Putting It Wright
Nannette Hollidays most recent ‘ghost-written’ book was for an amazing and inspirational man, a 93-year-old Australian Naval Captain – Captain Walter Graham Wright (K.M.) B.A.(Hons) Royal Australian Navy (Retired).
His autobiography is — Putting It Wright by Graham Wright — whose career earned him the Arctic Star. And while he originally wanted her to write it as a biography, that simply wasn’t possible as he’d outlived all his adversaries. Nannette lived with he an his wife for a few weeks, numerous casual interviews and reading his wartime diaries gave her enough to pen his adventurous tales in his voice. Nannette considers this one of the major highlights of her life and felt privileged and honoured to bring his tales to life for all to enjoy and learn from. Putting It Wright covers the life of Captain Graham Wright who joined the Royal Australian Navy at the age of 13. It documents his experiences in Palestine, Malta, Turkey and adventures during World War II in the Mediterranean, Madagascar, South-East Asia and most importantly Archangel and the truth behind a secret meeting with Stalin in Moscow by Sir Walter Citrine, UK Trade Union Congress leader, under Churchill’s order in 1941. No other book in history has ever exposed this detail.
ABOUT GRAHAM
Born 10 March 1920 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Walter Graham Wright joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1934 aged 13, much to his mother’s concern for her only child. After topping not only his academic examinations and being awarded the King’s Medal for leadership, his sporting prowess also shone with Rugby Colours in his second year and as Captain of the First XV, plus the earning of his Cricket Colours in his fourth year. Then when one of his instructors said, “Mrs. Wright your son is going to be a future Captain in the Navy”, she no longer worried. Throughout life he’s always lived by one rule, “I’m a very good team player, as long as I’m the captain.” In fact the prizes he’s won throughout life have had a profound influence and while he may not have reached the top echelon in his three mainm careers, he has certainly left his mark in the Navy, the Department of Defence and later as a Lay Minister to the Australian Defence Force, as well as the Navy Ski Lodges in Mount Buller and Perisher Valley, the Navy Game Fishing Club and the Australian I Zingari Cricket Association. While he played his final I Zingari match in England in 2011, he was still actively skiing in the Australian Alps during 2013. Married to Marie his third wife for 42 years now, he has four children, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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