Derrick VC in his own words: The wartime writings of Australia's most famous fighting soldier of World War II

Tom ‘Diver’ Derrick VC DCM was Australia's most famous fighting soldier of World War II. The diaries he kept throughout his campaigns, from Tobruk to Tarakan, are among the most important writings by any Australian soldier. Those diaries and his other known wartime correspondence and interviews are published here in their entirety.