The Boy in the Dress: Investigating a tragic unsolved murder in wartime Australia that echoes through...

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Jonathan Butler

The Boy in the Dress

Investigating a tragic unsolved murder in wartime Australia that echoes through the ages

Jonathan Butler

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Affirm Press
22 February 2022

Biography; True crime; History; Australasian & Pacific history; Biography - Australian

On a balmy Townsville night in 1944, young serviceman Warwick Meale is found beaten to death under a bridge.

The army and police do not, or will not, conduct a proper investigation and history forgets the killer - until now. Nearly eighty years on, Warwick's descendant Jonathan Butler dusts off the case and chases the leads that were there all along.

The Boy in the Dress exhumes secrets of life on the home front during World War II, where tensions between soldiers boiled over, new expressions of sexuality flourished and the threat of invasion catapulted the status quo into disarray.

The truth of this family legend, and this little-known chapter in Australian military history, is more complex and engrossing than anyone could have imagined.

By: Jonathan Butler
Imprint: Affirm Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9781922626943
ISBN 10: 1922626945
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 22 February 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jonathan is a writer and content producer living in Melbourne. He has been researching The Boy in the Dress for more than 10 years, a process which has ignited his passion for queer history.