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The current writer in residence is Steven Herrick.
No one thought the Japanese army would come this way, but there they are – thousands of them.
On the Kokoda track, in the damp, disease-filled jungles of Papua New Guinea, Murray Barrett and the rest of the 39th battalion are the only thing standing between Australia and a Japanese invasion. Everyone thinks they'll be slaughtered, and Murray finds that he will have to fight along side his worst enemy . . .
Does Murray have the courage to do what he has to do? And what is courage, after all?
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Break of Day by Tony Palmer [mp3 3MB 12:58]