The Road to Hell: Australian Doctors at War Vol 5 Pearl Harbour to the Fall of Gona

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Robert Likeman

The Road to Hell

Australian Doctors at War Vol 5 Pearl Harbour to the Fall of Gona

Robert Likeman

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Halstead
10 January 2024

History; Military history

"Volume five of the ""Australian Doctors at War"" series covers the period from December 1941 to January 1943, when the Japanese crossed New Guinea, threatening to invade Australia until they were driven back over the Kokoda Track."

By: Robert Likeman
Imprint: Halstead
Country of Publication: Australia
ISBN: 9781925043778
ISBN 10: 1925043770
Pages: 574
Publication Date: 10 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Likeman is a graduate of Oxford University, where he studied Classics, Oriental Languages and Medicine. He is a specialist is Obstetrics and Gynaecology, in Tropical Medicine, and in Rural and Remote Medicine. After service in the British Army, he migrated to Australia in 1972. He worked for the Department of External Territories in Papua New Guinea from 1972 to 1979, and was Medical Superintendent of the Womens Hospital in Townsville from 1986 to 1996. He served in the Australian Army as a Reservist and as a Regular Officer for 24 years, and his final posting was as Director of Army Health in Canberra. He was awarded the CSM in 2001. He is the author of five books of military history, and two biographies, and has co-authored a text book of medicine for doctors working in the Third World.