Sailor, Soldier, Vicar, Farmer
The Improbable Life of Anzac Chaplain Walter Dexter
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- Paperback
278 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2026
Summary
The first 45 years of Walter Dexter’s life read like adventure fiction. What credible author would have dreamt up the improbability of a merchant mariner who wins decorations for bravery as a horseman in the army, then returns to sea to win awards for civilian bravery, before quitting it all to become a mere clergyman, then winning more medals for bravery as an Anzac chaplain in another war? But, having invented such a hero, what writer would dare have them fail so disastrously as a farmer, t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923352285 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923352288 |
| Author: | Daniel Reynaud |
| Publisher: | Signs Publishing Company |
| Imprint: | Signs Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 278 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 430g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 230mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Daniel Reynaud
Dr Daniel Reynaud is Emeritus Professor of History at Avondale University in Cooranbong, New South Wales. He is the inaugural Visiting Historian at the Anzac Memorial in Sydney’s Hyde Park. Dr Reynaud has published extensively on Anzac war cinema, the Anzacs and religion and the Anzacs and food.
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