from what was then a small town by a river in northwest Victoria? More information and bookings via The Shrine:
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Ray Parkin’s Odyssey by Pattie Wright is the first full and comprehensive account of the life and wartime experiences of the late Ray Parkin. Illustrated by 100 paintings and sketches, and based on extensive interviews with Ray himself, as well as his letters, diaries and unpublished memoirs, this is a revealing portrait of an extraordinary and fascinating man. Pan MacMillan will be releasing the book in 18th September, 2012.
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