Interview notes with Dr Anderson in his Melbourne home in 1997, also with his wife Janice and children. Also interview notes with Geoff Andrews in Tasmania - a fellow soldier who was first on the scene to assist Dr Anderson in Vietnam. Letters from family and readers. Story drafts for feature published in GW Magazine, 1997., 1997
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- Notes from Janet Hawley: Probably the most memorable and impressive person I ever interviewed. He was a young doctor in Vietnam, on patrol, and blinded when the man in front trod on a landmine. It was same day that Man first landed on the Moon. He subsequently became one of the characters in REDGUM'S famous song I WAS ONLY NINETEEN. Totally blinded, He re-trained to become a psychiatrist. HE CAUGHT THE TRAM TO UNI WITH HIS GUIDE DOG, AND CARRIED A HUGE OLD REEL TO REEL TAPE RECORDER, THEN TRANSCRIBED ALL HIS LECTURES INTO BRAILLE ON A TYPEWRITER.
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