TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Scott, Tom,
TI  - Searching for Charlie: in pursuit of the real Charles Upham VC & Bar 
SN  - 9781988516608
AV  - DU434 .U7 
U1  - 940.5481  
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Auckland : 
PB  - Upstart Press Ltd, 
KW  - Upham, Charles Hazlitt,
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Biography
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Greece
KW  - Crete
KW  - Africa, North
KW  - Victoria Cross
N1  - "Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more.The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has intrigued and fascinated Tom Scott ever since he read about Charles Upham as a schoolboy. ‘Searching for Charlie’ is his epic quest to unravel the “real” Charles Upham."--Provided by publisher
N2  - Charles Upham was the most highly decorated soldier in the Commonwealth forces of WWII, and could arguably be called the bravest soldier of the war. An unassuming stock worker/ valuer at the beginning of the war, he stormed through Crete and the Western Desert, amazing and confounding his comrades with his exploits. He won two Victoria Crosses (the only combat soldier ever to do so) and in the opinion of his superiors deserved many more. Captured, he became an escape artist and ended his war in the famous Colditz POW camp. Shy and reluctant to take credit for his actions, he deflected all praise onto his soldiers and was described as distraught that he had been honoured. He then farmed in North Canterbury until his death in 1994, avoiding the limelight wherever possible
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