The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli [electronic resource]
Ryan Butta2024
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Harry Freame was the first Australian soldier to win the Distinguished Conduct
Medal at Gallipoli. He risked his life again and again to scout the battlefield,
reporting invaluable intelligence and relieving stranded soldiers. Some say he
should have got the VC but didn't because he was half-Japanese, a fact he tried
hard to conceal.
After the war, Harry (real name Wykeham Henry Koba Freame) became a soldier
settler and champion apple grower. But in the lead-up to World War II, he was
recruited into Australian intelligence. Extraordinarily, this fact was leaked by
the Australian press, and the Japanese secret police tried to assassinate Harry
not long after his arrival in Tokyo in 1941. He died back in Australia a few
weeks later.
Harry was the first Australian to die on secret service for Australia, but his
sacrifice has never been officially acknowledged.
The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli is a fascinating and immersive investigation into
a grievous historical wrong.
Main title:
The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli [electronic resource] / Ryan Butta
Author:
Ryan Butta, Author
Imprint:
South Melbourne, Vic. : Affirm Press, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781923046917
Language:
English
BRN:
524318
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