Memoir – i-go-books

On the Lomba, 1987

pinetownprinters — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:03:34 +0000

J. C. Olive 80422579 BG was conscripted into the SADF in early 1986. Some 18 months later, after his initial year’s training at the Potchefstroom Artillery School, in August 1987, he found himself as a driver with Sierra Battery, 61 Mechanised Battalion Group on the Lomba River, in southern Angola.

They Make Cheese in Nimbin don’t they?

pinetownprinters — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:12:47 +0000

A family drama that spans decades and explores the unexpected twists and turns that make life worth living…
When Eva moves out to volunteer as a nurse in a Hamburg hospital during World War II and her husband Peter joins the navy, they escape a war that rages within the family home.
After Germany surrenders, as the country starts to rebuild, Eva and Peter try to fix the fissures that have appeared in their relationship by emigrating to Australia with their two daughters, hoping for a happier life.
Success follows them across the sea to their adopted homeland, but so too do traumas and memories of war-time life.
After Eva settles in Nimbin, a relaxed and alternative town with a celebrated counterculture, discoveries and life-changing surprises show her how things can change so quickly.
“An inspiring tale of immigration, family and life in the small community township… What a wonderful read and a hard book to have end…” Patricia, book reviewer

Footprints Along The Way

pinetownprinters — Fri, 03 May 2024 13:33:24 +0000

My Memoir covers my career in the then Rhodesias, the old Transvaal and Johannesburg as journalist, government information and public relations. Also included are chapters on the various branches of the family and their achievements. A final section deals with the stories behind the books I have written and published.

Bat Out of Hell

30degreessouth — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:23:10 +0000

The sequel to the best seller 19 with a Bullet ...

Out on a Limb

30degreessouth — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:54:59 +0000

This is his story of how, having joined up, he had his leg amputated at the age of 17 and yet as an amputee continued in active service as a trained combat medic for the Rhodesian forces and latterly the new Zimbabwe National Army.

Can You Smell The Rain?

30degreessouth — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:18:09 +0000

The story of a farmer and pilot raised in colonial Kenya who went on to play an active role in Mozambican politics whilst leading Lonrho’s foreign investment in that country.

The Caged Bird Sang No More

30degreessouth — Mon, 02 May 2016 07:25:12 +0000

This is Philip Efiong’s account of the Nigeria–Biafra Civil War (1967–70). He was a key player during the event and second-in-commandto the Biafran leader, General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.

My Memoirs of the British South Africa Police 1966-1981

30degreessouth — Fri, 01 May 2015 11:17:58 +0000

Throughout the author’s life in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) his father was a member of the Northern Rhodesia Police and the author sets about recording various incidents in the life of a youngster growing up on the numerous towns and police stations at which his father served.

Out of Action

30degreessouth — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 10:37:16 +0000

Out of Action is the reworked and updated edition of Survival Course, the sequel to the best-selling Fireforce—one man’s war in the Rhodesian Light Infantry.

Mampara

30degreessouth — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 08:35:54 +0000

Toc Walsh was conscripted into intake 138 Depot Rhodesia Regiment on 18 April 1974 and endured a year of what he deemed to be ‘military mayhem’.