Arthur Wheen was the most daring, resourceful signaller in the 1st AIF. In this book, his extraordinary exploits in the epic Battles of Fromelles, Polygon Wood, Villers-Bretonneux and Peronne are told as well as his subsequent career as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1929 he became the first and best translator of Remarque's classic German war novel 'All Quiet on the Western Front' that became an international bestseller and a Hollywood film in 1930.
| ISBN: | 9781922175694 |
| Publication date: | 21st December 2015 |
| Author: | John Ramsland |
| Publisher: | Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 460 pages |
| Genres: |
First World War |