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020			_a9781988516608 _qHardback
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100			_a Scott, Tom, _d1947 October 29- _eauthor. _934820 _c1947 October 29-
245	1	0	_aSearching for Charlie : _bin pursuit of the real Charles Upham VC & Bar / _cTom Scott.
260			_aAuckland : _bUpstart Press Ltd, _c2020
300			_a368 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
500			_a"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.
520			_aCharles 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.
600		0	_aUpham, Charles Hazlitt, _d1908-1994. _930792
650		0	_aSoldiers _zNew Zealand _vBiography. _930793
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCampaigns _zGreece _zCrete _947448
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCampaigns _zAfrica, North. _933121
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zNew Zealand. _911053
650		0	_aVictoria Cross. _913739
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