Kokoda Wallaby

✍ Scribed by Bisset, Stan;James, Andrew

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Atlantic [distributor]
• Year: 2012;2011
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The first full biography of the rugby legend and World War II hero.

A great story that is long overdue in the telling.' -Paul Ham

'Rugby is fortunate to have so many role models of the highest order. Stan Bisset is at the top of the game.' -John Eales, former Wallabies captain

'Stan Bisset, like this remarkable story of his life, is timeless.' -Patrick Lindsay

'Stan was a man before his time. His leadership, forward thinking and standards were second to none . . . This book is a fascinating and insightful read and I highly recommend it.' -Rod Macqueen AM, former Wallabies coach

Stan Bisset was a real hero, both in battle, on the rugby pitch and in desperate armed combat against the Japanese during the Second World War.

As a member of the ill-fated 1939 Wallaby touring team to England, he was a rugby legend. In the Middle East and on the Kokoda Track, he was one of Australia's most distinguished and heroic combatants. But above all else, he personified so many...

✦ Subjects

Rugby football players--Australia;Soldiers--Australia;World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Papua New Guinea;Rugby football players;Soldiers;Military campaigns;Biographies;Biography;Bisset, Stan;Rugby football players -- Australia -- Biography;Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography;World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Papua New Guinea;Australia;Papua New Guinea