A FORTUNATE LIFE - Tecno-Libro

THE BEATLES JUDY GARLAND JEAN SHRiMPTON DUDLEY MOORE JOHNNY O'KEEFE SPiKE MiLLiGAN Just some of the many celebrities John Williams met and worked with over an extraordinary career Filled with humour, honesty and interesting tales, A Fortunate Life, provides a revealing look at Australia in the last half of the 20 th century, where John worked as a journalist and, later, ran his own public relations firm. John Williams was born in Liverpool in 1934 to a working class family and was the youngest of three children. John recalls his experiences of Liverpool during World War 2 and his first sights of the world as at the age of 17. He joined the Merchant Navy as a steward and served on bulk carriers and passenger liners bringing families and individuals from England and Europe who were hoping for a better life in Australia. Later, he served on the New Australia carrying Australian troops to and from the Korean Peninsula. in 1953, John took his own discharge in Brisb