Word has come through that well known journalist and author Kim Lockwood is in hospital in Melbourne , having suffered a stroke . Kim recently attended the Military Writers Festival in Darwin where he also handed over to a museum a relic from the l942 bombing of Darwin by the Japanese , a plate off the US transport Mauna Loa, 5436 tons , which sank with the loss of five crew.
His prominent late journalist father , Douglas , the Melbourne Herald representative in Darwin at the time of the bombing , wrote Australia's Pearl Harbour , and many other books.
Both Douglas Lockwood and James Frederick Bowditch , a former campaigning editor of the Northern Territory News, Darwin , were recently inducted into the Australian Journalism Hall of Fame. While in Darwin Kim sought advice from experienced publisher Richard Walsh on a proposed Bowditch biography.
His prominent late journalist father , Douglas , the Melbourne Herald representative in Darwin at the time of the bombing , wrote Australia's Pearl Harbour , and many other books.
Both Douglas Lockwood and James Frederick Bowditch , a former campaigning editor of the Northern Territory News, Darwin , were recently inducted into the Australian Journalism Hall of Fame. While in Darwin Kim sought advice from experienced publisher Richard Walsh on a proposed Bowditch biography.
