He served in the Malayan campaign during World War II. Braddon was born in Sydney, Australia, the son of a barrister. His chronicle of his four years as a prisoner of war, The Naked Island, sold more than a million copies. Proud Australian Boy: A Biography of Russell Braddon by Nigel Starck was published in Australia in 2011. Russell Reading Braddon was an Australian writer of novels, biographies and TV scripts. He was also a broadcaster on radio and television. The Naked Island, published in 1952, was one of the first accounts of a Japanese prisoner of war's experience.īraddon went on to produce a wide range of works, including novels, biographies, histories, TV scripts and newspaper articles. He described his writing career as "beginning by chance". During this time he met Ronald Searle, whose Changi sketches illustrate The Naked Island. He was held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese in Pudu and Changi prisons and on the Thailand-Burma Railway between 19. His chronicle of his four years as a prisoner of war, The Naked Island, sold more than a million copies.īraddon was born in Sydney, Australia, the son of a barrister. Russell Reading Braddon (25 January 1921 – 20 March 1995) was an Australian writer of novels, biographies and TV scripts.
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