Taking a Bearing: Life, War and Surveying

By Ted Hamill

This is a book about a pivotal period in a young man's life, as he navigates his own course through momentous world events. Ted Hamill (1916-2008) volunteered for service in the AIF in September 1939, at the start of World War 2. He spent five years overseas, four of them as a prisoner of war in Germany, before returning to Australia. His time as a prisoner strengthened a resolve to make a career in surveying and he found a way to begin his studies in Stalag 383. 'Taking a Bearing' records some of his memories of the war years and his subsequent career in the Queensland Main Roads Department as an engineering surveyor.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481111426
• ISBN13: 9781481111423
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.8"