The drowned man / Brendan James Murray.
Publication details: Richmond, Vic. : Echo Publishing, 2016.Description: 374 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, 1 facsimile ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781760401207
- Drowned man : a true story of life, death and murder on HMAS Australia
- Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- Gays
- Australia. Royal Australian Navy
- Australia (Battlecruiser)
- Australia (Battlecruiser)
- Murder -- Investigation -- Australia
- Gay sailors -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Australian
- Sailors -- Biography
- Gay military personnel
- Sailors -- Australia -- Biography
- Gay sailors -- Australia -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Gay
- Gay military personnel -- Australia
- Warships -- Australia -- History -- 1939-1945
- Warships -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Warships -- Australia -- History
- Australian
- 363.259523 23
- VA715 .A87 M87 2016
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 363.259 MUR | Available | 066844 |
"A true story of life, death and murder on HMAS Australia" -- Front cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
"A chance encounter in a fish-'n'-chip shop set Brendan Murray on the trail of a mystery. Had a gay man been secretly murdered on HMAS Australia during the Second World War? The veteran he spoke to was certain. 'I knew about it,' he said. 'We all did.' But was the story true? If so, who was the dead man? And why was it so hard to find out? The Drowned Man is a search for the answer, almost stymied by cover-up and silence. In the end, it brings us to the lies that have shrouded our understanding of war, and especially of war at sea. As one of the survivors poignantly says, 'I want to pass it on to the next generation. What it was like. What it was really like.' 'This is a spellbinding story told by a powerful new Australian voice."--Back cover.
