Born on Anzac Day
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (838 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00UWDJXYE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 145 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He was a friend of Aussie rock and music stars Bon Scott, Ruusell Morris, Jim Keays, Broderick Smith and Evan Jones. He became involved in a world of drug dealers, gangsters and crooked cops.He was part of Adelaide’s underworld and was involved in the kidnapping of a heroin dealer in a plan hatched by rogue South Australian police. He was a larrikin, loving his fame and notoriety.The treatment meted out to Vietnam veterans angered him and he struggled with his war demons and the psychological scars they inflicted. He was 30.A short, eventful life, with bursts of glory and a squalid ending, one of the many Vietnam veterans who found civilian life, the denigration of their service, and their memories hard to manage.. Shortly after he died under mysterious circumstances. He was with the 7 RAR where his fighting spirit was legendary.Upon his return Aldy became a professional boxer, a star in TV “Ringside” and the Australian Welterweight Boxing Champion. Grew up in Adelaide, and was conscripted to fight in the Vietnam War. The story of Vietnam veteran Allan ‘Aldy’ Aldenhoven, born in Darwin, his mother was of “The Stolen Generation” and his father a descendant of German settlers
Didi said It is my great pleasure to highly recommend this gem of a book. It is my great pleasure to highly recommend this gem of a book, Born on Anzac Day.When writing this story, the author Ric Teague, certainly had the ability to make this a book to treasure.His descriptions of events, covering personal insight into the colourful life of Allan Aldenhoven, the Vietnam War and historical Australiana, had me alternating between laughing and crying.In fact Ric left me feeling a sense of loss at not having met Allan Aldenhoven, the star of the book, a courageous Vietnam Veteran. Well worth reading.. Four Stars Difficult to put down