Australian World War II Pilots - John Gorton, Keith Miller, Ian Johnson, Military Career of Keith Miller, Colin McCool, Bill Newton, John Lerew (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 69. Chapters: John Gorton, Keith Miller, Ian Johnson, Military career of Keith Miller, Colin McCool, Bill Newton, John Lerew, Lester Brain, Hughie Edwards, Neville McNamara, Ken Kearney, Bud Tingwell, Sidney Cotton, Don Bennett, Richard Hillary, Keith Truscott, Harold Brownlow Martin, Tony Gaze, Justin O'Byrne, Ron Middleton, Tom Drake-Brockman, Col Maxwell, Brian O'Connor, Tom Hughes, Ross Gregory, Clyde Fenton, Lionel Van Praag, Guy Menzies, Peter Isaacson, Paul Brickhill, Tom Calder, Stan Sismey. Excerpt: Connection Timeout Ian William Geddes Johnson CBE (8 December 1917 - 9 October 1998) was an Australian cricketer who played 45 Test matches as a slow off-break bowler between 1946 and 1956. Johnson captured 109 Test wickets at an average of 29.19 runs per wicket and as a lower order batsman made 1,000 runs at an average of 22.92 runs per dismissal. He captained the Australian team in 17 Tests, winning seven and losing five, with a further five drawn. Despite this record, he is better known as the captain who lost consecutive Ashes series against England. Urbane, well-spoken and popular with his opponents and the public, he was seen by his team mates as a disciplinarian and his natural optimism was often seen as naive. Aged 17, Johnson made his first-class cricket debut for Victoria in the 1935-36 season but did not establish a permanent place in the team until 1939-40. His career was interrupted by the Second World War; he served with the Royal Australian Air Force as a pilot and later as a flight instructor. He returned to cricket after his discharge and was selected to tour New Zealand with the Australian team, making his Test debut. Johnson was part of Don Bradman's Invincibles team; undefeated on tour in England in 1948. He was a regular member of the national side until poor form saw him left out of the Australian squad ...