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William Lawrence Nagle (4 June 1947 – 5 March 2002) was an Australian soldier, author, actor, and screenwriter. His first book, The Odd Angry Shot , [1] written after his return from the Vietnam War and exit from the army, [2] traced the lives of a group of Australian soldiers from their departure from Australia, their rotation in South ...
Jan 1, 1975 · Based on the author's experience in the Australian Army, The Odd Angry Shot is the seminal account of Australian soldiers in the Vietnam brief and bracing, tragic yet darkly funny. This classic Australian novel won Australia's National Book Council Award and became an iconic film. 98 pages, Paperback.
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William Lawrence Nagle was an Australian soldier, author, actor, and screenwriter. His first book, The Odd Angry Shot, written after his return from the Vietnam War and exit from the army, traced the lives of a group of Australian soldiers from their departure from Australia, their rotation in South Vietnam, and return to Australia.
Biography. Nagle served as a soldier in Vietnam 1966-1968. He has worked as a screenwriter in the film industry, including in the USA and Great Britain, since 1979, and has received a number of awards. His only novel, The Odd Angry Shot, was made into a feature film in 1979, with a screenplay adaptation by Tom Jeffrey.
William Nagle was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, in 1947. Educated at St Joseph’s College in Geelong, he left school at seventeen and enlisted in the army. He trained as a cook and in 1966 was deployed with the SAS to Saigon.
Mar 5, 2002 · William Lawrence Nagle (4 June 1947 - 5 March 2002) was an Australian soldier, author, actor, and screenwriter. His first book, The Odd Angry Shot,[1] written after his return from the Vietnam War and exit from the army,[2] traced the lives of a group of Australian soldiers from their departure...
Biography. William was born in 1899. He is the son of James Nagle and Eliza Gavan . Sources. Civil Birth Record. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1900/02006/1771128.pdf. More Genealogy Tools. Is William your ancestor?
