Richard Harry Graves

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Richard Harry Graves (17 July 1898 – 3 February 1971) was an Irish-born Australian poet and novelist.

In World War II Graves founded and led the Australian Jungle Rescue Detachment of 60 soldiers, which was attached to the Far East American Airforce. These men conducted over 300 rescues, all of which were completed successfully and without losses. After the war he ran a bushcraft school for over twenty years.

Aside from poetry and adventure novels for children, he wrote ten classic books on camping and bushcraft, now published in a single volume. He was a cousin of the English writer Robert Graves.

References

Graves, Richard (1995). Australian Bushcraft: A guide to survival and camping. Frenchs Forrest: National Book Distributors and Publishers. ISBN 1-875580-30-1.

The 10 Bushcraft Books

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Name	Graves, Richard Harry
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Short description	Irish Australian writer
Date of birth	17 July 1898
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Date of death	3 February 1971
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