ผู้เขียน: John Atkins

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John Atkins John Atkins came from a pioneering Australian family, which came by boat in the mid-nineteenth century from the British Isles. They made their mark in many fields, and his parents were farmers. He won two scholarships, giving him a choice, yet it was family circumstances that decided on a career early in life, and he joined the navy when aged only thirteen years. Early serious child abuse shaped a turbulent career in the navy and later in “civvy street” where, as in the navy, he excelled on occasions overcoming the odds, which were stacked against him. John’s interests are in the church, his friends and families, and in the peculiar study of opals. He and his second wife, of many years, help others and have continuing small business interests in the opal trade. Desna has stood by him during the worst of times, and together they are looking forward to just enjoying the remainder of their lives in caravanning and travel. They both have a love for rural Australia and the outback. This story can now be told, after the RAN and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs finally accepted liability and apologised for his treatment for over a decade. John has been proven right all along in his very toxic fight with government. Paul Evans Paul’s early life was dysfunctional and marked by great poverty. He entered university, only to drop out in the first year and join a stock broking firm as a telephone clerk. He advanced quickly, and as soon as he turned twenty-one, he became an operator on the Australian Stock Exchange and managed to get his face on television several times during the turbulent eighties. Eventually, he ended up in England working for the Ministry of Defence and was so impressed by his experience that he applied for and obtained employment with Australia’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs before he had even returned to Australia. While with DVA, he was to work in the office of two ministers, including five months with De-Ann Kelly during the disastrous events surrounding the ninetieth anniversary of Gallipoli He won the Secretary’s Medal for his performance at DVA. However, despite these highlights, he describes DVA as the biggest mistake of his life and was appalled at much of the behaviour that he witnessed in Canberra. His primary interests are history and his family.




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John Atkins: Voyage to Guinea, Brasil, and the West-Indies
Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. And to complea …
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John Atkins & Paul Evans: A Child in the Navy a Man Betrayed
Johns story is filled with risky events, survival instinct, and perseverance. Service in the Royal Australian Navy has taken him around the world on great adventures and to about nineteen war zones o …
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John Atkins: Voyage to Guinea, Brazil and the West Indies in HMS Swallow and Weymouth
First published in 1735, this account focuses on the customs, food, languages and religions of the peoples in the islands and settlements visited. It also has remarks on the gold, ivory and slave tra …
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John Atkins: Voyage to Guinea, Brazil and the West Indies in HMS Swallow and Weymouth
First published in 1735, this account focuses on the customs, food, languages and religions of the peoples in the islands and settlements visited. It also has remarks on the gold, ivory and slave tra …
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Atkins John Atkins: Who on Record
More than just a biography or discography, this work is a thoroughly detailed guide to every known recording of the legendary British rock band The Who–their entire range, from their early hits of t …
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John Ash & John Atkins: Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea
This groundbreaking book fills a large hole in the literature for one of the most diverse and least known areas of Africa.Ethiopia and Eritrea have a fascinating and unique avifauna. Poorly known in …
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