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Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''ADVENTUROUS LIFE'' BY ADMIRAL LORD MOUNTEVANS

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Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 259 page autobiography of ''Evans of the Broke'', Admiral Lord Mountevans. Includes 32 B & W photographs. He was 2IC of Capt. Scotts's last Polar expedition and Commander in Chief of the Royal Australian Navy , the African Station and the Nore. Published in 1946 by Hutchinson & Co. and printed by the Anchor Press, Essex. Catalogue sticker ''2244 MOU'' on spine. Reference made to A. H. Chisholm on page 169. Newspaper cutting from Sydney Morning Herald, 22/8/57 obituary notice for Mountevans. He died in Norway. Handwritten in green biro on flyleaf ''I do not recall having assured Teddy Evans, 'The good winds blow through your heart' but I hope I did. Anyway, he was an admirable bloke and that's even more creditable than being an Admiral. See p169 Alec Chisholm''