Hi All: Ion Llewellyn Idriess, known as Jack in the bush, wrote a seris of booklets in WWII called “The Australian Guerrilla” . The six booklets covering various useful skills like sniping. Written when the Japanese threat to Australia and New Zealand was serious, and he was President of the Defence Auxiliary. I have inherited one of his many books, “The Wild Man of Badu”. He wrote c55 books. http://delarue.net/idriess.htm http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/idriess.html Yours, John Wilson > Eldon, I should have added that Ion Idriess was quite a prolific writer of > Australiana books -- I read many of them when I was younger. A Google > search will bring scads of his books to light. > > Idriess was born in 1889 and died on 6 Jun 1979. >

Hello John, Greetings from Townsville, Oz.......... Note your reply to the AUS-MILITARY Mailing List re above subject, much appreciated. Thanks for your PS comment! Ubique Eldon Bryant........... ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wilson" <hugo@actrix.gen.nz> To: <AUS-MILITARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-MIL] "THE DESERT COLUMN". > Hi All: > > Ion Llewellyn Idriess, known as Jack in the bush, wrote a seris of > booklets in WWII called “The Australian Guerrilla” . The six > booklets covering various useful skills like sniping. Written when > the Japanese threat to Australia and New Zealand was serious, and > he was President of the Defence Auxiliary. > > I have inherited one of his many books, “The Wild Man of Badu”. > He wrote c55 books. > > http://delarue.net/idriess.htm > http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/idriess.html > > Yours, John Wilson > > >> Eldon, I should have added that Ion Idriess was quite a prolific writer >> of >> Australiana books -- I read many of them when I was younger. A Google >> search will bring scads of his books to light. >> >> Idriess was born in 1889 and died on 6 Jun 1979. >> > > ______________________________