An Australian Life Leslie Graham McDonald 1893 -1973

By Stanley Graham

An Australian Life Leslie Graham McDonald 1893 -1973 - Stanley Graham
  • Release Date: 2011-07-25
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Description

A childhood spent living in NSW around 1900. Working in the outback and on the railways. A chequered war service in Light Railway Operating Companies. Deserting in 1919 and starting a new life in Manchester working for Armstrong Whitworths. Becoming works manager for General Gas Appliances in Audenshaw. War production including complete landing craft.Retirement as a grocer and farmer in Yorkshire. This is an unusual biography because he had many secrets whilst alive which the author has teased out by research. Despite all this he is still loved by his family. A very human story of a good man. Fully illustrated