The beginning of a life shaped by family, country Australia, and the Royal Australian Air Force.

This Was My War: Spring — Birth, Boys, and Becoming a Man takes Kim Looke back to where his story began — growing up in country Western Australia, surrounded by family, mates, mischief, hardship and the experiences that quietly shape a boy long before he understands their importance.

From childhood in Mingenew to the moment a fifteen-year-old country kid leaves home to begin a completely different life in the Royal Australian Air Force, Spring is the first volume of Kim's four-part memoir.

It is a story about beginnings, growing up, and the people and places that help turn a boy into a man.

Paperback | 611 pages | 6 × 9 inches