James Aldridge

Harold Edward James Aldridge was an AustralianBritish writer and journalist. His World War II despatches were published worldwide and he was the author of overbooks, both fiction and nonfiction works, including war and adventure novels and books for children.

Aldridge was born in White Hills, a suburb of Bendigo, Victoria. By the mid1920s the Aldridge family had moved to Swan Hill, and many of his Australian stories are based on his life growing up there. Aldridge moved to London in 1938 and lived there until his death in 2015.

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