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Read by: Lewis FitzGerald
Running Time: 16 hrs 50 mins
Categories: History, Military, World War II
Released: 2005
Media: mp3 CD, Unabridged Audio Book
ISBN: 9781743177945
Peter John Allen Fitzsimons AM (born 29 June 1961) is an Australian author, journalist and radio and television presenter. He is a former national representative rugby union player and has been the chair of the Australian Republic Movement since 2015.
Fitzsimons has written for The Sydney Morning Herald since 1988, and has been a sports columnist for that publication since 1987. He regularly appears on the Australian Foxtel program The Back Page, formerly hosted by rugby league journalist Mike Gibson and now Tony Squires. For the Saturday edition of The Sydney Morning Herald, Fitzsimons writes a column titled "The Fitz Files" which looks at all the happenings over the past seven days in sport. He writes a more general version of "The Fitz Files" in The Sun-Herald on Sundays, focusing on community activities and events in Sydney.
In January 2006 Fitzsimons began co-hosting a breakfast radio program with Mike Carlton on Sydney radio station 2UE. He was brought onto the 2UE breakfast show in an attempt to boost Carlton's dwindling ratings. However, the Mike and Fitz Breakfast Show still trailed a long way behind the number one program on 2GB, hosted by Fitzsimons' former coach Alan Jones. After two years, Fitzsimons quit to become a stay-at-home dad and focus on his writing.
On 13 June 2011 Fitzsimons was named a Member of the Order of Australia for service to literature as a biographer, sports journalist and commentator, and to the community through contributions to conservation, disability care, social welfare and sporting organisations.
Synopsis
For Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what happened and just what our troops achieved.
Now, author Peter Fitzsimons tells the Kokoda story in a gripping, moving story for all Australians.
Conditions on the track were hellish - rain was constant, the terrain close to inhospitable, food and ammunition supplies were practically non-existent, and the men constantly battled malaria and dysentery, as well as the Japanese.
Kokoda was a defining battle for Australia - a small force of young, ill-equipped Australians engaged a highly experienced and hitherto unstoppable Japanese force on a narrow, precarious jungle track - and defeated them.
Reviews
"Far more than a story, this is a profoundly moving experience every Australian needs to be familiar with and remember. Master story teller Peter Fitzsimons relates what "Kokoda" stands for.Lewis Fitzgerald narrates it with his heart as though he was part of the incredible campaign. I honour the memory of these superior Australian men and their brave New Guinea aids, without whom it could never have been done. They gave their all. Not forgetting the American soldiers or the horror for all, including the Japanese, some of whom gave glimpses into their heart. I'll listen again, tracing the campaigns on a map and researching many more details.
Thank you Mr Fitzsimons.
- Audible Review
"Amazing. This was incredible. What these blokes went through is just horrific. The author makes you feel as if you know these few men he focuses on and you really feel for them and their mates! I'll never complain about my job again!!!
-Audible review
"The reading was superb, an excellent performance with emphasis and emotion in all the right places. An absolute must listen. Never have I read, seen or now listened to anything more raw and real that represents Australians at war."
- Audible.com
"An emotional, draining and incredibly patriotic experience that makes me more aware of the sacrifices made so we can live how we do. Every Australian should know this story. The Narrating was brilliant."
- Audible review
Audiobook on CD-ROM, complete with cover art on CD. Supplied in windowed CD sleeve, no case provided.
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