In addition to his war books he wrote a couple on Victoria's ship wrecks and one of my favourite books of all time, 'All the Green Year'. If you have adolescent kids or were an adolescent yourself once
it is a fascinating read; a snapshot of family life in a Mornington Peninsula village in the 1920's, both humorous and sobering.
I consider 'All the Green Year' his best work, and I still re-read it occasionally.
A man of many talents.