Softly Tread the Brave – Ivan Southall (1960)

Author: Ivan Southall
Publisher: Angus & Robertson, Sydney
Year: 1960
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pagination: 293 pages
Illustrations: Illustrated
Size: Approx. 23 cm

Description

Softly Tread the Brave by Ivan Southall tells the extraordinary wartime story of Australian mine disposal officers John Stuart Mould, G.C., G.M. and Hugh Randal Syme, G.C., G.M. and Bar.

Serving with the Royal Navy’s Rendering Mines Safe Section during the Second World War, Mould and Syme undertook some of the most dangerous bomb and mine disposal work of the conflict. Southall recounts their courage, technical skill and determination in confronting unexploded mines and other deadly devices under extreme conditions.

Part biography and part military history, the book provides a gripping account of bomb reconnaissance, mine disposal and the little-known specialists whose work saved countless lives during World War II.

Condition

Good. Wear and tears to the dust jacket. Internally near fine, with pages clean and well preserved.

Why You’ll Love It

A compelling Australian military history title combining biography, wartime courage and specialist naval service. Of particular interest to collectors of World War II books, Australian military biographies and works on bomb and mine disposal.