The Ferret
Subtitle: the Waimate warrior : Eric Batchelor. DCM and bar, m.i.d.
By: Tom O'Connor
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Christchurch, New Zealand:bJohn Douglas Publishing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780994105998
Subjects: Soldiers; Biography; World War, 1939-1945; Veterans; New Zealand. Army. Battalion, 23
Description: A biography of the late Eric Batchelor, World War Two veteran and twice recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the MID (Mentioned in Dispatches) clasp. This biography looks beyond the war years, and into the years after, as returned servicemen pick up the threads of their old lives and attempt to make sense of small-town New Zealand after serving at the front lines of a world war.
Notes: "One of New Zealand's most highly decorated soldiers" -- cover.