Unbowed
A Soldier's extraordinary journey back from paralysis
$33.30
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2019
Summary
‘I woke to the sight of a hospital ceiling. For that first blissful second, I forgot that I was paralysed.’
On 31 December 2014 Billy Hedderman suffered a catastrophic injury to his spinal cord while body-boarding on the Sunshine Coast, paralyzing him almost completely from the neck down. When asked if he would walk again, his doctor simply said, ‘I dunno … maybe.’
Yet, incredibly, within just seven months of his injury, he was able to beat the odds and run a 10km race in unde…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922265494 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922265497 |
| Author: | Billy Hedderman |
| Publisher: | Big Sky Publishing |
| Imprint: | Big Sky Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 230mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Billy Hedderman
Born and raised in Cork, Billy became an Irish Army Infantry Officer in 2003. His Irish military service included overseas deployments to Chad and Bosnia and service in the Irish Special Forces’ Army Ranger Wing, where he served as a platoon commander from 2010–2013. Billy holds a vast range of specialist military qualifications including military freefall, survival, recon and advanced mountaineering. He retired from the Irish Army in 2014 in order to transfer his service to the Australian Army. He holds an Honours Degree in Physical Education from the University of Limerick, has summited Mount Kilimanjaro for charity and is currently an Officer in the Australian Infantry.
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