Name: Tony Newman

Category: Author

Location: Queensland, Australia

Submitted Profile: Tony Newman was born in London in 1933 and spent the war years in Godalming, Surrey in England.
He left school at fourteen to join a Naval Training Boarding School, the Training Ship Mercury. From there he joined the Royal Navy and after completing his training at H.M.S. Ganges as a Telegraphist­/Radio Operator near Ipswich in Suffolk, spent his service on various ships and establishments in England, the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean area. His happiest years were spent in two separate tours at H.M.S. Highflyer, a communications establishment at Welisara, just north of Colombo in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka.

Published work: The Guardian of Lower Everton Street

When thugs disrupt the peace and quiet of an outer Brisbane suburban street in the late 1970’s with vandalism and violence, a mysterious “guardian” appears on the scene. His well-placed rifle shots strike fear in the hearts of the hooligans and sabotage their employer’s plan to buy up houses in the street cheaply. Things get out of hand however when the lead hooligan makes it a personal vendetta and sets out to destroy the street. What happens when the resident’s band together to protect themselves?

Publication Date: 2007 (By our independent subsidiary: B0okw0rm Publishing House)

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