Clothier, Norman ~ Libyan winter ~ poems by a corporal in the First Division (Johannesburg, Central News Agency, 2nd impression, 1943) Original cloth, partly faded, pp. 23 + (1). Inscriptions on the front pastedown endpaper, light foxing. GBP4


born in england in 1915 and came to south africa in 1920 where he studied law. In 1939 he joined the Transvaal Scotish and then transfered to the Royal Natal Carabineers where as a Sergeant he was severely wounded leading a patrol in Casa Creda in Italy

became a historian in south Africa and wrote about the mendiThe Mendi sinking is considered one of the greatest tragedies in the history of the South African military, and was one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century in British waters.
Black Valour - The South African Native Labour Contingent, 1916-1918 and the Sinking of the Mendi (University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg, 1987) ISBN 0-86980-564-9