First encounter with Australians in Malaya: Never nick a Digger’s beer, especially if that Digger’s name is ‘Bastard’ the Bombardier.
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About the book
A memoir of dysfunction and irreverence
Based on his 1959 ‘Demob Diary’ and the 62 letters he wrote home over 16 months, Misadventures with Coco-Oscar portrays life in a dysfunctional infantry battalion on active service seen through the irreverent eyes of a reluctant conscript.
The battalion’s commanding officer, ‘Coco-Oscar’, was a decorated veteran of World War II when his youthful bravery outshone his inherent ineptitude. The ‘Malayan Emergency’ was his first command of a battalion on active service. All too often Coco-Oscar found himself having to account for a succession of cock-ups and cover-ups.
This is the wry and comedic account of how a bolshie conscript survived two years of mindless military discipline under the capricious command of Coco-Oscar.
