The Charles family's war : a gripping story of twin brothers during World War II / Alan Fewster.

Collection type Library
Author Fewster, Alan, 1956-, author.;
Call Number 940.548394 F432c
Document type Monograph
Year 2015.
Pagination 228 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cm.
Publisher Big Sky Publishing,
Note Edwin Llewellyn Charles was a slim, handsome youth, but Terence John, his brother, was beautiful and he knew it. Technically, the boys were twins, but their personalities could not have been more different. So begins this sweeping true story of a fractured but close-knit Australian family during World War II, focusing on the service of the twins and life on the home front as experienced primarily by their elder sister and mother. When hostilities are declared, Terry joins the Australian Military Forces an d is quickly promoted. However, as a militiaman, he is banned from serving overseas. Having watched Edwin join the glamorous RAAF and become a pilot, Terry resigns his commission to follow his twin. Forced to swallow the disappointment of failing to emula te Edwin by winning his wings, Terry becomes a navigator in heavy bombers in the closing stages of the European war.
Place made Newport, NSW :

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