Not To Be Shot at or Exported: An Airman's Letters Home 1942-1945 by Leslie Harold Sullivan

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

World War II thrust Australia into a deep crisis, presenting its people with extraordinary challenges. Men, women, and children found themselves in roles they could hardly have imagined a few years before. Thousands went to war while thousands of other servicemen and women held their positions in posts throughout Australia, never reaching the battle.

They called themselves koalas. Like the furry Australian animals, they were not to be shot at or exported. One of these koalas, Aircraftman Les Sullivan, tells their fascinating story through personal letters from home and diary entries from this time. (back cover)